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John J. Simbal — 12 Patents

3M: 10 patents #1,596 of 11,543Top 15%
IMImation: 2 patents #167 of 622Top 30%
Windom, MN: #267 of 2,819 inventorsTop 10%
Minnesota: #6,327 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
John J. Simbal has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in February 2010. John J. Simbal ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list John J. Simbal in Windom, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2010Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2008.peak 31987: 2 patents19871992: 1 patents19921996: 1 patents19962002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents20042005: 1 patents20052007: 1 patents20072008: 3 patents20082010: 1 patents2010

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7658526 Illumination system using a plurality of light sources Gordon D. Henson, Barbara A. DeBaun, Michael A. Meis, John C. Schultz, Ronald Dell Davis 2010-02-09 $19,785,000
7403680 Reflective light coupler — 2008-07-22 $25,428,000
7360924 Illumination system using a plurality of light sources Gordon D. Henson, Barbara A. DeBaun, Michael A. Meis, John C. Schultz, Ronald Dell Davis 2008-04-22 $16,800,000
7329887 Solid state light device Gordon D. Henson, Bonnie Weiskopf Albrecht, Donald K. Larson, Michael A. Meis, Michael E. Griffin +1 more 2008-02-12 $13,174,000
7163327 Illumination system using a plurality of light sources Gordon D. Henson, Barbara A. DeBaun, Michael A. Meis, John C. Schultz, Ronald Dell Davis 2007-01-16 $25,159,000
6853772 Fiber grating writing interferometer with continuous wavelength tuning and chirp capability James M. Battiato 2005-02-08 $49,441,000
6808648 Multibeam laser servowriting of magnetic data storage media Lewis S. Damer, Stephen W. Farnsworth, Robert S. Jackson, Mark P. Lubratt, Robert C. Martin +2 more 2004-10-26 $7,768,000
6365061 Multibeam laser servowriting of magnetic data storage media Lewis S. Damer, Stephen W. Farnsworth, Robert S. Jackson, Mark P. Lubratt, Robert C. Martin +2 more 2002-04-02 $3,898,000
5481405 Stepless micrographic zoom lens having large magnification ratio — 1996-01-02 $12,306,000
5087987 Color-corrected telecentric scan lens — 1992-02-11 $7,588,000
4688911 Image mask for microfiche — 1987-08-25 $13,820,000
4682863 Ultra-wide angle micrographic lens — 1987-07-28 $16,390,000

Frequent Collaborators

Michael A. Meis4 shared
Gordon D. Henson4 shared
Barbara A. DeBaun3 shared
Ronald Dell Davis3 shared
John C. Schultz3 shared
David M. Perry2 shared

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