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Bert T. Chien — 17 Patents

3M: 17 patents #866 of 11,543Top 8%
Okabena, MN: #69 of 412 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #4,335 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Bert T. Chien has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in September 2025. Bert T. Chien ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Bert T. Chien in Okabena, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2008.peak 42002: 3 patents20022008: 4 patents20082010: 1 patents20102017: 1 patents20172019: 1 patents20192020: 3 patents20202024: 3 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12429641 Organic light emitting diode display with color-correction component having different color mixing weights Nicholas C. Erickson, David G. Freier, Robert L. Brott, Bing Hao, David A. Rosen +14 more 2025-09-30
12161013 Articles including nanostructured surfaces and enclosed voids, and methods of making same Jeffrey L. Solomon, Henrik B. van Lengerich, Bryan V. Hunt, Tabitha A. Silliman, William Blake Kolb +6 more 2024-12-03 $186,768,000
12007593 Organic light emitting diode with color-correction for maximum white-point color shift Nicholas C. Erickson, David G. Freier, Robert L. Brott, Bing Hao, David A. Rosen +14 more 2024-06-11 $67,617,000
11998947 Magnetizable particles forming light controlling structures and methods of making such structures Mark B. O'Neill, Gary E. Gaides, Tri D. Pham, Aaron K. Nienaber, Ronald D. Jesme +2 more 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
10756306 Nanostructured article Nicholas C. Erickson, Moses M. David, Xiaoguang Sun, Manoj Nirmal, Haeen Sykora +8 more 2020-08-25 $39,353,000
10723918 Primer compositions for optical films Christopher P. Gerlach, Gregory F. King, Peggy S. Willett, Christopher A. Haak, Ronald K. Thery 2020-07-28 $26,323,000
10711182 Photochromic articles containing a polyoxometalate and methods of making and using same Adam D. Miller, Daniel Isaacson, William Blake Kolb, Matthew H. Frey, Guanglei Du 2020-07-14 $41,453,000
10520655 Glare reducing glazing articles Yufeng Liu, Kristopher J. Derks, Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen J. Strauss 2019-12-31 $50,934,000
9664834 Optical film Ellen R. Bosl, Carsten Franke, Shandon Dee Hart, Brent A. Hedding, Donovan C. Karg, JR. +11 more 2017-05-30 $26,011,000
7707963 System for forming multi-layer films using corona treatments Scott L. Ciliske, Gregory F. King, Mark A. Strobel, Joel A. Getschel 2010-05-04 $28,075,000
7468204 Modified copolyesters and optical films including modified copolyesters Timothy J. Hebrink, Martin E. Denker, Matthew B. Johnson, Richard J. Thompson, Kristopher J. Derks +2 more 2008-12-23 $36,322,000
7348066 Optical films incorporating cyclic olefin copolymers Joan M. Strobel, Mark A. Strobel, Clinton L. Jones, Joel A. Getschel, Ellen R. Bosl 2008-03-25 $28,734,000
7345137 Modified copolyesters and optical films including modified copolyesters Timothy J. Hebrink, Martin E. Denker, Matthew B. Johnson, Richard J. Thompson, Kristopher J. Derks +2 more 2008-03-18 $23,805,000
7329465 Optical films incorporating cyclic olefin copolymers Joan M. Strobel, Mark A. Strobel, Clinton L. Jones, Joel A. Getschel, Ellen R. Bosl 2008-02-12 $13,174,000
6417321 Cured fluorenyl polyimides Kazuhiko Minami, Hiroshi Ayukawa, Toshihiro Suwa, Mitsuaki Kobayashi, Stephen A. Ezzell 2002-07-09 $16,809,000
6392004 Polyimides for high-frequency applications Stephen A. Ezzell 2002-05-21 $20,733,000
6376590 Zirconia sol, process of making and composite material Brant U. Kolb 2002-04-23 $14,963,000