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Douglas E. Earl — 3 Patents

3M: 3 patents #4,239 of 11,543Top 40%
Windom, MN: #1,016 of 2,819 inventorsTop 40%
Minnesota: #19,251 of 52,454 inventorsTop 40%
Overall (All Time): #1,328,092 of 4,157,543Top 35%
3 Patents All Time
Douglas E. Earl has been granted 3 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in September 2015. Douglas E. Earl ranks #1,328,092 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 31.9%). Patent records list Douglas E. Earl in Windom, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2015Bar chart with a peak of 1 patents in 1996.peak 11996: 1 patents19962014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2015

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–3 of 3 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9133296 Polyurethane foam article Elizabeth A. Sargent, David R. Dow, Grady A. Dunham, Jeffrey P. Lenzendorf 2015-09-15 $19,651,000
8784518 Method of making polyurethane foam Elizabeth Anna Benson-Sargent, David R. Dow, Grady A. Dunham, Jeffrey P. Lenzendorf 2014-07-22 $31,254,000
5512009 Method and apparatus for attenuating optical chatter marks on a finished surface 1996-04-30 $9,004,000