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Harold E. Rude — 15 Patents

3M: 15 patents #1,017 of 11,543Top 9%
Roseville, MN: #55 of 611 inventorsTop 10%
Minnesota: #4,986 of 52,454 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Harold E. Rude has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in July 2008. Harold E. Rude ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Harold E. Rude in Roseville, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2008Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1997.peak 31980: 2 patents19801985: 1 patents19851996: 2 patents19961997: 3 patents19971998: 2 patents19982003: 2 patents20032005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents2008

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7406239 Optical elements containing a polymer fiber weave Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Richard C. Allen, Olester Benson, Jr., James C. Breister, Yeun-Jong Chou +6 more 2008-07-29 $15,057,000
7044834 Abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 2006-05-16 $19,975,000
6884157 Abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 2005-04-26 $19,484,000
6579161 Abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 2003-06-17 $20,803,000
6579162 Abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 2003-06-17 $20,803,000
5840089 Method of making an abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 1998-11-24 $15,904,000
5725423 Abrading apparatus John L. Barry, Donald R. Bell, Jason A. Chesley, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama +1 more 1998-03-10 $13,152,000
5672186 Method of making an abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 1997-09-30 $12,835,000
5667540 Method of making an abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 1997-09-16 $10,843,000
5607345 Abrading apparatus John L. Barry, Donald R. Bell, Jason A. Chesley, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama +1 more 1997-03-04 $13,102,000
5505747 Method of making an abrasive article Jason A. Chesley, Donald R. Bell, William F. Sheffield, David F. Slama, Alan N. Stephens 1996-04-09 $11,265,000
5486219 Coatable urea-aldehyde solutions containing a cocatalyst, coated abrasives made using said solutions, and method of making coated abrasives Jeffrey E. Ford, Ellen Y. Chu 1996-01-23 $18,449,000
4553982 Coated abrasive containing epoxy binder and method of producing the same Gerald E. Korbel, Janis Robins 1985-11-19 $3,471,000
4237252 Heat activatable one-part liquid resin systems Richard G. Newell 1980-12-02 $7,655,000
4224422 Modified epoxy resin-polyisocyanate resin system Richard G. Newell 1980-09-23 $14,948,000