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Erin A. McDowell — 65 Patents

3M: 64 patents #89 of 11,543Top 1%
Afton, MN: #4 of 97 inventorsTop 5%
Minnesota: #539 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #33,516 of 4,157,543Top 1%
65 Patents All Time
Erin A. McDowell has been granted 65 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in November 2025. Erin A. McDowell ranks #33,516 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.81%). Patent records list Erin A. McDowell in Afton, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1989 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 12 patents in 2020.peak 121989: 1 patents19892017: 7 patents20172018: 9 patents20182019: 8 patents20192020: 12 patents20202021: 4 patents20212022: 5 patents20222023: 5 patents20232024: 7 patents20242025: 7 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 65 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12472711 Optical system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong, Jo A. Etter, Robert M. Jennings 2025-11-18
12443055 Bi-focal eyewear lens and eyeglasses including same Zhisheng Yun, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Susan L. Kent, Timothy L. Wong, John D. Le +1 more 2025-10-14
12276821 Optical film device Robert M. Jennings, Jo A. Etter, Susan L. Kent, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun 2025-04-15
12233612 Display system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong, Jo A. Etter, Robert M. Jennings 2025-02-25
12233613 Optical system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Gregg A. Ambur 2025-02-25
12216262 Optical system Michael L. Steiner, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Jo A. Etter +2 more 2025-02-04
12189126 Compact polarized illuminators using reflective polarizers Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun 2025-01-07
12181649 Optical system Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong 2024-12-31 $77,784,000
12153219 Optical system Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong, Susan L. Kent, John D. Le, Jo A. Etter 2024-11-26 $62,653,000
12099208 Display system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Gilles J. Benoit, Jo A. Etter 2024-09-24 $54,198,000
11988858 Optical film device Robert M. Jennings, Jo A. Etter, Susan L. Kent, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun 2024-05-21 $43,805,000
11927768 Display system and light guide Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Gilles J. Benoit, Jo A. Etter 2024-03-12 $30,669,000
11907447 Polymeric film having structured surface Brett J. Sitter, Dawn V. Muyres, Jonathan T. Kahl, Vivian W. Jones, Owen M. Anderson +2 more 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11899192 Optical system Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong 2024-02-13 $36,579,000
11787137 Optical system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Gregg A. Ambur 2023-10-17 $42,851,000
11726249 Optical retarder segments Zhisheng Yun, Michael L. Steiner, Jo A. Etter, Timothy L. Wong, Gilles J. Benoit +2 more 2023-08-15 $24,406,000
11693243 Polarizing beam splitting system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong, Kandyce M. Bohannon 2023-07-04
11630290 Optical system Zhisheng Yun, Timothy L. Wong 2023-04-18 $30,578,000
11579452 Compact polarized illuminators using reflective polarizers Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11467329 Optical film device Robert M. Jennings, Jo A. Etter, Susan L. Kent, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun 2022-10-11 $61,891,000
11435514 Optical retarder segements Zhisheng Yun, Michael L. Steiner, Jo A. Etter, Timothy L. Wong, Gilles J. Benoit +2 more 2022-09-06 $31,148,000
11327324 Display system and light guide Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Gilles J. Benoit, Jo A. Etter 2022-05-10 $17,670,000
11325330 Optical system Timothy L. Wong, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhisheng Yun, Gregg A. Ambur 2022-05-10 $17,670,000
11281026 Optical lens and eyewear including same Zhisheng Yun, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Susan L. Kent, Timothy L. Wong, John D. Le +1 more 2022-03-22 $17,842,000
11156814 Optical system for displaying an object to a viewer Michael L. Steiner, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Jo A. Etter +2 more 2021-10-26 $49,227,000