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John C. Clark — 50 Patents

3M: 46 patents #176 of 11,543Top 2%
Pfizer: 2 patents #2,085 of 5,153Top 45%
APAmerimas Home Products: 1 patents #421 of 715Top 60%
HOHidex Oy: 1 patents #8 of 15Top 55%
Maplewood, MN: #10 of 510 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #884 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #53,743 of 4,157,543Top 2%
50 Patents All Time
John C. Clark has been granted 50 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2025. John C. Clark ranks #53,743 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list John C. Clark in Maplewood, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2010.peak 61997: 1 patents19972001: 2 patents2002: 2 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents2005: 2 patents2006: 3 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 4 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 6 patents2012: 2 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 1 patents2017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 5 patents2020: 1 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents2023: 3 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12404386 Cured epoxy resin composition suitable for electronic device enclosure, articles, and methods Brett A. Beiermann, Eric G. Larson, Jeremy M. Higgins, Audrey S. Forticaux, Jay R. Lomeda +5 more 2025-09-02
12122127 Microsphere-coated polyurethane articles and methods of making the same John P. Baetzold, Charlie C. Ho, Alexander J. Kugel, Yongshang Lu, Chris A. Pommer +1 more 2024-10-22 $47,106,000
11833851 Microsphere articles and transfer articles Vivek Krishnan, Thomas B. Galush, Jean A. Tangeman 2023-12-05 $59,925,000
11773254 Cured epoxy resin composition suitable for electronic device enclosure, articles, and methods Brett A. Beiermann, Eric G. Larson, Jeremy M. Higgins, Audrey S. Forticaux, Jay R. Lomeda +5 more 2023-10-03 $64,219,000
11691381 Thermoformable beaded articles with removable stabilizing layer and methods thereof Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Matthew R.C. Atkinson, Mary M. Caruso Dailey, Vivek Krishnan, Alexander J. Kugel +2 more 2023-07-04
11413846 Article featuring a predetermined pattern of randomly distributed microspheres and methods of making the same Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Toheeb B. Alabi, Kui Chen-Ho, Jeremy P. Gundale, Vivek Krishnan +4 more 2022-08-16 $29,798,000
11390059 Decorative article featuring a microscopic periodic pattern and methods of making the same Samad Javid, Vivek Krishnan, Alexander J. Kugel, Aaron K. Nienaber, Chris A. Pommer +1 more 2022-07-19 $43,383,000
11298800 Method of transferring particles to a substrate Aaron K. Nienaber, Logan J. Klaers 2022-04-12 $70,397,000
11112544 Truncated beadfilm constructions and methods of making the same John J. Gagliardi, Kevin W. Gotrik, Alexander J. Kugel, Jean A. Tangeman, Christopher B. Walker, Jr. 2021-09-07 $47,026,000
10844160 Flexible microsphere articles having high temperature stability Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Alexander J. Kugel, Vivek Krishnan, Abdullahi A. Mohamud 2020-11-24 $56,473,000
10513626 Stain resistant microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Tatsuo Fukushi, Thomas P. Klun, Vivek Krishnan, Alexander J. Kugel +3 more 2019-12-24 $43,769,000
10486932 Web conveyance apparatus Kevin B. Newhouse, Bruce E. Tait 2019-11-26 $46,037,000
10406537 Method of making a nozzle Jun-Ying Zhang, Michael R. Gorman, Haiyan Zhang, Raymond P. Johnston, Barry S. Carpenter 2019-09-10 $29,035,000
10245812 Dual cure stain resistant microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Thomas P. Klun, Steven J. McMan, Abdullahi A. Mohamud, Alexander J. Kugel +1 more 2019-04-02 $44,832,000
10239277 Flexible microsphere articles having high temperature stability Alexander J. Kugel, Vivek Krishnan, Christopher B. Walker, Jr. 2019-03-26 $49,045,000
9868832 Thermoformable microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Joseph D. Rule, Vivek Krishnan, Steven J. McMan, Toheeb B. Alabi +3 more 2018-01-16 $146,367,000
9845216 Web conveyance method and apparatus using same Kevin B. Newhouse, Bruce E. Tait 2017-12-19 $43,847,000
9650499 Thermoformable microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Joseph D. Rule, Vivek Krishnan, Steven J. McMan, Toheeb B. Alabi +3 more 2017-05-16 $25,157,000
8975436 Fluorinated arylene-containing compounds, methods, and polymers prepared therefrom Yu Yang, George G. I. Moore 2015-03-10 $15,307,000
8784940 Method for making engagement cover for rollers for web conveyance apparatus Kevin B. Newhouse, Bruce E. Tait 2014-07-22 $31,254,000
8276312 Lines having shaped surface and method of making Jeffrey L. Wieringa, Daniel R. Croswell 2012-10-02 $32,188,000
8092707 Compositions and methods for modifying a surface suited for semiconductor fabrication L. Charles Hardy, Heather K. Kranz, Thomas E. Wood, David A. Kaisaki, John J. Gagliardi +2 more 2012-01-10 $19,975,000
7851387 Fluoroacrylate-multifunctional acrylate copolymer compositions Zai-Ming Qiu, George G. I. Moore, Ramesh C. Kumar 2010-12-14 $15,789,000
7750093 Polyurethanes derived from oligomeric fluoroacrylates Cheryl L. S. Elsbernd, Frans A. Audenaert, Chetan P. Jariwala, George G. I. Moore, Zai-Ming Qiu 2010-07-06 $20,737,000
7666964 Fluoroacrylate-mercaptofunctional copolymers Zai-Ming Qiu, Ramesh C. Kumar 2010-02-23 $22,823,000