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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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John A. Wheatley — 196 Patents

3M: 172 patents #3 of 11,543Top 1%
EAE.I. Du Pont De Nemours And: 20 patents #371 of 12,129Top 4%
SPSolventum Intellectual Properties: 1 patents #143 of 387Top 40%
TSThales Dis France Sas: 1 patents #122 of 337Top 40%
Stillwater, MN: #2 of 719 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #28 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #3,535 of 4,157,543Top 1%
196 Patents All Time
John A. Wheatley has been granted 196 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1990 and the most recent in December 2025. John A. Wheatley ranks #3,535 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.09%). Patent records list John A. Wheatley in Stillwater, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 14 patents in 2024.peak 141993: 4 patents19931994: 4 patents1995: 1 patents1996: 3 patents19961997: 2 patents1999: 2 patents2000: 4 patents20002001: 3 patents2002: 2 patents2003: 3 patents20032004: 3 patents2005: 5 patents2006: 9 patents20062007: 11 patents2008: 9 patents2009: 3 patents20092010: 4 patents2013: 6 patents2014: 6 patents20142015: 8 patents2016: 10 patents2017: 7 patents20172018: 7 patents2019: 9 patents2020: 8 patents20202021: 7 patents2022: 11 patents2023: 12 patents20232024: 14 patents2025: 12 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 196 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12510478 Fluorescence enhancement films for luminescent imaging Xuexue Guo, Henrik B. van Lengerich, Joshua M. Fishman, Karl K. Stensvad, Cedric Bedoya +4 more 2025-12-30
12510466 Measurement system including reflector William Edwin Gray, III, Bharat R. Acharya, Aaron M. Marcella, Stephen M. Kennedy, Brett J. Sitter +4 more 2025-12-30
12474514 Optical camouflage filters Guanglei Du, Yi Hang LV, Anthony M. Renstrom, Neeraj Sharma, Fuguo Xu 2025-11-18
12416526 Optical stack, optical device and optical construction Dawn V. Muyres, Jason W. Bjork, Mark A. Roehrig, Gilles J. Benoit, Theresa J. Gerten +4 more 2025-09-16
12372697 Optical diffuser with high infrared clarity Fan Long, Huijie Xie, Jingfei Chen, Zhe Hu, Adam D. Haag 2025-07-29
12372693 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein +2 more 2025-07-29
12362471 Gradient permittivity film Ronald D. Jesme, Jaewon Kim, Stephen J. Etzkorn, Dipankar Ghosh, Mohsen Salehi +1 more 2025-07-15
12352991 Optical systems and optical filters Guanglei Du, Yi Hang LV, Anthony M. Renstrom, Neeraj Sharma, Fuguo Xu 2025-07-08
12332473 Azimuthally anisotropic polarization sensitive optical filter Bharat R. Acharya, Andrew James Carlson 2025-06-17
12321141 Method of optimizing control signals used in operating vehicle Brian E. Brooks, Gilles J. Benoit, Peter O. Olson, Tyler W. Olson, Himanshu Nayar +2 more 2025-06-03
12298228 Optical system and optical construction Bharat R. Acharya 2025-05-13
12216298 Optical camouflage filters Guanglei Du, David T. Yust, Neeraj Sharma, Gilles J. Benoit, Ellison G. Kawakami +1 more 2025-02-04
12174407 Light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein +4 more 2024-12-24 $78,103,000
12169748 Optical articles and systems interacting with the same Michael A. McCoy, Glenn E. Casner, Anne C. Gold, Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann, Charles A. Shaklee +15 more 2024-12-17
12103846 Nanostructured article David Scott Thompson, Chad M. Amb, Moses M. David, Richard J. Pokorny, Thomas P. Klun +7 more 2024-10-01 $57,454,000
12066650 Azimuthally anisotropic polarization sensitive optical filter Bharat R. Acharya, Andrew James Carlson 2024-08-20 $70,751,000
12066329 Sensor array spectrometer Mark A. Roehrig, Audrey A. Sherman, Del R. Lawson, Gilles J. Benoit, Daniel J. Schmidt +3 more 2024-08-20 $70,751,000
12038592 Stray light absorbing film Judith M. Invie, Steven H. Kong, Moses M. David 2024-07-16 $179,794,000
12001038 Patterned wavelength-selective film Kui Chen-Ho, Douglas S. Dunn, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, Bryan T. Whiting, Taylor J. Kobe +9 more 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
11953709 Optical camouflage filter Guanglei Du, William B. Kolb, John C. Schultz, Daoyun Song, Luke D. Riveness 2024-04-09 $46,190,000
11953706 Patterned wavelength-selective image Kui Chen-Ho, Kenneth L. Smith, Douglas S. Dunn, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, Bryan T. Whiting +4 more 2024-04-09 $46,190,000
11957032 Display system Stephen J. Etzkorn, Michael L. Steiner, Kevin W. Gotrik, Luke A. Schroeder, Nicholas A. Johnson 2024-04-09 $46,190,000
11947135 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein +2 more 2024-04-02 $27,990,000
11899230 Optical filters complementary angular blocking regions Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Rolf W. Biernath 2024-02-13 $36,579,000
11885989 High transmission light control film Daniel J. Schmidt, Caleb T. Nelson, Kevin W. Gotrik, Raymond J. Kenney, Kenneth A. Epstein +2 more 2024-01-30 $25,418,000