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Kenneth A. Aho — 10 Patents

3M: 10 patents #1,596 of 11,543Top 15%
North Branch, MN: #12 of 83 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #7,600 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Kenneth A. Aho has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in November 1995. Kenneth A. Aho ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Kenneth A. Aho in North Branch, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 1995Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1989.peak 31981: 1 patents19811988: 1 patents19881989: 3 patents19891991: 1 patents19911992: 2 patents19921993: 1 patents19931995: 1 patents1995

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5471348 Directed reflection optical device Richard A. Miller, John F. Dreyer, Jr. 1995-11-28 $8,000,000
5190370 High aspect ratio lighting element Richard A. Miller, Sanford Cobb, Jr. 1993-03-02 $10,086,000
5130848 Passive railroad crossing warning system Richard A. Miller, Scott G. Theirl 1992-07-14 $19,227,000
5097395 Multiple cavity light fixture Richard A. Miller 1992-03-17 $21,375,000
5029060 Uniform intensity profile catadioptric lens John C. Nelson 1991-07-02 $3,968,000
4874228 Back-lit display Jeffrey J. Melby, Richard A. Miller 1989-10-17 $6,299,000
4799131 Automotive lighting element Jeffrey J. Melby, Richard A. Miller 1989-01-17 $7,399,000
4799137 Reflective film 1989-01-17 $7,399,000
4789921 Cone shaped Fresnel reflector 1988-12-06 $15,531,000
4253773 Fluid container Francis M. Farrell, III 1981-03-03 $7,242,000