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Daniel J. Schmidt — 43 Patents

3M: 34 patents #291 of 11,543Top 3%
OTOshkosh Truck: 2 patents #20 of 90Top 25%
Ford: 2 patents #6,478 of 17,473Top 40%
UFUS Air Force: 2 patents #3,485 of 16,312Top 25%
Verizon: 2 patents #2,804 of 6,238Top 45%
WUWilliam Marsh Rice University: 1 patents #363 of 919Top 40%
Woodbury, MN: #81 of 1,562 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #1,153 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #69,380 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43 Patents All Time
Daniel J. Schmidt has been granted 43 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in December 2025. Daniel J. Schmidt ranks #69,380 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Daniel J. Schmidt in Woodbury, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 9 patents in 2025.peak 91993: 2 patents19931996: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 2 patents2009: 1 patents20092017: 3 patents2018: 3 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 5 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 4 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 6 patents20242025: 9 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12510779 Optical construction including lens film and multilayer mask Neeraj Sharma, Przemyslaw P. Markowicz, Timothy J. Reddy, Mark A. Roehrig 2025-12-30
12493208 High transmission light control film Kevin W. Gotrik, Nicholas A. Johnson, Raymond J. Kenney, Caleb T. Nelson, Kenneth A. Epstein 2025-12-09
12386103 Optical film and method of making Tao Liu, Tri D. Pham, Gary T. Boyd, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson 2025-08-12
12372693 High transmission light control film Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein +2 more 2025-07-29
12320993 High transmission light control films with asymmetric light output Raymond J. Kenney, Owen M. Anderson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Nicholas A. Johnson, Kenneth A. P. Meyer +1 more 2025-06-03
12313864 High transmission light control film comprising alternating transmissive and absorptive regions Tao Liu, Nicholas A. Johnson, Raymond J. Kenney, Caleb T. Nelson 2025-05-27
12306419 Optical film Tao Liu, Gary T. Boyd, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham 2025-05-20
12287502 Coated substrate comprising electrically conductive particles and dried aqueous dispersion of organic polymer Kevin W. Gotrik, James E. Lockridge, Caleb T. Nelson, Bradley L. Givot, Morgan A. Priolo +1 more 2025-04-29
12201005 Optical system including light control film and Fresnel lens Tao Liu, Gary T. Boyd, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham +2 more 2025-01-14
12174407 Light control film Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein, Gary T. Boyd +4 more 2024-12-24 $78,103,000
12066329 Sensor array spectrometer John A. Wheatley, Mark A. Roehrig, Audrey A. Sherman, Del R. Lawson, Gilles J. Benoit +3 more 2024-08-20 $70,751,000
12004410 Optical system including light control film and fresnel lens Tao Liu, Gary T. Boyd, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham +2 more 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
11947135 High transmission light control film Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein +2 more 2024-04-02 $27,990,000
11940689 High transmission light control film Kevin W. Gotrik, Nicholas A. Johnson, Raymond J. Kenney, Caleb T. Nelson, Kenneth A. Epstein 2024-03-26 $87,442,000
11885989 High transmission light control film Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein +2 more 2024-01-30 $25,418,000
11550183 High transmission light control film Kevin W. Gotrik, Nicholas A. Johnson, Raymond J. Kenney, Caleb T. Nelson, Kenneth A. Epstein 2023-01-10 $64,569,000
11280942 Exposed-lens retroreflective article comprising color layers comprising bi-layer structures Matthew S. Stay, Michael A. McCoy, Kui Chen-Ho, Richard S. Buckanin 2022-03-22 $17,842,000
11273630 Electrical multilayer lamination transfer films Martin B. Wolk, Michael Benton Free, Justin P. Meyer, Mark J. Pellerite, Stephen A. Johnson +2 more 2022-03-15 $55,118,000
11247501 Layer-by-layer assembled multilayer lamination transfer films Mark J. Pellerite, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson 2022-02-15 $32,373,000
11246137 Systems and methods for determining a mobility rating of a base station Krishna K. Bellamkonda, Ahmed Moussa, Jin Yang, Vijay T. Madhav 2022-02-08 $199,820,000
11016229 Optical filter John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Todd A. Ballen, Kenneth L. Smith, Guanglei Du +3 more 2021-05-25 $57,434,000
10939444 Systems and methods for determining a mobility rating of a base station Krishna K. Bellamkonda, Ahmed Moussa, Jin Yang, Vijay T. Madhav 2021-03-02 $180,691,000
10759023 Abrasive articles and related methods Adam J. Meuler, Yugeun P. Yang, Paul D. Graham, David A. Nettleship 2020-09-01 $40,340,000
10738224 Nanoclay filled barrier adhesive compositions Jacob P. Johnson, Fred B. McCormick, Adam J. Meuler, Richard J. Pokorny 2020-08-11 $44,779,000
10734454 Display stack including emissive display and color correction film Gilles J. Benoit, Stephen P. Maki 2020-08-04 $33,653,000