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James M. Nelson — 66 Patents

3M: 66 patents #82 of 11,543Top 1%
Harvard University: 1 patents #1,740 of 3,600Top 50%
Lino Lakes, MN: #9 of 309 inventorsTop 3%
Minnesota: #529 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #32,599 of 4,157,543Top 1%
66 Patents All Time
James M. Nelson has been granted 66 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in July 2025. James M. Nelson ranks #32,599 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.78%). Patent records list James M. Nelson in Lino Lakes, MN, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 66 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12343953 Nanostructured optical films and intermediates Martin B. Wolk, Karl K. Stensvad, Henrik B. van Lengerich, Christopher S. Lyons, Moses M. David +3 more 2025-07-01
12263656 Materials and methods for forming nano-structures on substrates Henrik B. van Lengerich, Karl K. Stensvad, Edwin L. Kusilek, Matthew S. Stay, Caleb T. Nelson +6 more 2025-04-01
12248118 Optical metasurface films Martin B. Wolk, Robert L. Brott, Karl K. Stensvad, Federico Capasso, Xinghui Yin +1 more 2025-03-11
12235577 Arrayed structured replication articles and methods Lucas J. Hunt, Ashley R. Sonnier, James Zhu, Edwin L. Kusilek, Paul B. Armstrong +6 more 2025-02-25
11934019 Dust mitigating optical connector Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith 2024-03-19 $27,219,000
11914196 Optical ferrule assemblies Changbao Ma, Michael A. Haase 2024-02-27 $36,225,000
11874510 Optical assembly with cable retainer Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith, Alexander R. Mathews 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11874508 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11845885 Dual stage structural bonding adhesive Matthew J. Schmid, Cyrus A. Anderson, Kathleen S. Shafer, Xiao Gao 2023-12-19 $38,193,000
11726266 Structured surface and optical ferrule including same Bing Hao 2023-08-15 $24,406,000
11579375 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11520110 Optical device Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith 2022-12-06 $40,739,000
11397297 Optical assembly with cable retainer Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith, Alexander R. Mathews 2022-07-26 $64,643,000
11327244 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith 2022-05-10 $17,670,000
11215764 Configurable modular connectors Terry L. Smith, Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews 2022-01-04 $86,730,000
11163122 Optical ferrule Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith 2021-11-02 $54,104,000
11150416 Dust mitigating optical connector Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith 2021-10-19 $83,094,000
11086083 Optical connector with dust ingress mitigating cover Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith, Michael A. Haase, Lars A. Smeenk 2021-08-10 $85,592,000
11015040 Curable resin including nanoparticles including surface-bonded hydrophobically-modifying alkyl groups Steven C. Hackett, Wendy L. Thompson, Kristin L. Thunhorst 2021-05-25 $57,434,000
10890724 Optical assembly with cable retainer Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith, Alexander R. Mathews 2021-01-12 $54,231,000
10746942 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith 2020-08-18 $61,709,000
10649153 Dust mitigating optical connector Michael A. Haase, Terry L. Smith 2020-05-12 $40,265,000
10620383 Configurable modular connectors Terry L. Smith, Michael A. Haase, Alexander R. Mathews 2020-04-14 $24,395,000
10578884 Method of making a polarizing beamsplitter array Joseph C. Carls, Charles N. DeVore, Dwight G. Baldwin 2020-03-03 $29,893,000
10457839 Optical adhesive with diffusive properties Kevin R. Schaffer, Audrey A. Sherman, Ryan E. Marx 2019-10-29 $43,468,000