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Gary T. Boyd — 77 Patents

3M: 76 patents #59 of 11,543Top 1%
University of California: 1 patents #8,022 of 18,278Top 45%
Woodbury, MN: #25 of 1,562 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #375 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #24,274 of 4,157,543Top 1%
77 Patents All Time
Gary T. Boyd has been granted 77 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in November 2025. Gary T. Boyd ranks #24,274 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.58%). Patent records list Gary T. Boyd in Woodbury, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 77 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12474607 Backlight with multiple microreplicated optical films Hideaki Shirotori, Kazuhiko Toyooka, Sayaka Kado 2025-11-18
12386103 Optical film and method of making Tao Liu, Tri D. Pham, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson 2025-08-12
12372693 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley +2 more 2025-07-29
12306419 Optical film Tao Liu, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham 2025-05-20
12298539 Curved display with light control film Tao Liu, Tri D. Pham, Garth V. Antila, Keith R. Jacobs 2025-05-13
12201005 Optical system including light control film and Fresnel lens Tao Liu, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham +2 more 2025-01-14
12174407 Light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein +4 more 2024-12-24 $78,103,000
12117642 Microreplicated optical film Hideaki Shirotori, Kazuhiko Toyooka, Sayaka Kado 2024-10-15 $71,376,000
12099223 Optical constructions Matthew H. Frey, Craig R. Schardt, Eric J. Borchers, Nicole D. Petkovich 2024-09-24 $54,198,000
12004410 Optical system including light control film and fresnel lens Tao Liu, Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Owen M. Anderson, Tri D. Pham +2 more 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
12001099 Integral multilayer optical film Shu-Ching Fan, Alex P. Pongratz, Gary E. Gaides 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
11947135 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley +2 more 2024-04-02 $27,990,000
11885989 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, John A. Wheatley +2 more 2024-01-30 $25,418,000
11874560 Backlight for uniform illumination 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11828972 Optical layers, films and systems Tao Liu, David A. Rosen, Bharat R. Acharya, Kevin W. Gotrik, David J. Rowe +1 more 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11782310 Backlighting for display systems Yu Hsin Lu, Matthew B. Johnson, Ryan T. Fabick, Carl A. Stover, Adam D. Haag 2023-10-10 $26,179,000
11585966 Multiplexing backlight with asymmetric turning film Kenneth A. Epstein, Nicholas A. Johnson, Michael E. Lauters, Shannon L. Siefken 2023-02-21 $25,268,000
11226433 Light redirecting film and display system incorporating same Robert A. Yapel, Joseph T. Aronson, Matthew R.C. Atkinson, Slah Jendoubi, Mitchell A. F. Johnson +6 more 2022-01-18 $166,226,000
11187847 Backlight including wide-web turning film and reflective polarizer with quarter-wave retarder Quinn D. Sanford, Kenneth A. Epstein, Matthew B. Johnson 2021-11-30 $50,159,000
11175533 Light redirecting film, backlight, and display system 2021-11-16 $77,256,000
10955592 Multiplexing backlight with asymmetric turning film Kenneth A. Epstein, Nicholas A. Johnson, Michael E. Lauters, Shannon L. Siefken 2021-03-23 $36,357,000
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
10775547 Lightguide Robert M. Emmons, David A. Rosen, Nicholas A. Johnson, Trevor W. Stolber, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2020-09-15 $44,153,000
10761320 Optical stack including a grating Brett J. Sitter, Matthew M. Philippi, Mary M. Pichotta, Chi Zhang, Daniel W. Hennen +1 more 2020-09-01 $40,340,000
10698138 Graded diffuser Tri D. Pham, Nicholas A. Johnson, Oanh V. Pham, Sara S. Merritt, Stephen J. Etzkorn +3 more 2020-06-30 $39,180,000