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Ludwig Mayer — 25 Patents

3M: 14 patents #1,104 of 11,543Top 10%
Hoechst Gmbh: 4 patents #925 of 4,020Top 25%
DGDyneon Gmbh: 3 patents #9 of 53Top 20%
LVLenser Verwaltungs-Gmbh: 1 patents #3 of 6Top 50%
KGKraussmaffei Gmbh: 1 patents #76 of 94Top 85%
NASA: 1 patents #1,837 of 3,881Top 50%
San Jose, CA: #2,531 of 32,062 inventorsTop 8%
California: #22,079 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Ludwig Mayer has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in June 2017. Ludwig Mayer ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Ludwig Mayer in San Jose, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1980 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2010.peak 41980: 1 patents19801983: 1 patents1989: 1 patents19891994: 2 patents1996: 1 patents19961997: 1 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents2006: 1 patents20062009: 1 patents2010: 4 patents20102012: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132015: 2 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9688796 High melting PTFE polymers for melt-processing Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Tilman C. Zipplies 2017-06-27 $26,407,000
9212693 Fluoropolymer coated articles Michael C. Dadalas, Klaus Hintzer, Tilman C. Zipplies, James A. McDonell 2015-12-15 $37,597,000
9175113 High melting PFTE polymers for melt-processing Klaus Hintzer, Harald Kaspar, Tilman C. Zipplies 2015-11-03 $22,811,000
8614265 Method of making fluoropolymer dispersion Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jürgens, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Koenigsmann, Kai H. Lochhaas +7 more 2013-12-24 $35,818,000
8466231 Process for removing fluorinated emulsifier from fluoropolymer dispersions using an anion-exchange resin and a pH-dependent surfactant and fluoropolymer dispersions containing a pH-dependent surfactant Michael C. Dadalas, Klaus Hintzer, Tilman C. Zipplies, James A. McDonell 2013-06-18 $24,745,000
8222322 Method of making fluoropolymer dispersion Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jürgens, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Koenigsmann, Kai H. Lochhaas +7 more 2012-07-17 $23,923,000
7754795 Coating composition Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jürgens, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Koenigsmann, Kai H. Lochhaas +7 more 2010-07-13 $27,015,000
7678859 Preparation and stabilization of fluoropolymer dispersions Peter Bissinger, Michael C. Dadalas, Klaus Hintzer, Werner Schwertfeger, Tilman C. Zipplies 2010-03-16 $16,632,000
7671112 Method of making fluoropolymer dispersion Klaus Hintzer, Michael Jürgens, Harald Kaspar, Herbert Koenigsmann, Kai H. Lochhaas +7 more 2010-03-02 $12,957,000
7650822 Machining apparatus for making a plasticizing barrel 2010-01-26
RE40902 Tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymers with higher drawability Ralph Kaulbach, Albert Killich, Friedrich Kloos, Gernot Loehr, Erik Peters +2 more 2009-09-01
7125941 Aqueous emulsion polymerization process for producing fluoropolymers Ralph Kaulbach 2006-10-24 $24,678,000
6623680 Tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymers with higher drawability Ralph Kaulbach, Albert Killich, Friedrich Kloos, Gernot Loehr, Erik Peters +2 more 2003-09-23 $13,340,000
6610807 Fluoropolymers with improved characteristics Denis Duchesne, Harald Kaspar, Lisa P. Chen, Klaus Hintzer, Attila Molnar +1 more 2003-08-26 $14,644,000
6541588 Tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymers with higher drawability Ralph Kaulbach, Albert Killich, Friedrich Kloos, Gernot Loehr, Erik Peters +2 more 2003-04-01 $20,279,000
6489420 Fluoropolymers with improved characteristics Denis Duchesne, Harald Kaspar, Lisa P. Chen, Klaus Hintzer, Attila Molnar +1 more 2002-12-03
6149978 Coating of porous, hydrophobic substrates with thermoplastic fluoropolymers Hermann Bladel, Manfred Schmid 2000-11-21
5861464 Process for the after-treatment of thermoplastic fluoropolymers Gerhard Goldmann, Klaus Hintzer, Gernot Lohr 1999-01-19
5641571 Polytetrafluoroethylene micor powders, their preparation and use Kai-Uwe Tonnes, Hermann Bladel 1997-06-24
5563213 Finely particulate dispersions of thermoplastic fluoropolymers 1996-10-08
5312935 Purification of fluorinated carboxylic acids Gernot Lohr 1994-05-17
5276261 Process for the preparation of tetrafluoroethylene polymers Gernot Lohr 1994-01-04
4844803 Filter press with a plurality of membrane filter plates Rolf Urech 1989-07-04
4406797 Fire extinguishant materials Robert L. Altman, Alan C. Ling 1983-09-27
4198792 Chelate-modified polymers for atmospheric gas chromatography Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Frosch, Warren W. Christensen, Fritz H. Woeller 1980-04-22