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Fuming B. Li — 23 Patents

3M: 23 patents #547 of 11,543Top 5%
Woodbury, MN: #192 of 1,562 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #2,936 of 52,454 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Fuming B. Li has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2007 and the most recent in November 2025. Fuming B. Li ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Fuming B. Li in Woodbury, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2007 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2020.peak 32007: 2 patents20072008: 2 patents2010: 1 patents20102013: 2 patents2014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents2017: 2 patents20172019: 2 patents2020: 3 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12467174 Substituted benzimidazole melt additives Nathan E. Schultz, John M. Brandner, John M. Sebastian 2025-11-11
11982031 Substituted thiol melt additives John M. Brandner, Nathan E. Schultz, John M. Sebastian 2024-05-14 $54,368,000
11749769 Light redirecting film Vivian W. Jones, Gary E. Gaides, Stephen A. Johnson, Nathaniel I. Lehn, Jiaying Ma +2 more 2023-09-05 $35,334,000
11452891 Pleated filter element comprising pleated filter media with edge dams, and method of making and using John M. Sebastian, Christopher A. Hurley, Kenneth J. Krepel, Pierre Legare, Paul A. Martinson +1 more 2022-09-27 $115,943,000
11078419 Substituted benzotriazole phenolate salts and antioxidant compositions formed therefrom Nathan E. Schultz, Kelly A. Volp, Mark McCormick 2021-08-03 $56,682,000
11053373 Polymeric matrices with ionic additives Nathan E. Schultz, Kelly A. Volp, Mark McCormick 2021-07-06 $56,153,000
10919867 Substituted benzotriazole phenols Kelly A. Volp, Nathan E. Schultz 2021-02-16 $68,262,000
10724171 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives Nathan E. Schultz, Kelly A. Volp, John M. Sebastian 2020-07-28 $26,323,000
10669481 Substituted benzotriazole phenolate salts and antioxidant compositions formed therefrom Nathan E. Schultz, Kelly A. Volp, Mark McCormick 2020-06-02 $46,018,000
10556857 Hydrazide compounds suitable for nucleating polylactic acid polymer Nathan E. Schultz, Liming Song 2020-02-11 $39,244,000
10273612 Spunbonded web comprising polylactic acid fibers Liming Song, Sachin Talwar, John D. Stelter, John M. Sebastian, Nathan E. Schultz +4 more 2019-04-30 $46,375,000
10240269 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives Nathan E. Schultz, John M. Sebastian 2019-03-26 $49,045,000
9815068 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives Nathan E. Schultz, John M. Sebastian 2017-11-14 $34,017,000
9815067 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives Nathan E. Schultz, John M. Sebastian 2017-11-14 $34,017,000
9284669 Processing aids for olefinic webs, including electret webs John M. Sebastian, Marvin E. Jones, John M. Brandner, David A. Olson, Justin L. Keough 2016-03-15 $33,203,000
8790449 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives John M. Sebastian, Marvin E. Jones, Daniel A. Japuntich 2014-07-29 $21,202,000
8613795 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives Feng Bai, John M. Sebastian, Marvin E. Jones 2013-12-24 $35,818,000
8529671 Electret webs with charge-enhancing additives John M. Sebastian, Marvin E. Jones, Luke T. Dressel, Daniel A. Japuntich 2013-09-10 $15,970,000
7765698 Method of making electret articles based on zeta potential John M. Sebastian, Marvin E. Jones, Shih-Hung Chou, Nathan E. Schultz, Justin L. Keough +2 more 2010-08-03 $12,994,000
7468204 Modified copolyesters and optical films including modified copolyesters Timothy J. Hebrink, Martin E. Denker, Bert T. Chien, Matthew B. Johnson, Richard J. Thompson +2 more 2008-12-23 $36,322,000
7345137 Modified copolyesters and optical films including modified copolyesters Timothy J. Hebrink, Martin E. Denker, Bert T. Chien, Matthew B. Johnson, Richard J. Thompson +2 more 2008-03-18 $23,805,000
7261418 Projection apparatus Jiaying Ma, David J. W. Aastuen, Charles L. Bruzzone, William W. Merrill, Timothy J. Hebrink +1 more 2007-08-28 $17,669,000
7164197 Dielectric composite material Guoping Mao, Shichun Qu, Robert S. Clough, Nelson B. O'Bryan 2007-01-16 $25,159,000