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James E. Skavnak — 13 Patents

3M: 5 patents #2,950 of 11,543Top 30%
GMGross-Given Manufacturing: 4 patents #2 of 22Top 10%
CSCrane Merchandising Systems: 1 patents #36 of 52Top 70%
EUEcolab Usa: 1 patents #1,587 of 1,826Top 90%
Minneapolis, MN: #479 of 6,114 inventorsTop 8%
Minnesota: #5,817 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
James E. Skavnak has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in October 2013. James E. Skavnak ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list James E. Skavnak in Minneapolis, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2006.peak 31991: 1 patents19911992: 1 patents19921993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19952001: 2 patents20012003: 1 patents20032005: 1 patents20052006: 3 patents20062013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8556119 Horizontal product discharge system for a vending machine Paul Ihn 2013-10-15
7131468 Method for creating a ready-to-use product from a concentrated form Allan L. Schuman, Tina O. Outlaw, Keith E. Olson 2006-11-07 $44,916,000
7128239 Apparatus and method for vending products having various dimensions 2006-10-31
7066348 Vending machine with horizontal product presentation 2006-06-27
6966455 Apparatus and method for vending products having various dimensions 2005-11-22
6513677 Apparatus and method for vending products Steven W. Sorensen, Thomas F. Gotich, Scott Hudis, Joseph A. Lotspeich 2003-02-04
6328180 Apparatus and method for vending products Steven W. Sorensen, Thomas F. Gotich, Scott Hudis, Joseph A. Lotspeich 2001-12-11
6230930 Apparatus and method for vending products Steven W. Sorensen, Thomas F. Gotich, Scott Hudis, Joseph A. Lotspeich 2001-05-15
5402954 Videotape adaptor for use with a cartridge John F. Kaman, Thomas A. Turgeon, Jerrold K. Weeks 1995-04-04 $9,173,000
5279475 Motorized two-piece videocassette adaptor Thomas A. Turgeon 1994-01-18 $14,639,000
5234179 Videotape adaptor for use with a cartridge John F. Kaman, Thomas A. Turgeon, Jerrold K. Weeks 1993-08-10 $16,735,000
5121276 Insertable tape cartridge for videocassette having a reel restraining member Jerrold K. Weeks, Thomas A. Turgeon 1992-06-09 $9,321,000
5072325 Videotape cartridge for use with an adaptor Jerrold K. Weeks, Thomas A. Turgeon 1991-12-10 $9,414,000