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Klaus Hintzer — 183 Patents

3M: 165 patents #5 of 11,543Top 1%
Hoechst Gmbh: 11 patents #332 of 4,020Top 9%
DGDyneon Gmbh: 10 patents #1 of 53Top 2%
Overall (All Time): #4,123 of 4,157,543Top 1%
183 Patents All Time
Klaus Hintzer has been granted 183 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in May 2025. Klaus Hintzer ranks #4,123 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.10%). Patent records list Klaus Hintzer in Grund, MN, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 16 patents in 2004.peak 161991: 2 patents19911994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents1996: 4 patents19961999: 1 patents2000: 1 patents2001: 5 patents20012002: 4 patents2003: 6 patents2004: 16 patents20042005: 11 patents2006: 8 patents2007: 10 patents20072008: 4 patents2009: 1 patents2010: 10 patents20102012: 2 patents2013: 9 patents2014: 6 patents20142015: 7 patents2016: 4 patents2017: 11 patents20172018: 7 patents2019: 3 patents2020: 15 patents20202021: 9 patents2022: 5 patents2023: 6 patents20232024: 8 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 183 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12312426 Composition including curable fluoropolymer and curative and methods of making and using them Tatsuo Fukushi, Tamon Aoki, Qilin Chan, Miguel A. Guerra, Florian D. Jochum +3 more 2025-05-27
12291588 Fluoropolymer compositions comprising a curing agent with ethylenically unsaturated and electron donor groups, and substrates coated therewith Naiyong Jing, Cheng Gu, Tho Q. Nguyen, Peter J. Scott 2025-05-06
12286387 Process of making fluoroolefins by thermal decomposition of fluorinated ionomers Arne Thaler, Achim Schmidt-Rodenkirchen, Mark W. Muggli, Konstantin Mierdel, Thorsten Gerdes +2 more 2025-04-29
12116476 Latex blends of amorphous perfluorinated polymers and articles derived therefrom Tamon Aoki, Tatsuo Fukushi, Florian D. Jochum, Peter J. Scott, Yuta Suzuki +2 more 2024-10-15 $71,376,000
12034193 Fluorinated copolymer and compositions and articles including the same Lisa P. Chen, Gregg D. Dahlke, Denis Duchesne, Matthew J. Lindell, Sean M. Smith +2 more 2024-07-09 $31,621,000
12018144 Fluoropolymer coating compositions comprising amine curing agents, coated substrates and related methods Naiyong Jing, Tho Q. Nguyen, Cheng-Kuang Li, Cheng Gu 2024-06-25 $28,642,000
12018105 Fluoropolymers with very low amounts of a fluorinated alkanoic acid or its salts Florian D. Jochum, Herbert Koenigsmann, Jens Schrooten, Tilman C. Zipplies, Karl D. Weilandt 2024-06-25 $28,642,000
11919984 Blends of crosslinking agents for fluoroelastomers Jiyoung Park, Tatsuo Fukushi, Miguel A. Guerra, Chetan P. Jariwala 2024-03-05 $26,671,000
11905178 Converting fluorinated materials into anhydrous hydrogen fluoride Markus E. Hirschberg, Thomas W. Schoettle, Arne Thaler, Achim Schmidt-Rodenkirchen, Thorsten Gerdes +1 more 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11866602 Fluoropolymer compositions comprising fluorinated additives, coated substrates and methods Naiyong Jing, Tho Q. Nguyen, Molly J. Smith, Gezahegn D. Damte 2024-01-09 $28,749,000
11859074 Curable fluoroelastomer composition Jiyoung Park, Chetan P. Jariwala, Miguel A. Guerra, Tatsuo Fukushi 2024-01-02 $163,408,000
11795126 Upcycling perfluoropolymers into fluorinated olefins Markus E. Hirschberg, Thomas G. Kolbeck, Matthias Wieland, Peter Bauer, Achim Schmidt-Rodenkirchen +1 more 2023-10-24 $28,273,000
11781004 Electronic telecommunications articles comprising crosslinked fluoropolymers and methods Naiyong Jing, Cheng Gu, Tho Q. Nguyen, Peter J. Scott, Cheng-Kuang Li +2 more 2023-10-10 $26,179,000
11760008 Additive processing of fluoropolymers Per M. Nelson, Jeffrey N. Bartow, Fee Zentis, Gabriele H. Gottschalk-Gaudig 2023-09-19 $96,869,000
11673861 Perfluorinated 1-alkoxypropenes, compositions, and methods and apparatuses for using same Sean M. Smith, Michael G. Costello, Markus E. Hirschberg, William M. Lamanna 2023-06-13 $34,510,000
11629133 Perfluoroaminoolefins and methods of making and using the same Sean M. Smith, Michael J. Bulinski, Michael G. Costello, Markus E. Hirscherg, William M. Lamanna 2023-04-18 $30,578,000
11551827 Perfluorinated 1-alkoxypropenes in dielectric fluids and electrical devices Sean M. Smith, Michael G. Costello, Markus E. Hirschberg, William M. Lamanna, John G. Owens 2023-01-10 $64,569,000
11492431 Fluorinated copolymer having sulfonyl pendant groups and compositions and articles including the same Lisa P. Chen, Gregg D. Dahlke, Denis Duchesne, Steven J. Hamrock, Markus E. Hirschberg +2 more 2022-11-08 $27,717,000
11377510 Fluorinated copolymer and compositions and articles including the same Lisa P. Chen, Gregg D. Dahlke, Denis Duchesne, Steven J. Hamrock, Markus E. Hirschberg +2 more 2022-07-05 $34,431,000
11292763 Methods of making a polyfluorinated allyl ether and compounds relating to the methods Markus E. Hirschberg, Romana Pajkert, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Sergey N. Tverdomed 2022-04-05 $32,780,000
11248117 Fluorinated elastomers cured by actinic radiation and methods thereof Xuan Jiang, Jeffrey N. Bartow, Robert J. DeVoe, Tatsuo Fukushi, Tho Q. Nguyen +2 more 2022-02-15 $32,373,000
11230053 Additive processing of fluoropolymers Jeffrey N. Bartow, Carsten Franke, Robin E. Wright, Fee Zentis, Gabriele H. Gottschalk-Gaudig +4 more 2022-01-25 $60,294,000
11193037 Tetrafluoroethylene polymer dispersions stabilized with aliphatic non-ionic surfactants Michael C. Dadalas, Arnd Kurz, Tilman C. Zipplies, Kai H. Lochhaas 2021-12-07 $64,268,000
11179886 Additive processing of fluoropolymers Xuan Jiang, Jeffrey N. Bartow, Carsten Franke, Fee Zentis, Gabriele H. Gottschalk-Gaudig +1 more 2021-11-23 $76,343,000
11155661 Method of making a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene having sulfonyl pendant groups Gregg D. Dahlke, Denis Duchesne, Markus E. Hirschberg, Kai H. Lochhaas, Arne Thaler +1 more 2021-10-26 $49,227,000