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Dale Elder — 5 Patents

3M: 5 patents #2,950 of 11,543Top 30%
Austin, TX: #5,567 of 18,064 inventorsTop 35%
Texas: #28,633 of 125,132 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
Dale Elder has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in February 2006. Dale Elder ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list Dale Elder in Austin, TX, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7001084 Fiber splice device James B. Carpenter 2006-02-21 $31,223,000
6857293 Apparatus for selective photosensitization of optical fiber James B. Carpenter, John P. Stedman, James R. Bylander, Gordon Wiegand, Nicholas A. Stacey +2 more 2005-02-22 $20,060,000
6763686 Method for selective photosensitization of optical fiber James B. Carpenter, John P. Stedman, James R. Bylander, Gordon Wiegand, Nicholas A. Stacey +3 more 2004-07-20 $35,733,000
6741773 Wide-bandwidth chirped fiber bragg gratings with low delay ripple amplitude James F. Brennan, III, Edward Hernadez, John A. Valenti, Pranay Sinha, Michael R. Matthews +2 more 2004-05-25 $24,070,000
6577792 Wide-bandwidth chirped fiber Bragg gratings with low delay ripple amplitude James F. Brennen, III, Edward Hernandez, John A. Valenti, Pranay Sinha, Michael R. Matthews +2 more 2003-06-10 $22,620,000