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Mark P. Kirk — 17 Patents

3M: 13 patents #1,199 of 11,543Top 15%
Eastman Kodak: 1 patents #4,972 of 8,114Top 65%
IMImation: 1 patents #303 of 622Top 50%
Bishop's Stortford, GB: #7 of 83 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Mark P. Kirk has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in March 2006. Mark P. Kirk ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Mark P. Kirk in Bishop's Stortford, GB.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1994.peak 41992: 1 patents19921993: 2 patents19931994: 4 patents19941995: 4 patents19951997: 3 patents19971999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents20002006: 1 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7015493 Regional image processing default parameters John L. Petrucci, Keiichi Funaki, Kevin C. Odorczyk 2006-03-21 $2,365,000
6045986 Formation and photographic use of solid particle dye dispersions Philip I. Mayo, Valerie Millar 2000-04-04
5939248 Photothermographic imaging materials and antifoggants therefor David B. Oliff 1999-08-17 $28,544,000
5667953 Silver halide photographic material comprising mercaptotetrazole compound(s) Massimo Bertoldi 1997-09-16 $10,843,000
5607827 Silver halide photographic material comprising pyridinium carbamoyl hardeners Stefano Parodi, Paolo Vacca 1997-03-04 $13,102,000
5594143 Photothermographic materials Andrew Mott 1997-01-14 $6,786,000
5468599 Silver halide photographic material with reduced fog and improved residual stain Raffaella Biavasco, Giovanni Giribone 1995-11-21 $5,722,000
5460938 Photothermographic materials Andrew Mott 1995-10-24 $6,289,000
5432287 Photothermographic materials Andrew Mott 1995-07-11 $7,724,000
5384237 Quaternary-ammonium phenylsulfonylacetate thermal-dye-bleach agents Dian E. Stevenson, Sylvia A. Farnum, William C. Frank, Randall H. Helland, Jonathan P. Kitchin +7 more 1995-01-24 $13,274,000
5374514 Photothermographic materials Andrew Mott 1994-12-20
5340712 Antifoggants for photothermographic articles Susan H. Dunn, Roger A. Mader, Terence D. Spawn 1994-08-23 $9,996,000
5324627 Tetra-alkylammonium phenylsulfonylacetate thermal-dye-bleach agents Dian E. Stevenson, Sylvia A. Farnum, William C. Frank, Randall H. Helland, Jonathan P. Kitchin +7 more 1994-06-28 $7,659,000
5314795 Thermal-dye-bleach construction comprising a polymethine dye and a thermal carbanion-generating agent Randall H. Helland, Sylvia A. Farnum, Jonathan P. Kitchin, Roger A. Mader, Mark B. Mizen +6 more 1994-05-24 $6,450,000
5266452 Photographic element containing a thermal dye bleach system Jonathan P. Kitchin, Dian E. Stevenson, Randall H. Helland 1993-11-30 $10,816,000
5245045 Near infrared antihalation dyes Kevin P. Hall, Ronald W. Burrows 1993-09-14 $12,832,000
5135842 Thermal dye bleach construction Jonathan P. Kitchin, Dian E. Stevenson, Randall H. Helland 1992-08-04 $9,106,000