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Grieg A. Olson — 10 Patents

3M: 10 patents #1,596 of 11,543Top 15%
Windom, MN: #310 of 2,819 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #7,600 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Grieg A. Olson has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in April 2004. Grieg A. Olson ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Grieg A. Olson in Windom, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1990 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2001.peak 31990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19911997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents19982001: 3 patents20012002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6721467 Method and apparatus for aligning the polarization of a polarization maintaining optical fiber to the polarization of a light source 2004-04-13 $19,032,000
6424784 Grating coil package for reduced fiber strain 2002-07-23 $31,369,000
6301423 Method for reducing strain on bragg gratings 2001-10-09 $40,163,000
6233382 Package for an optical bragg grating fiber for reducing the temperature dependence of its reflection wavelength William W. Morey 2001-05-15 $41,750,000
6226438 Thermally managed package for fiber optic bragg gratings James R. Bylander, Martin G. Afflerbaugh 2001-05-01 $40,250,000
5731051 Fiber optic fusion splice protection sleeve Maureen T. Fahey, Alan G. Hulme-Lowe, Charles M. Mansfield 1998-03-24 $24,255,000
5682451 Device with internal features for rotational alignment of non-cylindrically symmetrical optical elements Nicholas A. Lee, Daniel V. Attanasio, Gordon D. Henson 1997-10-28 $11,967,000
5633970 Device with internal asymmetrical features for rotational alignment of non-symmetrical articles Daniel V. Attanasio, Nicholas A. Lee 1997-05-27 $20,429,000
5051577 Faraday effect current sensor having two polarizing fibers at an acute angle Dale R. Lutz, Gary B. Forsberg 1991-09-24 $18,270,000
4906068 Polarization-maintaining optical fibers for coupler fabrication 1990-03-06 $4,771,000