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Mark K. Debe — 60 Patents

3M: 60 patents #100 of 11,543Top 1%
Stillwater, MN: #17 of 719 inventorsTop 3%
Minnesota: #629 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #38,820 of 4,157,543Top 1%
60 Patents All Time
Mark K. Debe has been granted 60 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in February 2021. Mark K. Debe ranks #38,820 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.93%). Patent records list Mark K. Debe in Stillwater, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 60 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
10927448 Catalyst electrodes, and methods of making and using the same Radoslav Atanasoski, Susan M. Hendricks, George D. Vernstrom 2021-02-23 $41,178,000
9993948 Superhydrophobic films Jun-Ying Zhang, Terry L. Smith, Berkan K. Endres 2018-06-12 $24,425,000
9276273 Fuel cell water management via reduced anode reactant pressure Andrew J. Steinbach, Andrew T. Haug 2016-03-01 $25,068,000
9085019 Superhydrophobic films Jun-Ying Zhang, Terry L. Smith, Berkan K. Endres 2015-07-21 $31,409,000
8748330 Annealed nanostructured thin film catalyst Robert L. W. Smithson, Charles J. Studiner, IV, Susan M. Hendricks, Michael J. Kurkowski, Andrew J. L. Steinbach 2014-06-10 $27,189,000
8637193 Fuel cell nanocatalyst with voltage reversal tolerance Andrew J. Steinbach, George D. Vernstrom, Radoslav Atanasoski 2014-01-28 $18,361,000
8557484 Platinum nickel catalyst alloy George D. Vernstrom, Andrew J. Steinbach 2013-10-15 $27,707,000
8481185 Catalyst layers to enhance uniformity of current density in membrane electrode assemblies Susan M. Hendricks, Thomas Herdtle, Donald J. McClure 2013-07-09 $23,981,000
8012284 Method and apparatus for fabricating roll good fuel cell subassemblies Andrew J. Steinbach, Jimmy M. Le, Stephan J. Obradovich, Eric J. Iverson 2011-09-06 $14,356,000
7901829 Enhanced catalyst interface for membrane electrode assembly Amy E. Hester 2011-03-08 $7,745,000
7862956 Z-axis electrically conducting flow field separator Raymond P. Johnston, Haiyan Zhang 2011-01-04 $14,820,000
7790304 Catalyst layers to enhance uniformity of current density in membrane electrode assemblies Susan M. Hendricks, Thomas Herdtle, Donald J. McClure 2010-09-07 $17,221,000
7740962 Compact fuel cell stack with current shunt Krzysztof A. Lewinski, Kim B. Saulsbury, Andrew J. L. Steinbach, Thomas Herdtle, Edward M. Fischer +2 more 2010-06-22 $31,586,000
7732083 Gas diffusion layer incorporating a gasket Andrew J. Steinbach, Jimmy M. Le, Stephan J. Obradovich, Eric J. Iverson 2010-06-08 $13,665,000
7687100 Method of dry coating flow field plates for increased durability 2010-03-30 $16,822,000
7622217 Fuel cell nanocatalyst Susan M. Hendricks, George D. Vernstrom, Alison K. Schmoeckel, Radoslav Atanasoski, Clayton Hamilton 2009-11-24 $20,352,000
7419741 Fuel cell cathode catalyst George D. Vernstrom, Radoslav Atanasoski, Gregory M. Haugen, Krzysztof A. Lewinski, Andrew J. Steinbach 2008-09-02 $30,754,000
7311990 Form-in-place fastening for fuel cell assemblies Andrew J. Steinbach 2007-12-25
7163761 Fuel cell stack Larry A. Schleif, Thomas Herdtle, Andrew J. Steinbach 2007-01-16 $25,159,000
6780536 Flow field Thomas Herdtle 2004-08-24 $16,815,000
6770337 Thermal transfer of microstructured layers Martin B. Wolk 2004-08-03 $131,144,000
6613106 Membrane electrode assemblies James M. Larson, William V. Balsimo, Andrew J. Steinbach, Raymond J. Ziegler 2003-09-02 $8,525,000
6521324 Thermal transfer of microstructured layers Martin B. Wolk 2003-02-18 $14,780,000
6482763 Suboxide fuel cell catalyst for enhanced reformate tolerance Gregory M. Haugen, John Thomas, Krzysztof A. Lewinski, George D. Vernstrom 2002-11-19 $15,700,000
6432571 Membrane electrode assemblies James M. Larson, William V. Balsimo, Andrew J. Steinbach, Raymond J. Ziegler 2002-08-13 $13,140,000