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John C. Nelson — 62 Patents

3M: 27 patents #428 of 11,543Top 4%
IBM: 10 patents #10,925 of 70,183Top 20%
IEItt Manufacturing Enterprises: 10 patents #25 of 1,404Top 2%
UMUniversity of Minnesota: 3 patents #431 of 2,951Top 15%
ITItt: 2 patents #257 of 721Top 40%
ASAlcatel Na Cable Systems: 2 patents #7 of 36Top 20%
EXExelis: 1 patents #99 of 290Top 35%
1T10X Technology: 1 patents #2 of 2Top 100%
ANAlcatel Na: 1 patents #7 of 40Top 20%
Roanoke, VA: #5 of 603 inventorsTop 1%
Virginia: #175 of 34,511 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #36,550 of 4,157,543Top 1%
62 Patents All Time
John C. Nelson has been granted 62 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in January 2021. John C. Nelson ranks #36,550 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.88%). Patent records list John C. Nelson in Roanoke, VA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 62 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10901726 Intelligent visual regression system Tamer E. Abuelsaad, David Nixon 2021-01-26 $1,788,000
10761179 Methods and apparatus for localizing a source of a set of radio signals Jonathan Lenchner, Timo Juhani Santala 2020-09-01 $3,521,000
10754004 Methods and apparatus for localizing a source of a set of radio signals Jonathan Lenchner, Timo Juhani Santala 2020-08-25 $2,454,000
10612514 Rigid polymeric blade for a wind turbine and method and apparatus to manufacture same Robert M. Pricone 2020-04-07
10279533 Method and apparatus for fabricating bent microneedles for use as micro-sutures in a wound closure device Robert M. Pricone, Gregory Shields, William T. Nelson 2019-05-07
10169427 Personalized highlighter for textual media Andrew Aaron, Shang Q. Guo, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, Maharaj Mukherjee 2019-01-01
10110726 Rapid serial visual presentation to deliver messages in social spaces Andrew Aaron, Joel W. Branch, Dario Gil, Jonathan Lenchner 2018-10-23 $2,704,000
10040195 Recognizing a location of a robot shared in multiple data centers Edward Geraghty, Steven L. Lubars, Tolga Oral 2018-08-07 $1,950,000
10044872 Organizing conference calls using speaker and topic hierarchies Shang Q. Guo, Christopher P. Jones, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella, Rodrigo A. Rey +1 more 2018-08-07 $1,950,000
9705972 Managing a set of data Andrew Aaron, Joel W. Branch, Shang Q. Guo, Jonathan Lenchner, Daniel A. Mazzella +1 more 2017-07-11 $1,748,000
9269943 Battery housing with reverse polarity protection Robert C. Anderson, Shannon William Craighead, Dmitru Branisteanu 2016-02-23
8913850 Information technology asset location using visual detectors Robert J. Calio, Jonathan H. Connell, II, Michael J. Frissora, Canturk Isci, Jeffrey O. Kephart +4 more 2014-12-16 $3,695,000
8867819 Information technology asset location using visual detectors Robert J. Calio, Jonathan H. Connell, II, Michael J. Frissora, Canturk Isci, Jeffrey O. Kephart +4 more 2014-10-21 $3,429,000
8098347 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with graded light guide light extraction features Robert L. Brott, Michael J. Sykora, John C. Schultz 2012-01-17 $15,757,000
8035771 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus with structured light guide surface Robert L. Brott, John C. Schultz 2011-10-11 $14,079,000
8004622 Embedded stereoscopic 3D display and 2D display film stack John C. Schultz, Michael J. Sykora, Martin Kristoffersen, Kathy L. Hagen, Glenn E. Casner +3 more 2011-08-23 $10,347,000
7847869 Autostereoscopic display with fresnel lens element and double sided prism adjacent a backlight having a transmission surface with opposed first and second light sources alternately modulated at 90 Hz Robert L. Brott 2010-12-07 $19,108,000
7800708 Stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display with segmented light guide Robert L. Brott, Dale L. Ehnes, David J. Lundin, Michael A. Meis 2010-09-21 $14,907,000
7750982 Autostereoscopic display with fresnel lens element and double sided prism film adjacent a backlight having a light transmission surface with left and right eye light sources at opposing ends modulated at a rate of at least 90 hz Robert L. Brott 2010-07-06 $20,737,000
7184210 Microstructured screen with light absorbing material and method of manufacturing Patrick Thomas, Scott M. Tapio, Michael L. Graetz, Amy J. Gates, Peter M. Olofson +2 more 2007-02-27 $17,388,000
7057810 Microstructured screen with light absorbing material and method of manufacturing Patrick Thomas, Scott M. Tapio, Michael L. Graetz, Amy J. Gates, Peter M. Olofson +2 more 2006-06-06 $17,448,000
7057599 Microstructures with assisting optical lenses David A. Engler, Rolf W. Biernath 2006-06-06 $17,448,000
7049027 Single battery housing assembly Harrison Lewis Buchanan, Jr., Mark Bryant, Nathan R. Schlotthober, Raymond Aquero, Lapthe Chau Flora +1 more 2006-05-23 $8,890,000
6935756 Retroreflective articles having moire-like pattern Nelson D. Sewall, Kenneth L. Smith, David W. Meitz, Madeleine B. Fleming 2005-08-30 $30,924,000
6931778 Clamp for weapon mount Stephen Lesniowski 2005-08-23 $7,934,000