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Nelson D. Sewall — 12 Patents

3M: 12 patents #1,322 of 11,543Top 15%
Forest Lake, MN: #38 of 310 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #6,327 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #396,045 of 4,157,543Top 10%
12 Patents All Time
Nelson D. Sewall has been granted 12 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in November 2023. Nelson D. Sewall ranks #396,045 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 9.5%). Patent records list Nelson D. Sewall in Forest Lake, MN, US.

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Showing 1–12 of 12 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11806795 Security articles comprising groups of microstructures made by end milling Christopher Grinde 2023-11-07 $44,111,000
11253933 Non-orthogonal cube corner elements and arrays thereof made by end milling Christopher Grinde, Todd A. Ballen, Kenneth L. Smith 2022-02-22 $24,190,000
10502875 Microtiled prismatic cube corner articles Kenneth L. Smith, Todd A. Ballen 2019-12-10 $41,236,000
9703023 Microtiled prismatic cube corner articles Kenneth L. Smith, Todd A. Ballen 2017-07-11 $16,013,000
7510462 Multi-diamond cutting tool assembly for creating microreplication tools William J. Bryan, Jeffrey E. Clements, Greg E. Schrank, Jennifer L. Trice, Timothy L. Hoopman +1 more 2009-03-31 $26,856,000
7401396 Methods of making microstructured lamina and apparatus Lars A. Smeenk, Conrad V. Anderson, Kenneth L. Smith 2008-07-22 $25,428,000
7174619 Methods of making microstructured lamina and apparatus Lars A. Smeenk, Conrad V. Anderson, Kenneth L. Smith 2007-02-13 $23,235,000
7140812 Diamond tool with a multi-tipped diamond William J. Bryan, Jeffrey E. Clements 2006-11-28 $9,230,000
6935756 Retroreflective articles having moire-like pattern Kenneth L. Smith, David W. Meitz, Madeleine B. Fleming, John C. Nelson 2005-08-30 $30,924,000
6843571 Methods of making a master and replicas thereof Kenneth L. Smith, David W. Meitz, Madeleine B. Fleming, John C. Nelson 2005-01-18 $23,114,000
6129540 Production tool for an abrasive article and a method of making same Timothy L. Hoopman 2000-10-10 $57,003,000
6076248 Method of making a master tool Timothy L. Hoopman 2000-06-20 $32,916,000