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Luther E. Erickson — 12 Patents

3M: 12 patents #1,322 of 11,543Top 15%
Stillwater, MN: #115 of 719 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #6,327 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Luther E. Erickson has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in January 2006. Luther E. Erickson ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Luther E. Erickson in Stillwater, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2002.peak 41997: 1 patents19972000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012002: 4 patents20022003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6991717 Web processing method and apparatus Gregory F. King, John S. Huizinga, James N. Dobbs, Daniel H. Carlson, Dale L. Ehnes +1 more 2006-01-31 $18,311,000
6908453 Microneedle devices and methods of manufacture Patrick R. Fleming, Michael D. Delmore, Richard Ferber 2005-06-21 $23,754,000
6726743 Electrostatic deaeration method and apparatus John W. Louks, Steven H. Gotz 2004-04-27 $26,281,000
6716286 Electrostatically assisted coating method and apparatus with focused electrode field John W. Louks, Sharon Wang 2004-04-06 $27,973,000
6666918 Electrostatically assisted coating apparatus with focused web charge field John W. Louks, Nancy J. W. Hiebert, Peter T. Benson 2003-12-23 $22,914,000
6492286 Uniform meltblown fibrous web Michael R. Berrigan, James F. Dyrud, Stanley C. Erickson 2002-12-10 $24,782,000
6475572 Electrostatically assisted coating method with focused web-borne charges John W. Louks, Nancy J. W. Hiebert, Peter T. Benson 2002-11-05 $20,473,000
6407669 RFID tag device and method of manufacturing Katherine A. Brown, James N. Dobbs, William C. Egbert, John S. Huizinga, Gregory F. King 2002-06-18 $13,155,000
6368675 Electrostatically assisted coating method and apparatus with focused electrode field John W. Louks, Sharon Wang 2002-04-09 $15,707,000
6231671 Floating coating die mounting system Scott L. Ciliske, Gary W. Maier, Bruce J. G. Wahoski 2001-05-15 $41,750,000
6139308 Uniform meltblown fibrous web and methods and apparatus for manufacturing Michael R. Berrigan, James F. Dyrud, Stanley C. Erickson 2000-10-31 $35,529,000
5702527 Restricted flow die Albert E. Seaver, Lyle N. Scheel, Daniel R. Danielson 1997-12-30 $14,645,000