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David Scott Thompson — 44 Patents

3M: 44 patents #190 of 11,543Top 2%
Bayport, MN: #1 of 24 inventorsTop 5%
Minnesota: #1,110 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #66,838 of 4,157,543Top 2%
44 Patents All Time
David Scott Thompson has been granted 44 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in July 2025. David Scott Thompson ranks #66,838 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.6%). Patent records list David Scott Thompson in Bayport, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2018.peak 82007: 1 patents20072010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112013: 2 patents2014: 4 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 5 patents2018: 8 patents20182019: 4 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 6 patents2024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 44 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12344720 Polyurethane acrylate protective display film Steven D. Solomonson, Karissa L. Eckert, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Peter D. Condo +6 more 2025-07-01
12319794 Nanocomposites Peter D. Condo 2025-06-03
12139593 Transparent elastomeric nanocomposites Peter D. Condo 2024-11-12 $80,876,000
12103846 Nanostructured article Chad M. Amb, Moses M. David, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun, Jonah Shaver +7 more 2024-10-01 $57,454,000
11827802 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny, Steven D. Solomonson 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11827810 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny, Steven D. Solomonson 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11827811 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny, Steven D. Solomonson 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11674003 Nanocomposites Peter D. Condo 2023-06-13 $34,510,000
11631829 Dual cure protective display film Karissa L. Eckert, Ryan M. Braun, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Michael A. Johnson, Steven D. Solomonson +6 more 2023-04-18 $30,578,000
11577492 Protective display film with glass Joseph W. Woody, V, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson, Steven D. Solomonson +4 more 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11440302 Thin protective display film Catherine A. Leatherdale, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove, Steven D. Solomonson +2 more 2022-09-13 $123,319,000
10962688 Low Tg polyurethane protective display film Ryan M. Braun, Joseph D. Rule, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Steven D. Solomonson, Peter D. Condo +6 more 2021-03-30 $50,216,000
10882283 Segmented protective display film Joseph W. Woody, V, Steven D. Solomonson, John J. Stradinger, Ryan M. Braun, Joseph D. Rule +3 more 2021-01-05 $50,204,000
10738172 Display panel assembly and methods of making same Robert Davidson, David A. Berry, Huang Chin Hung, Audrey A. Sherman 2020-08-11 $44,779,000
10371350 Asymmetric turning film with multiple light sources Nicholas A. Johnson, Gilles J. Benoit, John A. Wheatley, Kenneth A. Epstein, Michael E. Lauters 2019-08-06 $30,766,000
10295724 Back-lit transmissive display having variable index light extraction layer Kevin R. Schaffer, Zhaohui Yang, Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman, Michael A. Meis +5 more 2019-05-21 $23,795,000
10288254 Front-lit reflective display device Kevin R. Schaffer, Zhaohui Yang, Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman, Michael A. Meis +6 more 2019-05-14 $25,585,000
10168460 Integrated quantum dot optical constructions Gilles J. Benoit, John A. Wheatley, James A. Thielen 2019-01-01
10161593 Solid state lighting device with virtual filament(s) Robert A. Bennett, John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit 2018-12-25
10139550 Variable index light extraction layer and method of making the same Shawn C. Dodds, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Kevin R. Schaffer, Matthew S. Stay, Steven D. Solomonson +3 more 2018-11-27 $20,076,000
10090480 Protective display film Michael A. Johnson, Catherine A. Leatherdale, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove, Steven D. Solomonson +4 more 2018-10-02 $39,812,000
10066109 Articles including nanosilica-based primers for polymer coatings and methods Todd G. Pett, Timothy J. Hebrink, Naiyong Jing, Justin A. Riddle, Andrew K. Hartzell 2018-09-04 $33,282,000
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
10005264 Thin protective display film Catherine A. Leatherdale, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove, Steven D. Solomonson +1 more 2018-06-26 $29,692,000
9896557 Silicone-based material Todd G. Pett, Timothy J. Hebrink, Naiyong Jing, Justin A. Riddle, Andrew K. Hartzell +1 more 2018-02-20 $40,372,000