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Nathan W. Safe — 6 Patents

3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
Red Wing, MN: #21 of 107 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #11,902 of 52,454 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Nathan W. Safe has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2019 and the most recent in July 2025. Nathan W. Safe ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Nathan W. Safe in Red Wing, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2019 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2025.peak 42019: 1 patents20192024: 1 patents20242025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12350528 Fall-protection apparatus with multimodal inductive sensing Jonathan J. Lepp, Scott E. Brigham, Stephen D. Shaver 2025-07-08
12350529 Safety harness with self-locking dorsal brace Christopher S. McLeod, David A. Schlangen, Stephen D. Shaver 2025-07-08
12274899 Safety harness with removable rigid dorsal force-transfer member Stephen D. Shaver 2025-04-15
12246199 Fall protection system Kevin M. Thurk, Christopher S. McLeod, Stephen D. Shaver, Jared Hines, Steven J. McPherson 2025-03-11
12053061 Buckle assembly and harness comprising the same 2024-08-06 $130,470,000
10413022 Buckle comprising pawls biased by magnetic repelling force Ariane Sarzi Porto, Nelson Pudles 2019-09-17 $24,139,000