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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Michael A. Haase — 156 Patents

3M: 149 patents #9 of 11,543Top 1%
GE: 3 patents #10,387 of 36,430Top 30%
MMMinnesota Minning & Manufacturing: 2 patents #1 of 23Top 5%
PIPalo Alto Research Center Incorporated: 1 patents #500 of 776Top 65%
Rohm Co.: 1 patents #1,438 of 2,292Top 65%
IBM: 1 patents #44,878 of 70,183Top 65%
Okabena, MN: #5 of 412 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #65 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #5,740 of 4,157,543Top 1%
156 Patents All Time
Michael A. Haase has been granted 156 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael A. Haase ranks #5,740 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.14%). Patent records list Michael A. Haase in Okabena, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 13 patents in 2024.peak 131994: 2 patents19941995: 3 patents1996: 3 patents1998: 3 patents19981999: 3 patents2000: 2 patents2002: 1 patents20022003: 2 patents2004: 4 patents2005: 5 patents20052006: 5 patents2007: 7 patents2008: 4 patents20082009: 5 patents2010: 6 patents2011: 4 patents20112012: 7 patents2013: 6 patents2014: 7 patents20142015: 4 patents2016: 5 patents2017: 1 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 6 patents2020: 6 patents20202021: 10 patents2022: 8 patents2023: 10 patents20232024: 13 patents2025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 156 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12498525 Optical cable assembly with mismatched fiber pitch 2025-12-16
12276845 Optical connector using thermal expansion to maintain alignment 2025-04-15
12242119 Apparatus and method for maintaining optical ferrule alignment during thermal expansion or contraction 2025-03-04
12169310 Stackable optical ferrule and connector using same Terry L. Smith 2024-12-17 $93,454,000
12164164 Optical connector and methods of modifying optical connector Paul A. Chery 2024-12-10 $77,480,000
12061363 Configurable optical connector Daniel F. Cronch, Sergio D. Carranza, Boon K. Lee, Terry L. Smith 2024-08-13 $105,933,000
12050349 Optical ferrule having compound stops Bing Hao 2024-07-30 $186,188,000
12032212 Ferrules, alignment frames and connectors Alexander A. Mathews, Terry L. Smith 2024-07-09 $31,621,000
12001066 Apparatus and method for maintaining optical ferrule alignment during thermal expansion or contraction 2024-06-04 $24,855,000
11934019 Dust mitigating optical connector James M. Nelson, Terry L. Smith 2024-03-19 $27,219,000
11914196 Optical ferrule assemblies Changbao Ma, James M. Nelson 2024-02-27 $36,225,000
11906789 Optical waveguide positioning feature in a multiple waveguides connector Terry L. Smith 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11906786 Light coupling element and assembly Bing Hao, Changbao Ma, Terry L. Smith 2024-02-20 $18,053,000
11880072 Optical ferrules with waveguide inaccessible space Terry L. Smith, Bing Hao, Changbao Ma 2024-01-23 $23,666,000
11874508 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith, James M. Nelson 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11874510 Optical assembly with cable retainer Terry L. Smith, Alexander R. Mathews, James M. Nelson 2024-01-16 $51,113,000
11726265 Optical waveguide with spatially modulated index region Bing Hao, Terry L. Smith 2023-08-15 $24,406,000
11719889 Optical connector Terry L. Smith, Barry J. Koch, Ding Wang, Alexander R. Mathews 2023-08-08 $78,045,000
11693185 Optical connector with tilted mirror Bing Hao 2023-07-04
11693193 Optical ferrule having compound stops Bing Hao 2023-07-04
11662528 Optical assembly with cassette Nicholas A. Lee 2023-05-30 $35,943,000
11592622 Light coupling element and assembly Bing Hao, Changbao Ma, Terry L. Smith 2023-02-28 $56,077,000
11585990 Stackable optical ferrule and connector using same Terry L. Smith 2023-02-21 $25,268,000
11579375 Optical ferrules and optical ferrule molds Alexander R. Mathews, Terry L. Smith, James M. Nelson 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11573377 Optical waveguide positioning feature in a multiple waveguides connector Terry L. Smith 2023-02-07 $48,331,000