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John D. Munter — 7 Patents

3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
IMImation: 1 patents #303 of 622Top 50%
Oakdale, MN: #87 of 368 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #10,472 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
John D. Munter has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in February 2004. John D. Munter ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list John D. Munter in Oakdale, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1997.peak 21995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents19961997: 2 patents19971998: 1 patents19982003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE38412 Coated substrate drying system with magnetic particle orientation William Blake Kolb, Gary L. Huelsman 2004-02-03
6573963 Cholesteric liquid crystal optical bodies and methods of manufacture Andrew John Ouderkirk, Marvin Kammin 2003-06-03 $12,935,000
5813133 Coated substrate drying system with magnetic particle orientation William Blake Kolb, Gary L. Huelsman 1998-09-29 $18,493,000
5686142 Process of producing magnetic recording tape having textured backcoat David Wallack, Donald M. Lewis, Peter Silbernagel, Robert V. Heiti, Yuko Yoshida 1997-11-11 $18,496,000
5620514 Differential-speed gravure coating of magnetizable layers in the manufacture of magnetic recording media Donald M. Lewis, Joseph Hung Lam, Kevin K. Kuck, Michael J. Brost, Norman E. Gehrke 1997-04-15 $7,449,000
5589247 Magnetic recording medium having an embossed backcoat layer David Wallack, Donald M. Lewis, Peter Silbernagel, Robert V. Heiti, Yuko Yoshida 1996-12-31 $16,133,000
5447747 Method and apparatus for smoothing gravure coatings in the manufacture of magnetic recording tape Donald M. Lewis, Scott D. Stenstrom 1995-09-05 $16,822,000