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Ning Zhou — 43 Patents

3M: 8 patents #1,969 of 11,543Top 20%
GE: 6 patents #5,843 of 36,430Top 20%
Sony: 5 patents #7,811 of 25,231Top 35%
BSBrocade Communications Systems: 3 patents #136 of 504Top 30%
OTOak Technology: 3 patents #21 of 112Top 20%
CHCrs Holdings: 2 patents #14 of 77Top 20%
SESegetis: 2 patents #11 of 22Top 50%
SCShanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co.: 1 patents #33 of 63Top 55%
Microsoft: 1 patents #24,968 of 40,388Top 65%
Koniniklijke Philips N.V.: 1 patents #4,025 of 7,486Top 55%
BTBigwood Technology: 1 patents #5 of 22Top 25%
CCChina Petroleum & Chemical: 1 patents #836 of 1,719Top 50%
HTHuazhong University Of Science And Technology: 1 patents #389 of 1,292Top 35%
AEAdvanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment: 1 patents #26 of 61Top 45%
Sinking Spring, PA: #2 of 152 inventorsTop 2%
Pennsylvania: #976 of 74,527 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #69,380 of 4,157,543Top 2%
43 Patents All Time
Ning Zhou has been granted 43 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in May 2025. Ning Zhou ranks #69,380 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.7%). Patent records list Ning Zhou in Sinking Spring, PA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 43 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12305261 Ni-based superalloy powder for additive manufacturing and an article made therefrom Kyle B. Stritch, Tao Wang, Stephane Forsik, Gian A. Colombo, Samuel J. Kernion +2 more 2025-05-20
12221632 Virus lysis and nucleic acid preservation solution Yuandong Liu, Wei Meng, Meiying CHEN, Qin Huang, Qingqing Chen 2025-02-11
12105134 Method and system for quickly determining transient stability of half-wavelength transmission system Hao Tian, Dong Yang, Zhe-Wei Jiang, Kang Zhao, Huan Ma +7 more 2024-10-01
11981810 Film comprising polylactic acid polymer suitable for graphic articles Diane North, Matthew A. Jast 2024-05-14 $54,368,000
11947598 Method, apparatus and computer program for generating search results Aleksander Øhrn 2024-04-02 $413,491,000
11888315 Energy storage transient power coordinated control method for restraining subsequent commutation failures Chenghao Li, Wei Yao, Mingyang Liu, Hongyu Zhou, Wei Cui +4 more 2024-01-30
11787929 Compositions and films comprising polylactic acid polymer, polyvinyl acetate polymer and plasticizer Robert S. Clough, Derek J. Dehn, Jeffrey P. Kalish, William W. Merrill, Kevin M. Lewandowski +1 more 2023-10-17 $42,851,000
11734818 Model, diagnostic method, and application thereof Tong Cheng 2023-08-22
11718897 Precipitation hardenable cobalt-nickel base superalloy and article made therefrom Stephane Forsik, Alberto Polar-Rosas, Tao Wang, Samuel J. Kernion, Mario Epler 2023-08-08
11407872 Foam compositions comprising polylactic acid polymer, polyvinyl acetate polymer and plasticizer, articles, and methods of making and using same Joshua M. Fishman, Caitlin E. Meree, Derek J. Dehn, Jacob D. Young, Jeffrey O. Emslander +11 more 2022-08-09 $71,252,000
11387084 Uniform pumping dual-station vacuum processor Yuejun GONG, Rason Zuo, Tuqiang Ni, Dee H. Wu, Kelvin Chen 2022-07-12
11254812 Compositions and films comprising polylactic acid polymer, polyvinyl acetate polymer and plasticizer Robert S. Clough, Derek J. Dehn, Jeffrey P. Kalish, William W. Merrill, Kevin M. Lewandowski +1 more 2022-02-22 $24,190,000
11220126 Textured printable nonwoven media Denis Terzic, Byron E. Trotter 2022-01-11 $101,075,000
11116359 Apparatus and method for preparing food Yun Chen, Wen Sun, Xiaoyun Kui 2021-09-14 $915,000
11020955 Control of solidification in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing using a diode laser fiber array William Thomas Carter, Marshall Gordon Jones, Lang Yuan, Steven Jude Duclos 2021-06-01 $37,104,000
10982090 Graphic articles comprising polylactic acid polymer based film John A. Nielsen 2021-04-20 $74,407,000
10908571 Online multi-period power dispatch with renewable uncertainty and storage Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Lin Zeng, Pei Bie, Buhan Zhang 2021-02-02
10870627 Salt of quinazoline derivative, preparation method therefor and application thereof Guangxin Xia, Di Li, Ao Chen, Liang Zhao, Jiansheng Han +1 more 2020-12-22
10821512 Systems and methods for controlling microstructure of additively manufactured components Lang Yuan 2020-11-03 $6,081,000
10759980 Packaged pre-adhesive composition including a polylactic acid-containing packaging material, adhesives, and articles Thomas E. Augustine, Thomas Q. Chastek, Derek J. Dehn, Anish Kurian 2020-09-01 $40,340,000
10640858 Methods for preparing superalloy articles and related articles Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio, Timothy Hanlon, Chen Shen 2020-05-05 $14,511,000
10577494 Compositions and films comprising polylactic acid polymer, polyvinyl acetate polymer and plasticizer Robert S. Clough, Derek J. Dehn, Jeffrey P. Kalish, William W. Merrill, Kevin M. Lewandowski +1 more 2020-03-03 $29,893,000
10532556 Control of solidification in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing using a diode laser fiber array William Thomas Carter, Marshall Gordon Jones, Lang Yuan, Steven Jude Duclos 2020-01-14 $24,918,000
10187269 Minimized display of monitored events with live severity level and count indications Suresh Muthu, Sathiapriya Sathiyagiri, Prakash Kaligotla, Murthy N. Bhetanabhotla, David B. Hamilton 2019-01-22
10184166 Methods for preparing superalloy articles and related articles Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio 2019-01-22 $14,601,000