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James Onstott — 12 Patents

3M: 12 patents #1,322 of 11,543Top 15%
Beldenville, WI: #1 of 8 inventorsTop 15%
Wisconsin: #3,851 of 40,088 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
James Onstott has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in April 2005. James Onstott ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list James Onstott in Beldenville, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2005Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2004.peak 41986: 1 patents19861990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents19911996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents19972003: 2 patents20032004: 4 patents20042005: 1 patents2005

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6879609 Silicate glass for upconversion fluorescence Craig R. Schardt, Mark T. Anderson, Lowell C. Frank 2005-04-12 $27,313,000
6757474 Emission silicate waveguide compositions for enhanced L-band and S-band emission Mark T. Anderson, Craig R. Schardt, Kenton D. Budd 2004-06-29 $39,314,000
6742939 Optical fiber fusion splice having a controlled mode field diameter expansion match Craig R. Sykora, Mark T. Anderson, Craig R. Schardt, Lawrence J. Donalds, Alessandra Chiareli 2004-06-01 $19,400,000
6724972 Silicate waveguide compositions for extended L-band and S-band amplification Mark T. Anderson, Craig R. Schardt, Kenton D. Budd 2004-04-20 $37,976,000
6690868 Optical waveguide article including a fluorine-containing zone Mark T. Anderson, Craig R. Schardt, Lawrence J. Donalds, Alessandra Chiareli 2004-02-10 $28,199,000
6643440 Temperature range adjusted coated optical fibers Thomas M. Lynch, Brian K. Nelson, James C. Novack 2003-11-04 $13,474,000
6630209 Method of manufacturing temperature range adjusted coated optical fibers Thomas M. Lynch, Brian K. Nelson, James C. Novack 2003-10-07 $15,223,000
5645622 Method of annealing a fiber within a coiled tube to thereby make a fiber coil for a Faraday-effect current-sensor Bryon J. Cronk, Ted F. Hutchinson, Dale R. Lutz, Trevor MacDougall 1997-07-08 $20,455,000
5570449 Holder for annealing fiber optic coils Ted F. Hutchinson, Dale R. Lutz, Trevor MacDougall 1996-10-29 $32,097,000
5056888 Single-mode, single-polarization optical fiber Michael J. Messerly, Raymond C. Mikkelson 1991-10-15 $6,076,000
4896942 Polarization-maintaining optical fiber Michael J. Messerly, Raymond C. Mikkelson, Lawrence J. Donalds 1990-01-30 $6,215,000
4588256 Optical fiber connector Bryon J. Cronk, Thomas M. Cherney 1986-05-13 $5,564,000