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James D. Brown — 26 Patents

3M: 7 patents #2,219 of 11,543Top 20%
DEDesoto: 3 patents #32 of 130Top 25%
UOUniversity Of Western Ontario: 2 patents #42 of 286Top 15%
QPQuebec Metal Powders: 1 patents #5 of 21Top 25%
ULUnited Defense Lp: 1 patents #48 of 134Top 40%
High Point, NC: #15 of 422 inventorsTop 4%
North Carolina: #1,597 of 45,564 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #150,017 of 4,157,543Top 4%
26 Patents All Time
James D. Brown has been granted 26 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in October 2024. James D. Brown ranks #150,017 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.6%). Patent records list James D. Brown in High Point, NC, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 1981.peak 51981: 5 patents19811992: 1 patents1993: 2 patents19931994: 1 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents2000: 1 patents20002004: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 4 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 1 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 26 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12119597 Electrical junction box assembly 2024-10-15
11786408 Push-in earplug and method of making the same using a mandrel Jacob H. Ely, Robert C. Coffin 2023-10-17 $42,851,000
11707210 Acoustically probed over-the-ear hearing assessment devices and methods Jacob H. Ely, Michael G. Wurm 2023-07-25 $41,696,000
11076995 Cold-drawn polyolefin copolymers cord for earplug Feng Cai, Robert C. Coffin 2021-08-03 $56,682,000
10617333 Acoustically probed over-the-ear hearing assessment devices and methods Jacob H. Ely, Michael G. Wurm 2020-04-14 $24,395,000
D645028 Push to talk control box Michael J. Pescetto 2011-09-13
PP21958 Lobelia plant named ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ 2011-05-31
D632678 Ear bud shaft and taper Paul D. Henry, David M. Lutgring, Michael J. Pescetto, Ravi Thomas 2011-02-15
D632677 Ear bud body shape Paul D. Henry, David M. Lutgring, Michael J. Pescetto, Ravi Thomas 2011-02-15
7856970 Cooking grid 2010-12-28
7631763 Golf club reminder method 2009-12-15
6927354 Tribocharging and electrostatic separation of mixed electrically insulating particles Paul Wynen, Thomas E. Doyle 2005-08-09
6820566 Means of providing additional modular armor protected buoyancy to tracked and wheeled vehicles 2004-11-23 $12,429,000
6066015 Method and system for anchoring a buoy via a screw-type anchor 2000-05-23
5682591 Powder metallurgy apparatus and process using electrostatic die wall lubrication Ion I. Inculet, G. S. Peter Castle, Peter Farkas Binderup Hansen 1997-10-28
5662172 Aerator appartus with retractable turf penetrating members 1997-09-02
5553340 Utility tool for power chain saw 1996-09-10
5289922 Electrostatic separation of mixed plastic waste Ion I. Inculet, G. S. Peter Castle 1994-03-01
5240186 Portable electrostatic liquid sprayer Richard Dobbins 1993-08-31
5199379 Breeding box construction and method for temporizing male aggression 1993-04-06
5078095 Breeding box for temporizing male aggression 1992-01-07
D258405 Chest 1981-03-03
D258331 Dresser 1981-02-24
D258332 Dresser 1981-02-24
D258333 Dresser 1981-02-24