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Anthony B. Ferguson — 20 Patents

3M: 13 patents #1,199 of 11,543Top 15%
IBM: 5 patents #18,770 of 70,183Top 30%
IMImation: 2 patents #167 of 622Top 30%
Lake Elmo, MN: #38 of 301 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #3,552 of 52,454 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #214,803 of 4,157,543Top 6%
20 Patents All Time
Anthony B. Ferguson has been granted 20 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in June 2022. Anthony B. Ferguson ranks #214,803 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.2%). Patent records list Anthony B. Ferguson in Lake Elmo, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–20 of 20 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11360761 Operational file management and storage Leo M. M. Farrell, Scott Anthony Exton 2022-06-14 $8,092,000
10963239 Operational file management and storage Leo M. M. Farrell, Scott Anthony Exton 2021-03-30 $6,181,000
9233500 Method of co-extruding, co-extrusion die, and extruded articles made therefrom Michael R. Gorman, John H. Horns, Thomas Rieger, Ronald W. Ausen, William C. Unruh 2016-01-12 $46,281,000
9043779 Loading remote binaries onto a write-protected device Scott Anthony Exton, Christopher J. Hockings, Davin J. Holmes 2015-05-26 $2,909,000
8930936 Loading remote binaries onto a write-protected device Scott Anthony Exton, Christopher J. Hockings, Davin J. Holmes 2015-01-06 $2,134,000
8681780 Establishing electronically authenticated internet voice connections Scott M. Andrews, David P. Moore, John T. Robertson 2014-03-25 $4,381,000
7493900 Fibrous filtration face mask having a new unidirectional fluid valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 2009-02-24 $19,869,000
7428903 Fibrous filtration face mask having a new unidirectional fluid valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 2008-09-30 $59,164,000
7311104 Method of making a filtering face mask that has an exhalation valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 2007-12-25
7117868 Fibrous filtration face mask having a new unidirectional fluid valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 2006-10-10 $31,371,000
7037461 Method of stretching film Martin E. Denker, Joseph T. Bartusiak, Thomas P. Hanschen, Jeffery N. Jackson, William W. Merrill +4 more 2006-05-02 $27,765,000
6854463 Filtering face mask that has a new exhalation valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 2005-02-15 $28,693,000
6843248 Filtering face mask that has a new exhalation valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 2005-01-18 $23,114,000
6358457 Method of stretching films according to an overbias or overstretch profile Chiu Ping Wong, Thomas P. Hanschen, William W. Merrill, Fred J. Roska, Jeffery N. Jackson 2002-03-19 $16,195,000
6303067 Method of stretching films according to an overbias or overstretch stretch profile Chiu Ping Wong, Thomas P. Hanschen, William W. Merrill, Fred J. Roska, Jeffery N. Jackson 2001-10-16 $22,644,000
6027778 One piece capstan for a tape cartridge Karunasena A. Alahapperuma, David P. Smith, David L. Tussey, Saurin J. Shah, Dean E. Sitz +3 more 2000-02-22 $5,188,000
5773839 Cassette for use in an electronic radiographic imaging system Kenneth J. Krepel, Joseph A. Hoffman, Daniel J. Severson, Keith K. Mclaughlin, Walter S. Federation +4 more 1998-06-30 $1,689,000
5509436 Unidirectional fluid valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 1996-04-23 $11,827,000
5490029 Compliant tape guide for data cartridges David D. Madsen, Christopher J. Zwettler 1996-02-06 $19,504,000
5325892 Unidirectional fluid valve Daniel A. Japuntich, Vaughn B. Grannis, Harold J. Seppala 1994-07-05 $9,959,000