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Charles N. DeVore — 17 Patents

3M: 17 patents #866 of 11,543Top 8%
Hugo, MN: #13 of 152 inventorsTop 9%
Minnesota: #4,335 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Charles N. DeVore has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2008 and the most recent in March 2020. Charles N. DeVore ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Charles N. DeVore in Hugo, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10578884 Method of making a polarizing beamsplitter array Joseph C. Carls, James M. Nelson, Dwight G. Baldwin 2020-03-03 $29,893,000
10036517 Lightguide as luminaire Raymond P. Johnston, Robert L. Brott, Patrick R. Fleming, Karl J. L. Geisler, Kayla A. Hagens +3 more 2018-07-31 $28,617,000
9841605 Optical component array Joseph C. Carls, James M. Nelson, Dwight G. Baldwin 2017-12-12 $34,740,000
9267674 Solid state light with enclosed light guide and integrated thermal guide Raymond P. Johnston, Martin J. Vos, Paul E. Humpal, Robert L. Brott, Kayla A. Hagens +4 more 2016-02-23 $47,231,000
9175813 Electrical connectors for solid state light Kayla A. Hagens, Wesley A. Raider, Larry A. Schleif, Steven Feldman, Steven A. Neu 2015-11-03 $22,811,000
8926131 Solid state light with aligned light guide and integrated vented thermal guide Raymond P. Johnston, Robert L. Brott, Paul E. Humpal, Kayla A. Hagens, Karl J. L. Geisler +3 more 2015-01-06 $39,870,000
8487518 Solid state light with optical guide and integrated thermal guide Raymond P. Johnston, Michael A. Meis, Robert L. Brott, Martin Kristoffersen, Paul E. Humpal 2013-07-16 $14,442,000
8355809 System and method for designing a die to yield a desired coating uniformity Robert A. Yapel, Robert B. Secor, Michael J. Tichy, Bruce D. Shalles, Jennifer L. Trice +4 more 2013-01-15 $23,678,000
D674129 Surface pattern applied to a light bulb Raymond P. Johnston, Martin Eduardo Broen, Robert L. Brott, Jorge C. Ceballos, Sean C. McGreevy 2013-01-08
D657076 Light bulb Raymond P. Johnston, Martin Eduardo Broen, Robert L. Brott, Jorge C. Ceballos, Andrew R. Fox +4 more 2012-04-03
D655830 Light bulb Raymond P. Johnston, Martin Eduardo Broen, Robert L. Brott, Jorge C. Ceballos, Andrew R. Fox +4 more 2012-03-13
8030591 Microreplication on a complex surface Jennifer L. Trice 2011-10-04 $26,285,000
8012329 Dimensional control in electroforms Jennifer L. Trice, James R. Starkey 2011-09-06 $14,356,000
D642704 Solid state light assembly Kayla A. Hagens, Raymond P. Johnston, Martin Kristoffersen, Brian W. Lueck, Katie B. Thompson 2011-08-02
7757591 Aligned multi-diamond cutting tool assembly for creating microreplication tools Jennifer L. Trice, Alan B. Campbell, Dale L. Ehnes 2010-07-20 $20,517,000
7510462 Multi-diamond cutting tool assembly for creating microreplication tools William J. Bryan, Nelson D. Sewall, Jeffrey E. Clements, Greg E. Schrank, Jennifer L. Trice +1 more 2009-03-31 $26,856,000
7445409 Cutting tool assembly including diamond cutting tips at half-pitch spacing for land feature creation Jennifer L. Trice 2008-11-04 $23,539,000