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Gary E. Gaides — 19 Patents

3M: 19 patents #723 of 11,543Top 7%
Woodbury, MN: #230 of 1,562 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #3,778 of 52,454 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #229,345 of 4,157,543Top 6%
19 Patents All Time
Gary E. Gaides has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in June 2024. Gary E. Gaides ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Gary E. Gaides in Woodbury, MN, US.

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Showing 1–19 of 19 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11998947 Magnetizable particles forming light controlling structures and methods of making such structures Mark B. O'Neill, Tri D. Pham, Aaron K. Nienaber, Ronald D. Jesme, Joseph B. Eckel +2 more 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
12001099 Integral multilayer optical film Gary T. Boyd, Shu-Ching Fan, Alex P. Pongratz 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
11911791 Device with light control structure having magnetizable particles Mark B. O'Neill, Joseph B. Eckel, Aaron K. Nienaber, Ronald D. Jesme, Mark D. Weigel 2024-02-27 $36,225,000
11749769 Light redirecting film Vivian W. Jones, Stephen A. Johnson, Nathaniel I. Lehn, Jiaying Ma, Adam T. Ringberg +2 more 2023-09-05 $35,334,000
11686891 Angularly and spectrally selective detector and light source systems John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2023-06-27 $40,024,000
11640019 Spectrally selective retroreflective system John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2023-05-02 $75,368,000
11163099 Spectrally selective light control film John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2021-11-02 $54,104,000
10948734 Light control film with varied viewing angle Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert R. Kieschke, Kenneth L. Smith, Olester Benson, Jr. +3 more 2021-03-16 $45,932,000
9804311 Higher transmission light control film comprising a transmissive region and an absorptive region each having a different index of refraction Kenneth A. Epstein 2017-10-31 $24,909,000
9791709 Light control film with varied viewing angle Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert R. Kieschke, Kenneth L. Smith, Olester Benson, Jr. +3 more 2017-10-17 $23,529,000
9740018 Light control film with varied viewing angle Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert R. Kieschke, Kenneth L. Smith, Olester Benson, Jr. +3 more 2017-08-22 $21,544,000
9335449 Higher transmission light control film Kenneth A. Epstein 2016-05-10 $31,902,000
9329311 Light control film Kurt J. Halverson, Raymond J. Kenney, Brian W. Lueck, Kenneth A. P. Meyer, Scott M. Tapio +2 more 2016-05-03 $36,064,000
9063284 Light control film Vivian W. Jones, Silva K. Theiss, Mark E. Gardiner, Michael E. Lauters 2015-06-23 $21,438,000
8213082 Light control film Michael E. Lauters 2012-07-03 $60,246,000
8133572 Light collimating film Ignatius A. Kadoma, David B. Olson, Randy A. Larson, Anita R. Sykora 2012-03-13 $23,483,000
8012567 Light-collimating film Ignatius A. Kadoma, David B. Olson, Randy A. Larson, Anita R. Sykora 2011-09-06 $14,356,000
6905219 Display device 2005-06-14 $16,400,000
6398370 Light control device Raymond C. Chiu, Paul E. Humpal, Koichi Sano 2002-06-04 $36,370,000