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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Kui Chen-Ho — 40 Patents

3M: 31 patents #330 of 11,543Top 3%
CHCarestream Health: 3 patents #123 of 406Top 35%
Eastman Kodak: 3 patents #2,892 of 8,114Top 40%
GSGemalto Sa: 2 patents #107 of 462Top 25%
Woodbury, MN: #90 of 1,562 inventorsTop 6%
Minnesota: #1,294 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #78,057 of 4,157,543Top 2%
40 Patents All Time
Kui Chen-Ho has been granted 40 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2006 and the most recent in September 2025. Kui Chen-Ho ranks #78,057 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.9%). Patent records list Kui Chen-Ho in Woodbury, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2006 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 10 patents in 2022.peak 102006: 1 patents20062007: 4 patents2008: 1 patents20082013: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 2 patents2018: 1 patents20182019: 3 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 1 patents2022: 10 patents20222023: 3 patents2024: 6 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 40 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12427755 Bulk diffuser Michael J. Sykora, Guy M. Kallman, Ellen O. Aeling, Kaitlin R. Mohs, Patrick J. Yeshe 2025-09-30
12271010 Retroreflective article comprising locally-laminated reflective layers Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Michael A. McCoy, Christopher A. Merton, Shri Niwas +2 more 2025-04-08
12228755 Retroreflective article comprising multiple locally-laminated layers Kevin W. Gotrik, Graham M. Clarke, Scott J. Jones, Michael A. McCoy, Shri Niwas +3 more 2025-02-18
12169748 Optical articles and systems interacting with the same Michael A. McCoy, Glenn E. Casner, Anne C. Gold, Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann, Charles A. Shaklee +15 more 2024-12-17
12159177 Optical articles and systems interacting with the same Michael A. McCoy, Anne C. Gold, Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann, Glenn E. Casner, Timothy J. Gardner +11 more 2024-12-03 $186,768,000
12099220 Retroreflective article comprising embedded reflective layers Ann M. Gilman, Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Daniel M. Lentz, Michael A. McCoy +4 more 2024-09-24 $54,198,000
12032059 Radar-optical fusion article and system Jonathan D. Gandrud, Mohsen Salehi, Douglas S. Dunn, Jaewon Kim 2024-07-09 $31,621,000
12001038 Patterned wavelength-selective film Douglas S. Dunn, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, Bryan T. Whiting, Taylor J. Kobe, Anthony F. Schultz +9 more 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
11953706 Patterned wavelength-selective image Kenneth L. Smith, Douglas S. Dunn, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, John A. Wheatley, Bryan T. Whiting +4 more 2024-04-09 $46,190,000
11682185 Personal protective equipment management system using optical patterns for equipment and safety monitoring Caroline M. Ylitalo, Paul L. Acito, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, James B. Snyder, Travis L. Potts +9 more 2023-06-20 $97,035,000
11651179 Optical articles and systems interacting with the same Michael A. McCoy, Glenn E. Casner, Anne C. Gold, Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann, Charles A. Shaklee +15 more 2023-05-16 $45,975,000
11572492 Microstructured release liners for selective transfer of ink to film Patrick J. Yeshe, Matthew S. Stay, Matthew R.D. Smith, Anish Kurian, Ross E. Behling 2023-02-07 $48,331,000
11493674 Retroreflective article comprising embedded reflective layers Ann M. Gilman, Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Daniel M. Lentz, Michael A. McCoy +4 more 2022-11-08 $27,717,000
11435616 Optical construction and display system incorporating same Encai Hao, Fei Lu, William Blake Kolb, Brian W. Ostlie, Adam D. Haag +10 more 2022-09-06 $31,148,000
11415731 Retroreflective article comprising retroreflective elements comprising primary reflective layers and secondary reflective layers Michael A. McCoy, Ying Xia, Lok-Man Ng, Shri Niwas, Scott J. Jones +1 more 2022-08-16 $29,798,000
11413846 Article featuring a predetermined pattern of randomly distributed microspheres and methods of making the same Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Toheeb B. Alabi, John C. Clark, Jeremy P. Gundale, Vivek Krishnan +4 more 2022-08-16 $29,798,000
11373076 Optical articles and systems interacting with the same Michael A. McCoy, Anne C. Gold, Silvia Geciova-Borovova Guttmann, Glenn E. Casner, Timothy J. Gardner +11 more 2022-06-28 $36,743,000
11366252 Retroreflective article comprising locally-laminated reflective layers Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Michael A. McCoy, Christopher A. Merton, Shri Niwas +2 more 2022-06-21 $81,906,000
11354880 Optical sensor systems Jonah Shaver, Susannah C. Clear, John A. Wheatley 2022-06-07 $33,213,000
11314971 Personal protective equipment management system using optical patterns for equipment and safety monitoring Caroline M. Ylitalo, Paul L. Acito, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, James B. Snyder, Travis L. Potts +9 more 2022-04-26 $45,721,000
11300716 Retroreflecting article including retarder John A. Wheatley, Michael A. McCoy, Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, Guanglei Du, Neeraj Sharma +1 more 2022-04-12 $70,397,000
11280942 Exposed-lens retroreflective article comprising color layers comprising bi-layer structures Daniel J. Schmidt, Matthew S. Stay, Michael A. McCoy, Richard S. Buckanin 2022-03-22 $17,842,000
11132554 Counterfeit detection of an optically active article using security elements Justin M. Johnson, James W. Howard, James B. Snyder, Suman K. Patel, Travis L. Potts +2 more 2021-09-28 $51,291,000
10845514 Retroreflective colored articles Matthew S. Stay, Ying Xia, Syud M. Ahmed, Cordell M. Hardy, Shri Niwas +2 more 2020-11-24 $56,473,000
10649274 Optical construction and display system incorporating same Encai Hao, Fei Lu, William Blake Kolb, Brian W. Ostlie, Adam D. Haag +10 more 2020-05-12 $40,265,000