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Michael L. Steiner — 52 Patents

3M: 35 patents #280 of 11,543Top 3%
EHE Ink Holdings: 17 patents #63 of 639Top 10%
CICorning Incorporated: 1 patents #2,488 of 3,890Top 65%
New Richmond, WI: #2 of 231 inventorsTop 1%
Wisconsin: #349 of 40,088 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #50,240 of 4,157,543Top 2%
52 Patents All Time
Michael L. Steiner has been granted 52 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in December 2025. Michael L. Steiner ranks #50,240 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Michael L. Steiner in New Richmond, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2004 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2020.peak 72004: 1 patents20042005: 3 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 3 patents2009: 2 patents20092010: 2 patents2013: 1 patents20132014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 6 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 2 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 7 patents2021: 1 patents20212022: 5 patents2023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 5 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 52 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12510466 Measurement system including reflector John A. Wheatley, William Edwin Gray, III, Bharat R. Acharya, Aaron M. Marcella, Stephen M. Kennedy +4 more 2025-12-30
12443055 Bi-focal eyewear lens and eyeglasses including same Zhisheng Yun, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Susan L. Kent, Erin A. McDowell, Timothy L. Wong +1 more 2025-10-14
12433140 Display and display system John D. Le, Gilles J. Benoit, Adam D. Haag, David J. W. Aastuen, Lin Zhao +1 more 2025-09-30
12326586 Low wave-front error optical filter film John D. Le, Kazuta Saito 2025-06-10
12216262 Optical system Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Jo A. Etter, Gilles J. Benoit +2 more 2025-02-04
11957032 Display system Stephen J. Etzkorn, Kevin W. Gotrik, Luke A. Schroeder, Nicholas A. Johnson, John A. Wheatley 2024-04-09 $46,190,000
11726249 Optical retarder segments Zhisheng Yun, Jo A. Etter, Timothy L. Wong, Gilles J. Benoit, John D. Le +2 more 2023-08-15 $24,406,000
11567253 Patterned optical retarders and methods for making thereof Jo A. Etter, Stephen P. Maki, James A. Phipps 2023-01-31 $73,272,000
11520179 Method of forming an electrophoretic display having a color filter array Gregg M. Duthaler, Karl R. Amundson, Barrett Comiskey, Alberto Goenaga, John E. Ritter +1 more 2022-12-06
11435616 Optical construction and display system incorporating same Encai Hao, Fei Lu, William Blake Kolb, Brian W. Ostlie, Adam D. Haag +10 more 2022-09-06 $31,148,000
11435514 Optical retarder segements Zhisheng Yun, Jo A. Etter, Timothy L. Wong, Gilles J. Benoit, John D. Le +2 more 2022-09-06 $31,148,000
11294255 Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays Gregg M. Duthaler, John E. Ritter 2022-04-05
11281026 Optical lens and eyewear including same Zhisheng Yun, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Susan L. Kent, Erin A. McDowell, Timothy L. Wong +1 more 2022-03-22 $17,842,000
11156814 Optical system for displaying an object to a viewer Andrew John Ouderkirk, Timothy L. Wong, Zhisheng Yun, Jo A. Etter, Gilles J. Benoit +2 more 2021-10-26 $49,227,000
10773490 Surface-modified adhesives Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman, Kevin R. Schaffer, Daniel W. Hennen, John P. Baetzold +4 more 2020-09-15 $44,153,000
10731055 Compound, adhesive article, and methods of making the same Maria A. Appeaning, Marie A. Boulos, David J. Kinning, Georgiy Teverovskiy, Chetan P. Jariwala +1 more 2020-08-04 $33,653,000
10731054 Compound, adhesive article, and methods of making the same Maria A. Appeaning, Maria A. Boulos, David J. Kinning, Georgiy Teverovskiy, Chetan P. Jariwala +1 more 2020-08-04 $33,653,000
10703940 Adhesive article and method of making the same Maria A. Appeaning, Marie A. Boulos, David J. Kinning, Georgiy Teverovskiy, Sai Vang 2020-07-07 $35,493,000
10649274 Optical construction and display system incorporating same Encai Hao, Fei Lu, William Blake Kolb, Brian W. Ostlie, Adam D. Haag +10 more 2020-05-12 $40,265,000
10647032 Multilayer optical adhesives and methods of making same Marc D. Radcliffe, Daniel W. Hennen, Brett J. Sitter, Thomas R. Hoffend, Audrey A. Sherman +2 more 2020-05-12 $40,265,000
10599005 Electro-optic displays Gregg M. Duthaler, Karl R. Amundson, Barrett Comiskey, Alberto Goenaga, John E. Ritter +1 more 2020-03-24
10502869 Optical element with a porous low refractive index layer having a protection layer William D. Coggio, Ramesh C. Kumar, John A. Wheatley, William F. Edmonds, Lan H. Liu +3 more 2019-12-10 $41,236,000
10353214 Optical stacks for sparkle reduction Brett J. Sitter, Marc D. Radcliffe, Thomas R. Hoffend, Daniel W. Hennen, Lan H. Liu +3 more 2019-07-16 $27,682,000
10101617 Transparent electrode for electronic displays Mark J. Pellerite, Marc D. Radcliffe, John P. Baetzold, Marie A. Boulos, John J. Stradinger 2018-10-16 $30,672,000
9862124 Multilayer optical adhesives and methods of making same Marc D. Radcliffe, Daniel W. Hennen, Brett J. Sitter, Thomas R. Hoffend, Audrey A. Sherman +2 more 2018-01-09 $42,794,000