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James A. Masterman — 15 Patents

3M: 15 patents #1,017 of 11,543Top 9%
Lake Elmo, MN: #50 of 301 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #4,986 of 52,454 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
James A. Masterman has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2005 and the most recent in September 2023. James A. Masterman ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list James A. Masterman in Lake Elmo, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11748874 Automated inspection for sheet parts of arbitrary shape from manufactured film Steven P. Floeder, Xin Yu, Nathaniel S. Rowekamp, Jeffrey P. Adolf 2023-09-05 $35,334,000
9142023 Maintaining registration of spatially synchronized data for web products Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps, Matthew V. Rundquist 2015-09-22 $20,504,000
8935104 Application-specific repeat defect detection in web manufacturing processes Steven P. Floeder, Steven R. Dreger, Carl J. Skeps, Steven R. Wageman 2015-01-13 $20,882,000
8238646 Apparatus and method for the automated marking of defects on webs of material Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps 2012-08-07 $16,322,000
8175739 Multi-unit process spatial synchronization Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps, Brandon T. Berg 2012-05-08 $22,569,000
7974459 Apparatus and method for the automated marking of defects on webs of material Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps 2011-07-05 $17,990,000
7937233 Preferential defect marking on a web Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps, Jason Smith 2011-05-03 $41,457,000
7797133 Multi-roller registered repeat defect detection of a web process line Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps, Terry A. Okonek 2010-09-14 $29,353,000
7623699 Apparatus and method for the automated marking of defects on webs of material Steven P. Floeder, Carl J. Skeps 2009-11-24 $20,352,000
7542821 Multi-unit process spatial synchronization of image inspection systems Steven P. Floeder, Kenneth G. Brittain, Carl J. Skeps 2009-06-02 $26,813,000
7187995 Maximization of yield for web-based articles Steven P. Floeder, Brandon T. Berg, Carl J. Skeps 2007-03-06 $21,529,000
7120515 Inventory control for web-based articles Steven P. Floeder, Brandon T. Berg, Carl J. Skeps, Wayne R. Roller 2006-10-10 $31,371,000
7027934 Apparatus and method for automated web inspection Carl J. Skeps, Steven P. Floeder, Brandon T. Berg 2006-04-11 $37,340,000
7023542 Imaging method and apparatus Steven P. Floeder 2006-04-04 $30,816,000
6950547 Web inspection method and device Steven P. Floeder, Matthew Peick, Carl J. Skeps, Steven R. Wageman, Wenyuan Xu +1 more 2005-09-27 $16,203,000