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Richard C. Cotner — 7 Patents

3M: 7 patents #2,219 of 11,543Top 20%
Stillwater, MN: #176 of 719 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #10,472 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Richard C. Cotner has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in February 1996. Richard C. Cotner ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Richard C. Cotner in Stillwater, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
5494776 Hybrid graphic arts films with reduced occurrence of pepper fog 1996-02-27 $10,759,000
5493327 Method and apparatus for producing image reproducing materials using photothermographic material sensitive to radiation in the red region and transparent to radiation in the ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum William Gordon McCallum 1996-02-20 $11,988,000
5415975 Contrast-promoting agents in graphic arts media 1995-05-16 $9,135,000
5364733 Photothermographic elements with novel layer structures, each of which contains a thermally-diffusible oxidizable leuco dye and process for producing a color image from leuco dye Raymond J. Kenney, Takuzo Ishida 1994-11-15 $5,996,000
5278024 Positive imaging diffusion-transfer dry silver system using formazan dye David C. Weigel, Kumars Sakizadeh 1994-01-11 $14,918,000
5264321 Photothermographic elements with novel layer structures Raymond J. Kenney, Takuzo Ishida 1993-11-23 $13,378,000
5206112 Positive imaging diffusion - transfer dry silver system David C. Weigel, Kumars Sakizadeh 1993-04-27 $15,959,000