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James D. Hansen — 54 Patents

3M: 39 patents #222 of 11,543Top 2%
SPSolventum Intellectual Properties: 10 patents #4 of 387Top 2%
CACadent: 1 patents #11 of 21Top 55%
CECeradyne: 1 patents #15 of 46Top 35%
UFUS Air Force: 1 patents #6,232 of 16,312Top 40%
White Bear Lake, MN: #6 of 561 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #776 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #46,969 of 4,157,543Top 2%
54 Patents All Time
James D. Hansen has been granted 54 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in December 2025. James D. Hansen ranks #46,969 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.1%). Patent records list James D. Hansen in White Bear Lake, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 54 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12502260 Dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, John M. Pilgrim, Christopher R. Kokaisel, Katelyn M. Languell 2025-12-23
12468138 Multiphoton imaging methods in a scattering and/or absorbing medium, and articles Alexander J. Huffman, Brian J. Gates, Jeremy K. Larsen, David A. Ender, Gary Hughes 2025-11-11
12421336 Orthodontic articles comprising cured free-radically polymerizable composition with improved strength in aqueous environment Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun +10 more 2025-09-23
12324715 Dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, Mary C. Doruff 2025-06-10
12268567 Apparatus, system, method of post-curing an article, and post-cured article Rudolf Schmid, Ralf Kelz, Christian A. Richter, Anja Friedrich, Saswata Chakraborty +2 more 2025-04-08
12239507 Removable dental appliance with gingival ridges Michael K. Domroese, David K. Cinader, Jr., Richard E. Raby 2025-03-04
12201490 Digital design of dental matrix with improved customized interproximal contacts Katelyn M. Languell, Joseph C. Dingeldein, John A. Norris 2025-01-21
12186144 Dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, John M. Pilgrim, Christopher R. Kokaisel, Katelyn M. Languell 2025-01-07
12156775 Dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, Katelyn M. Languell, Christopher M. Brown 2024-12-03 $30,064,000
12127904 One-piece dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, Mary C. Doruff 2024-10-29 $17,242,000
12121413 Orthodontic articles and methods of making and postprocessing same Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Karl J.L. Geisler, Thomas P. Klun, Daniel J. Skamser +3 more 2024-10-22
12023219 Removable dental appliance including spring member Michael K. Domroese, David K. Cinader, Jr., Richard E. Raby, Ralf M. Paehl 2024-07-02 $14,614,000
11986371 Custom tool for bonding orthodontic appliances, and methods of designing and using custom tools Joseph C. Dingeldein, John M. Pilgrim 2024-05-21 $43,805,000
11960795 Neural network-based generation and placement of tooth restoration dental appliances Cameron M. Fabbri, Jonathan D. Gandrud, Joseph C. Dingeldein, Benjamin D. Zimmer, Jianbing Huang 2024-04-16 $39,805,000
11925526 Custom tools for bonding orthodontic appliances and methods of bonding orthodontic appliances Joseph C. Dingeldein, John M. Pilgrim 2024-03-12 $30,669,000
11925522 Dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, Mary C. Doruff 2024-03-12 $30,669,000
11911236 Water-resistant polymer-based dental articles Zeba Parkar, Richard E. Raby 2024-02-27 $36,225,000
11904031 Orthodontic articles comprising polymerized composition comprising at least two free-radical initiators Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Eric W. Nelson, Thomas P. Klun, Richard J. Pokorny +9 more 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11801126 Dental restoration molds Katelyn M. Languell, Joseph C. Dingeldein, Lois F. Duerst 2023-10-31 $42,839,000
11737856 Removable dental appliance with gingival ridges Michael K. Domroese, David K. Cinader, Jr., Richard E. Raby 2023-08-29 $34,489,000
11584817 Orthodontic articles comprising cured free-radically polymerizable composition with improved strength in aqueous environment Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun +10 more 2023-02-21 $25,268,000
11571284 Dental restoration molding techniques Joseph C. Dingeldein, Shannon D. Scott, Joshua K. Schroeder, Bruce R. Broyles, Mary C. Doruff 2023-02-07 $48,331,000
11553996 Radiation curable compositions and composite articles made using an additive manufacturing process Zeba Parkar, Tianyu Wu, Carsten Franke, Timothy D. Dunbar, Gregory A. Kobussen +2 more 2023-01-17 $69,574,000
11547530 Dental restoration molds Joseph C. Dingeldein, Katelyn M. Languell, Christopher M. Brown 2023-01-10 $64,569,000
11523888 Ceramic dental restorations made by additive manufacturing Joseph C. Dingeldein, Gareth A. Hughes, Gopal B. Haregoppa, Bastian P. Kirchner, Till Meurer +1 more 2022-12-13 $76,870,000