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Nelson B. O'Bryan — 12 Patents

3M: 12 patents #1,322 of 11,543Top 15%
Maplewood, MN: #82 of 510 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #6,327 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Nelson B. O'Bryan has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in September 2014. Nelson B. O'Bryan ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Nelson B. O'Bryan in Maplewood, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1984 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2003.peak 31984: 1 patents19841991: 1 patents19912001: 1 patents20012003: 3 patents20032007: 1 patents20072009: 1 patents20092010: 2 patents20102013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8835180 Organic chemical sensor comprising microporous polymer, and method of use Stefan H. Gryska, Neal A. Rakow, Michael S. Wendland 2014-09-16 $10,609,000
8378694 Organic chemical sensor comprising plasma-deposited microporous layer, and method of making and using Moses M. David, Stefan H. Gryska, Neal A. Rakow, Michael S. Wendland 2013-02-19 $13,877,000
7806560 LED illumination assembly with compliant foil construction John C. Schultz, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Joel S. Peiffer, John A. Wheatley, Cameron T. Murray 2010-10-05 $16,879,000
7710045 Illumination assembly with enhanced thermal conductivity John C. Schultz 2010-05-04 $28,075,000
7572031 LED illumination assembly with compliant foil construction John C. Schultz, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Joel S. Peiffer, John A. Wheatley, Cameron T. Murray 2009-08-11 $83,422,000
7164197 Dielectric composite material Guoping Mao, Shichun Qu, Fuming B. Li, Robert S. Clough 2007-01-16 $25,159,000
6638378 Passive electrical article, circuit articles thereof, and circuit articles comprising a passive electrical article Robert R. Kieschke, Joel S. Peiffer 2003-10-28 $24,853,000
6586791 Transistor insulator layer incorporating superfine ceramic particles Tzu-Chen Lee 2003-07-01 $15,310,000
6577492 Capacitor having epoxy dielectric layer cured with aminophenylfluorenes 2003-06-10 $22,620,000
6274224 Passive electrical article, circuit articles thereof, and circuit articles comprising a passive electrical article Robert R. Kieschke, Joel S. Peiffer 2001-08-14 $43,650,000
4988615 Stabilizers for photographic emulsions Paul Davies, James B. Philip, Jr. 1991-01-29 $3,001,000
4430426 Stabilization of silver halide emulsions George W. Beebe, Philip Hine, Steven M. Shor 1984-02-07 $3,242,000