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Corey D. Balts — 8 Patents

3M: 8 patents #1,969 of 11,543Top 20%
Eau Claire, WI: #38 of 370 inventorsTop 15%
Wisconsin: #6,100 of 40,088 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
Corey D. Balts has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2015 and the most recent in August 2025. Corey D. Balts ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list Corey D. Balts in Eau Claire, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2015 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2024.peak 32015: 1 patents20152016: 1 patents20162020: 1 patents20202024: 3 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12399307 Light control sheet Tri D. Pham, Raymond J. Kenney, Michael J. Wayne, Brian L. Oldfield 2025-08-26
12372693 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley +2 more 2025-07-29
12174407 Light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein +4 more 2024-12-24 $78,103,000
11947135 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley +2 more 2024-04-02 $27,990,000
11885989 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley +2 more 2024-01-30 $25,418,000
10698138 Graded diffuser Gary T. Boyd, Tri D. Pham, Nicholas A. Johnson, Oanh V. Pham, Sara S. Merritt +3 more 2020-06-30 $39,180,000
9244284 Microreplicated film for autostereoscopic displays Michael J. Sykora, Robert L. Brott, John C. Schultz 2016-01-26 $24,100,000
9164220 Uniform light directing film and method of making same Bryan V. Hunt, Robert M. Emmons 2015-10-20 $34,462,000