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James W. Laumer — 8 Patents

3M: 8 patents #1,969 of 11,543Top 20%
White Bear Lake, MN: #96 of 561 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #9,348 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
James W. Laumer has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in November 2013. James W. Laumer ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list James W. Laumer in White Bear Lake, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2008.peak 21995: 1 patents19951999: 1 patents19992005: 1 patents20052008: 2 patents20082010: 1 patents20102012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8576357 Liquid crystal displays with laminated diffuser plates Mark D. Gehlsen, Linda M. Rivard, Ryan T. Fabick, Kenneth A. Epstein, Byung-Soo Ko +3 more 2013-11-05 $19,946,000
8125589 Direct-LIT liquid crystal displays with laminated diffuser plates Byungsoo Ko, Mark D. Gehlsen, Chingwen Chen, Robert M. Emmons, Ji Hyung Kim +7 more 2012-02-28 $19,842,000
7710511 Liquid crystal displays with laminated diffuser plates Mark D. Gehlsen, Linda M. Rivard, Ryan T. Fabick, Kenneth A. Epstein, Byung-Soo Ko +3 more 2010-05-04 $28,075,000
7446827 Direct-lit liquid crystal displays with laminated diffuser plates Byungsoo Ko, Mark D. Gehlsen, Chingwen Chen, Robert M. Emmons, Ji Hyung Kim +7 more 2008-11-04 $23,539,000
7436469 Composite diffuser plates and direct-lit liquid crystal displays using same Mark D. Gehlsen, Chingwen Chen, Byungsoo Ko, Robert M. Emmons, Ryan T. Fabick +5 more 2008-10-14 $30,401,000
6895156 Small diameter, high strength optical fiber Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Jesper Marklund 2005-05-17 $15,496,000
RE36146 Optical fiber element having a permanent protective coating with a shore D hardness value of 65 or more James C. Novack, Bryon J. Cronk, Tracy R. Woodward, David A. Krohn 1999-03-16
5381504 Optical fiber element having a permanent protective coating with a Shore D hardness value of 65 or more James C. Novack, Bryon J. Cronk, Tracy R. Woodward, David A. Krohn 1995-01-10 $4,240,000