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Mike E. Hamerly — 10 Patents

3M: 10 patents #1,596 of 11,543Top 15%
Vadnais Heights, MN: #48 of 216 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #7,600 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Mike E. Hamerly has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in December 2005. Mike E. Hamerly ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Mike E. Hamerly in Vadnais Heights, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6972559 Distance detection system Steven R. Bartingale, Jeff Haagenstad 2005-12-06 $24,209,000
6708491 Direct acting vertical thermal actuator Billy L. Weaver, Douglas P. Goetz, Kathy L. Hagen, Robert Gordon Smith, Silva K. Theiss 2004-03-23 $24,289,000
6711318 Optical switch based on rotating vertical micro-mirror Robert Gordon Smith, Silva K. Theiss, Billy L. Weaver 2004-03-23 $24,289,000
6647164 Gimbaled micro-mirror positionable by thermal actuators Billy L. Weaver, Robert Gordon Smith 2003-11-11 $15,797,000
6566868 Distance detection system Steven R. Bartingale, Jeff Haagenstad 2003-05-20 $25,083,000
6531947 Direct acting vertical thermal actuator with controlled bending Billy L. Weaver, Douglas P. Goetz, Kathy L. Hagen, Robert Gordon Smith, Silva K. Theiss 2003-03-11 $17,999,000
6483419 Combination horizontal and vertical thermal actuator Billy L. Weaver, Douglas P. Goetz, Kathy L. Hagen, Robert Gordon Smith, Silva K. Theiss 2002-11-19 $15,700,000
6483957 MEMS-based polarization mode dispersion compensator Robert Gordon Smith, Terry L. Smith, Silva K. Theiss, Billy L. Weaver 2002-11-19 $15,700,000
6438954 Multi-directional thermal actuator Douglas P. Goetz, Daniel B. Pendergrass, Jr., Robert Gordon Smith, Silva K. Theiss, Billy L. Weaver 2002-08-27 $17,412,000
6437561 System for determining the position of an object with respect to a magnetic field sources Steven R. Bartingale, Jeff Haagenstad 2002-08-20 $12,486,000