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James E. Steffen — 21 Patents

3M: 16 patents #943 of 11,543Top 9%
Eastman Kodak: 2 patents #3,607 of 8,114Top 45%
IMImation: 2 patents #167 of 622Top 30%
IPInnovative Properties: 1 patents #1 of 23Top 5%
Woodbury, MN: #213 of 1,562 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #3,324 of 52,454 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
James E. Steffen has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in September 2013. James E. Steffen ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list James E. Steffen in Woodbury, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D690413 Filter cover for powered air purifying respirator Nathan A. Abel, Gary E. Dwyer, John M. Pilgrim 2013-09-24
D690414 Powered air purifying respirator (PAPR) having control panel Nathan A. Abel, David M. Blomberg, Sean R. Kilmer 2013-09-24
D681190 Filter cover for powered air purifying respirator Gary E. Dwyer, Nathan A. Abel, John M. Pilgrim 2013-04-30
D680641 Filter cover for powered air purifying respirator Gary E. Dwyer, Nathan A. Abel, John M. Pilgrim 2013-04-23
7167193 Active cooling system for laser imager Donald J. Goetzke, Bradley B. Rassatt, David J. McDaniel 2007-01-23 $2,955,000
6064416 Linear translation system for use in a laser imaging system Jay A. Esch, Timothy S. Vraa, Yun Zhong Li, Paul C. Schubert 2000-05-16 $8,159,000
6010766 Corrugated nonwoven webs of polymeric microfiber David L. Braun 2000-01-04 $86,955,000
5961778 Corrugating apparatus David L. Braun, Raju Venkatapathy 1999-10-05 $16,797,000
5955193 Apparel containing corrugated microfiber-containing thermal insulation David L. Braun, Raju Venkatapathy 1999-09-21 $45,206,000
D408838 Medical imager Bruce E. Nelson, William C. Tigner, James R. Gilbertson 1999-04-27
5830311 Corrugating apparatus David L. Braun 1998-11-03 $14,210,000
5804295 Fibrous filtration face mask having corrugated polymeric microfiber filter layer David L. Braun 1998-09-08 $16,300,000
5773839 Cassette for use in an electronic radiographic imaging system Kenneth J. Krepel, Joseph A. Hoffman, Anthony B. Ferguson, Daniel J. Severson, Keith K. Mclaughlin +4 more 1998-06-30 $1,689,000
5763078 Filter having corrugated nonwoven webs of polymeric microfiber David L. Braun 1998-06-09 $12,619,000
5753343 Corrugated nonwoven webs of polymeric microfiber David L. Braun, Raju Venkatapathy 1998-05-19 $9,915,000
5656368 Fibrous filtration face mask having corrugated polymeric microfiber filter layer David L. Braun 1997-08-12 $18,597,000
5639700 Thermal insulation containing corrugated nonwoven web of polymeric microfiber David L. Braun, Raju Venkatapathy 1997-06-17 $20,272,000
5620545 Method of making a corrugated nonwoven web of polymeric microfiber David L. Braun, Raju Venkatapathy 1997-04-15 $7,449,000
5440146 Radiographic image reader Jay A. Esch, Robert J. Mattila, Eric Julius Donaldson, Timothy S. Vraa, Owen L. Nelson +4 more 1995-08-08 $6,496,000
D347298 Valve cover Daniel A. Japuntich, David C. Byram 1994-05-24
4997034 Heat exchanger Vaughn B. Grannis, Frank Schröder 1991-03-05 $16,809,000