48 HUNDREDS OF PATENTS Founder Eugene Roberts obtained more than 95 U.S. patents, with his first one granted in 1910. As a company, Western States has applied for and been granted hundreds of additional patents. Among the employees whose names appear on Western States patents are Angus Gibson, George Stevens, Joseph Hertrich, Joe Bange, Thomas Laven, Philippe Strich, Don Hurley, Roger Fair, Dave Tack, Richard Huser, Ralph Goodwin, Don Henkel, Bill Temple and Don Meineke. CHAPTER 3 48