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Mark W. Grenfell — 17 Patents

3M: 16 patents #943 of 11,543Top 9%
Woodbury, MN: #251 of 1,562 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #4,335 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Mark W. Grenfell has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in November 2025. Mark W. Grenfell ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Mark W. Grenfell in Woodbury, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1991 to 2004Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1996.peak 31991: 1 patents19911994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 3 patents1997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 1 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 2 patents2004

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12481535 Resource management Kevin Breen, Steven Fenn, Matthew PARVEN 2025-11-25
6759374 Composition comprising lubricious additive for cutting or abrasive working and a method therefor Dean S. Milbrath 2004-07-06 $19,498,000
6734154 Cleaning process and composition using fluorocompounds Richard M. Flynn, George G. I. Moore, John G. Owens, Dean S. Milbrath 2004-05-11 $16,656,000
6506459 Coating compositions containing alkoxy substituted perfluoro compounds Richard M. Flynn, George G. I. Moore, John G. Owens 2003-01-14 $30,472,000
6376452 Cleaning process and composition using fluorocarbons Richard M. Flynn, George G. I. Moore, John G. Owens, Dean S. Milbrath 2002-04-23 $14,963,000
6294508 Composition comprising lubricious additive for cutting or abrasive working and a method therefor Dean S. Milbrath 2001-09-25 $32,915,000
6043201 Composition for cutting and abrasive working of metal Dean S. Milbrath, Daniel D. Krueger, Richard M. Flynn, Frederick E. Behr 2000-03-28 $31,063,000
5962390 Cleaning process and composition Richard M. Flynn, George G. I. Moore, John G. Owens, Dean S. Milbrath 1999-10-05 $16,797,000
5844034 Surfactants to create dispersions in fluorinated liquids Richard M. Flynn, Patricia M. Savu 1998-12-01 $16,594,000
5839311 Composition to aid in the forming of metal Dean S. Milbrath, Daniel D. Krueger, Richard M. Flynn, Frederick E. Behr 1998-11-24 $15,904,000
5660888 Surfactants to create fluoropolymer dispersions in fluorinated liquids Richard M. Flynn, Patricia M. Savu 1997-08-26 $19,410,000
5560861 Azeotropic compositions Richard M. Flynn, Frank W. Klink, Daniel R. Vitcak 1996-10-01 $35,929,000
5532310 Surfactants to create fluoropolymer dispersions in fluorinated liquids Richard M. Flynn, Patricia M. Savu 1996-07-02 $13,622,000
5484489 Azeotropic compositions containing perfluorinated cycloaminoether Richard M. Flynn, Frank W. Klink, Daniel R. Vitcak 1996-01-16 $18,513,000
5401429 Azeotropic compositions containing perfluorinated cycloaminoether Richard M. Flynn, Frank W. Klink, Daniel R. Vitcak 1995-03-28 $5,157,000
5369983 Detection medium and method for use in hermetic seal testing 1994-12-06 $6,764,000
5030805 Condensation heating apparatus Timothy A. Koenig, John A. Pignato, Jr. 1991-07-09 $7,416,000