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Daniel R. Vitcak — 28 Patents

3M: 28 patents #398 of 11,543Top 4%
Cottage Grove, MN: #14 of 362 inventorsTop 4%
Minnesota: #2,190 of 52,454 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Daniel R. Vitcak has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in August 2017. Daniel R. Vitcak ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Daniel R. Vitcak in Cottage Grove, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2001.peak 51995: 1 patents19951996: 3 patents1998: 4 patents19981999: 1 patents2000: 2 patents20002001: 5 patents2002: 2 patents20022003: 2 patents2004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9725546 Moisture-curable composition, method of using, and composite article Yu Yang, Suresh S. Iyer, Miguel A. Guerra, Kui Chen-Ho 2017-08-08 $21,556,000
9296918 Oleophobic coatings Erik Olson, Richard M. Flynn, Karl J. Manske, Kevin J. Bechtold, Lian S. Tan 2016-03-29 $25,015,000
8791254 Cyclic hydrofluoroether compounds and processes for their preparation and use Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello 2014-07-29 $21,202,000
8535559 Nitrogen-containing fluoroketones for high temperature heat transfer Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello, Michael J. Bulinski, Phillip E. Tuma 2013-09-17 $11,357,000
8193393 Fluoroether diketones for high temperature heat transfer Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello, Michael J. Bulinski, Phillip E. Tuma 2012-06-05 $13,194,000
8193397 Hydrofluoroether compounds and processes for their preparation and use Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello 2012-06-05 $13,194,000
6923921 Fluorinated polyether compositions Richard M. Flynn, Richard S. Buckanin, Cheryl L. S. Elsbernd 2005-08-02 $20,980,000
6774270 Method of removing hexafluoropropylene dimers Zhongxing Zhang, Zai-Ming Qiu, Richard M. Flynn 2004-08-10 $23,421,000
6630075 Use of fluorinated ketones in fire extinguishing compositions Fred E. Behr, Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello, Michael J. Parent, Zhongxing Zhang 2003-10-07 $15,223,000
6540930 Use of perfluoroketones as vapor reactor cleaning, etching, and doping gases Susrut Kesari, Fred E. Behr, Michael G. Costello, Richard M. Flynn, Richard M. Minday +2 more 2003-04-01 $20,279,000
6478979 Use of fluorinated ketones in fire extinguishing compositions Paul E. Rivers, Richard M. Minday, Fred E. Behr, Richard M. Flynn, Michael G. Costello +3 more 2002-11-12 $19,373,000
6426327 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2002-07-30 $37,798,000
6313083 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2001-11-06 $17,212,000
6288017 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2001-09-11
6288018 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2001-09-11
6277807 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2001-08-21 $34,326,000
6235700 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2001-05-22 $33,790,000
6063748 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 2000-05-16 $19,630,000
6046368 Catalytic process for making hydrofluoroethers William M. Lamanna, Richard M. Flynn, Zai-Ming Qiu 2000-04-04 $23,770,000
6008179 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 1999-12-28 $22,539,000
5827812 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 1998-10-27 $14,230,000
5814595 Azeotrope-like compositions and their use Richard M. Flynn, Dean S. Milbrath, John G. Owens, Hideto Yanome 1998-09-29 $18,493,000
5750797 Process for the production of hydrofluoroethers Richard M. Flynn 1998-05-12 $17,942,000
5744436 Azeotropic compositions containing perfluorinated cycloaminoether Richard M. Flynn 1998-04-28 $13,961,000
5560861 Azeotropic compositions Richard M. Flynn, Mark W. Grenfell, Frank W. Klink 1996-10-01 $35,929,000