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Ernest L. Thurber — 42 Patents

3M: 42 patents #200 of 11,543Top 2%
Windom, MN: #26 of 2,819 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #1,191 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #72,062 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time
Ernest L. Thurber has been granted 42 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1996 and the most recent in November 2025. Ernest L. Thurber ranks #72,062 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Ernest L. Thurber in Windom, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1996 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 1998.peak 61996: 2 patents19961997: 1 patents1998: 6 patents1999: 2 patents19992001: 2 patents2002: 2 patents2003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 2 patents2006: 3 patents20062008: 2 patents2010: 1 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 1 patents2017: 1 patents20172020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 2 patents2024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12459081 Treated backing and coated abrasive article including the same Yuequin Yang, Junting Li, Liming Song, Stephen M. Sanocki, Yuanchao Liu +4 more 2025-11-04
11981000 Coated abrasive articles and methods of making coated abrasive articles Junting Li, Yuyang Liu, Mark A. Lukowski, Brian G. Koethe, Ann M. Hawkins +1 more 2024-05-14 $54,368,000
11945944 Flexible abrasive article Kathleen S. Shafer, Rebecca A. Putans, Cyrus A. Anderson, Corinne E. Lipscomb, Thomas J. Nelson +2 more 2024-04-02 $27,990,000
11795287 Pore inducer and porous abrasive form made using the same Brian D. Goers, Mark A. Lukowski, Walter Flaschberger, John E. Gozum 2023-10-24 $28,273,000
11648646 Abrasive article with different pluralities of abrasive particles Yuyang Liu, Geoffrey I. Wilson, Junting Li 2023-05-16 $45,975,000
11534892 Systems and methods for making abrasive articles Yuyang Liu, Junting Li, Geoffrey I. Wilson 2022-12-27 $53,306,000
11505730 Tetrahedral abrasive particles in abrasive articles Laura M. Lara Rodriguez, Chainika Jangu, Scott R. Culler, Negus B. Adefris, Gregory S. Mueller +4 more 2022-11-22 $42,837,000
11433505 Systems, methods and tools for distributing different pluralities of abrasive particles to make abrasive articles Yuyang Liu, Junting Li, Geoffrey I. Wilson 2022-09-06 $31,148,000
11097398 Abrasive article and method of making the same Aaron K. Nienaber, Thomas J. Nelson, Grayce T. Huberty, Louis S. Moren, Wayne W. Maurer +1 more 2021-08-24 $71,102,000
11078345 Pore inducer and porous abrasive form made using the same Brian D. Goers, Mark A. Lukowski, Walter Flaschberger, John E. Gozum 2021-08-03 $56,682,000
10773361 Systems and methods for making abrasive articles Geoffrey I. Wilson, Mark R. Nyberg, Jeffery S. Thomford, Brian G. Koethe, Charles C. Drange +2 more 2020-09-15 $44,153,000
9849563 Abrasive article and method of making the same Rebecca A. Putans, Scott R. Culler, John T. Boden, Brian G. Koethe, Brant A. Moegenburg +7 more 2017-12-26 $34,723,000
9017150 Method of making a coated abrasive article having shaped abrasive particles and resulting product Steven J. Keipert, Thomas J. Anderson 2015-04-28 $28,953,000
8869740 Layered particle electrostatic deposition process for making a coated abrasive article Louis S. Moren, Brian G. Koethe 2014-10-28 $27,669,000
8551577 Layered particle electrostatic deposition process for making a coated abrasive article Louis S. Moren, Brian G. Koethe 2013-10-08 $11,799,000
7845409 Low density proppant particles and use thereof Madeline P. Shinbach, Scott R. Culler, John T. Wallace 2010-12-07 $19,108,000
7344574 Coated abrasive article, and method of making and using the same Don H. Kincaid, James L. McArdle, Steven J. Keipert 2008-03-18 $23,805,000
7344575 Composition, treated backing, and abrasive articles containing the same Marcos R. Nery, Jeffrey S. Peterson, Don H. Kincaid, Gregory A. Berg, James L. McArdle +1 more 2008-03-18 $23,805,000
7150770 Coated abrasive article with tie layer, and method of making and using the same Steven J. Keipert, Don H. Kincaid, Ronald D. Provow 2006-12-19 $33,118,000
7150771 Coated abrasive article with composite tie layer, and method of making and using the same Steven J. Keipert, Don H. Kincaid, Ronald D. Provow 2006-12-19 $33,118,000
7125601 Integrated granule product Duane Pinault, Gregg D. Dahlke, Thomas E. Boettcher 2006-10-24 $24,678,000
6936083 Treated backing and method of making the same Don H. Kincaid 2005-08-30 $30,924,000
6843815 Coated abrasive articles and method of abrading Don H. Kincaid 2005-01-18 $23,114,000
6753359 Abrasive articles having abrasive layer bond system derived from solid, dry-coated binder precursor particles having a fusible, radiation curable component Eric G. Larson, Gregg D. Dahlke, Robert J. DeVoe, Alan R. Kirk, Mark R. Meierotto +1 more 2004-06-22 $22,925,000
6709738 Coated substrate with energy curable cyanate resin Jingwen Ma, Robert J. DeVoe, Andrew M. Hine, Don H. Kincaid 2004-03-23 $24,289,000