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John C. Schultz — 93 Patents

3M: 52 patents #138 of 11,543Top 2%
General Motors: 27 patents #429 of 18,328Top 3%
XPXped Holdings Pty: 6 patents #1 of 6Top 20%
HIHoudaille Industries: 4 patents #1 of 43Top 3%
YGYoostar Entertainment Group: 1 patents #3 of 9Top 35%
Apple: 1 patents #12,397 of 18,612Top 70%
Saline, MI: #3 of 509 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #274 of 86,293 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #16,773 of 4,157,543Top 1%
93 Patents All Time
John C. Schultz has been granted 93 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in April 2024. John C. Schultz ranks #16,773 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.40%). Patent records list John C. Schultz in Saline, MI, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 93 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11953709 Optical camouflage filter Guanglei Du, John A. Wheatley, William B. Kolb, Daoyun Song, Luke D. Riveness 2024-04-09 $46,190,000
11204456 Optical camouflage filter Guanglei Du, John A. Wheatley, William B. Kolb, Daoyun Song, Luke D. Riveness 2021-12-21 $88,068,000
10766223 Low gloss laminated article Richard C. Allen, Ellen O. Aeling, William J. Bryan, Robert R. Condon, David J. Koch 2020-09-08 $52,923,000
10332560 Audio-video compositing and effects Berta Sandberg 2019-06-25
10209680 Remote control and remote control systems Chris Wood 2019-02-19
10128911 Arrangement for managing wireless communication between devices Christopher Wood, Philip Carrig 2018-11-13
10077834 Hydraulic control system for a transmission Robert L. Moses, Derek F. Lahr, Shushan Bai 2018-09-18
10031260 Object sensor Scott E. Brigham, Kenneth A. Epstein, Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Philip E. Watson 2018-07-24 $40,320,000
9992463 Alignments for a projection system with a shaped projection screen using alignment content Eric C. Lobner, Glenn E. Casner, Rolf W. Biernath, Quinn D. Sanford 2018-06-05 $72,602,000
9684120 Optical article having viscoelastic layer Martin B. Wolk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert L. Brott, William J. Bryan, Erik A. Aho +5 more 2017-06-20 $29,431,000
9647726 Arrangement for managing wireless communication between devices Christopher Wood, Philip Carrig 2017-05-09
9602163 Wireless device detection and communication apparatus and system Christopher Wood, Philip Carrig, David Hall 2017-03-21
9546728 Balanced binary pump for CVT transmission Daryl A. Wilton, Philip C. Lundberg 2017-01-17 $13,368,000
9500197 Pump assembly with multiple gear ratios Philip C. Lundberg 2016-11-22 $12,431,000
9304243 Illumination device having viscoelastic lightguide Martin B. Wolk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert L. Brott, William J. Bryan, Erik A. Aho +5 more 2016-04-05 $45,601,000
9244284 Microreplicated film for autostereoscopic displays Michael J. Sykora, Robert L. Brott, Corey D. Balts 2016-01-26 $24,100,000
9239417 Illumination device having viscoelastic layer Martin B. Wolk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert L. Brott, William J. Bryan, Erik A. Aho +5 more 2016-01-19 $37,873,000
9208704 Hybrid self illuminated and actively back lit signage for printed graphics Erik A. Aho, Audrey A. Sherman, Michael A. Meis, Kevin R. Schaffer, Patrick Thomas +3 more 2015-12-08 $23,878,000
9207384 Backlight asymmetric light input wedge William J. Bryan, Michael A. Meis, Patrick R. Destain 2015-12-08 $23,878,000
9146342 Illumination device having viscoelastic lightguide Martin B. Wolk, Michael J. Sykora, Robert L. Brott, William J. Bryan, Erik A. Aho +5 more 2015-09-29 $22,080,000
9136913 Arrangement for managing wireless communication between devices Christopher Wood, Philip Carrig 2015-09-15
9127674 High efficiency fixed displacement vane pump including a compression spring 2015-09-08 $9,172,000
9108498 Hydrostatic hydraulic hybrid system Daryl A. Wilton 2015-08-18 $8,256,000
9070312 Hybrid self illuminated and actively back lit signage for printed graphics Erik A. Aho, Audrey A. Sherman, Michael A. Meis, Kevin R. Schaffer, Patrick Thomas +3 more 2015-06-30 $18,884,000
9037708 Remote control arrangement Christopher Wood 2015-05-19