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John R. David — 29 Patents

3M: 27 patents #428 of 11,543Top 4%
BABoston Acoustics: 2 patents #17 of 39Top 45%
Stillwater, MN: #38 of 719 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #2,087 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
John R. David has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in January 2018. John R. David ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list John R. David in Stillwater, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9855732 Method of applying adhesive coated film Ronald S. Steelman 2018-01-02 $81,637,000
9303827 Illumination devices and methods for making the same Ellen O. Aeling, Michael A. Meis, Ronald S. Steelman 2016-04-05 $45,601,000
9303829 Illumination devices and methods for making the same Ellen O. Aeling, Michael A. Meis, Ronald S. Steelman 2016-04-05 $45,601,000
9221237 Method of applying adhesive coated film Ronald S. Steelman 2015-12-29 $24,003,000
8860296 Illumination devices and methods for making the same Ellen O. Aeling, Michael A. Meis, Ronald S. Steelman 2014-10-14 $22,252,000
8608897 Method of applying adhesive coated film Ronald S. Steelman 2013-12-17 $17,242,000
8596828 Light block Joseph A. Hoffman, Gilles J. Benoit 2013-12-03 $10,265,000
8525402 Illumination devices and methods for making the same Ellen O. Aeling, Michael A. Meis, Ronald S. Steelman 2013-09-03 $20,472,000
7594976 Methods of manufacturing substrates Jeffrey O. Emslander, Ronald S. Steelman, Danny L. Fleming, Robert K. Galkiewicz, Graham M. Clarke 2009-09-29 $47,803,000
7481563 LED backlight Ellen O. Aeling, Michael A. Meis 2009-01-27 $39,841,000
7413626 Adhesive film removal method and apparatus Conrad V. Anderson, Ronald S. Steelman 2008-08-19 $18,749,000
7171010 Dynamic bass boost apparatus and method Stephen Martin, Gregory Burlingame, Glenn G. Rogge 2007-01-30
7141133 Method of conforming a film to a surface Michael R. Kesti, Frank T. Sher, Stephen J. Aden, Ronald S. Steelman 2006-11-28 $9,230,000
6872268 Method of conforming an adherent film to a substrate by application of vacuum Jeffrey O. Emslander, Danny L. Fleming, Michael R. Kesti, Larry A. Meixner, Frank T. Sher +2 more 2005-03-29 $56,938,000
6824638 Graphic image film registration systems and methods Conrad V. Anderson, Brett A. Behnke, Ronald S. Steelman 2004-11-30 $16,086,000
6792125 Pivotable speaker mounting apparatus Leo Kiefer, David Kroll 2004-09-14 $577,000
6706131 Film lamination and removal system and methods of use Ronald S. Steelman 2004-03-16 $25,458,000
6645328 Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of use Conrad V. Anderson, Brett A. Behnke, Anne M. DePalma, Ronald S. Steelman 2003-11-11 $15,797,000
6613181 Vacuum-assisted laminator and methods of using the same Ronald S. Steelman 2003-09-02 $8,525,000
6520234 Steered vacuum-assisted laminating apparatus and methods of use Conrad V. Anderson, Brett A. Behnke, Anne M. DePalma, Ronald S. Steelman 2003-02-18 $14,780,000
6474389 Vacuum-assisted laminator and methods of using the same Ronald S. Steelman 2002-11-05 $20,473,000
6311399 Multi-pin air release tool and method Ronald S. Steelman 2001-11-06 $17,212,000
5895540 Method for unitizing containers Dee Lynn Johnson, Kenneth F. Knoll, Curtis L. Larson, Graham Thoms, Raymond D. Zachrison 1999-04-20 $41,706,000
5543190 Album containing pads of two-side coated repositionable tapes Dee Lynn Johnson, Kenneth F. Knoll 1996-08-06 $26,785,000
5503325 Pretaped container blanks Thomas L. Nelson, Eugene L. Baratto, Curtis L. Larson, Norbert E. Wrobel 1996-04-02 $11,764,000