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Robert A. Luhman — 16 Patents

3M: 16 patents #943 of 11,543Top 9%
New Richmond, WI: #17 of 231 inventorsTop 8%
Wisconsin: #2,711 of 40,088 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Robert A. Luhman has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1988 and the most recent in July 1998. Robert A. Luhman ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Robert A. Luhman in New Richmond, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1988 to 1998Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 1994.peak 41988: 1 patents19881989: 1 patents19891990: 1 patents19901992: 2 patents19921994: 4 patents19941995: 1 patents19951996: 3 patents19961997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents1998

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
D396061 Adhesive tape transfer applicator Craig D. Thompson 1998-07-14
5759342 Hand-held tape dispenser James D. Ramacier, Craig D. Thompson 1998-06-02 $14,491,000
5641378 Hand applicator for adhesive sheeting Craig D. Thompson 1997-06-24 $14,949,000
5573626 Tape supply and applicator system including a tape splicing mechanism Steven J. Rossini, Keith T. Pinckney, Karl M. Kropp 1996-11-12 $12,111,000
5536044 Hot melt adhesive bound book Gary K. Kuhn, Kenneth J. Perrington, Karl M. Kropp, Michael W. Gruber 1996-07-16 $11,996,000
5482182 Tape dispenser Craig D. Thompson 1996-01-09 $8,785,000
D357502 Hand held tape applicator Edward J. Schwarz, Craig D. Thompson 1995-04-18
5352320 Manual tape dispensing apparatus Mark E. Schwartz, James D. Ramacier, Raymond D. Zachrison 1994-10-04 $5,431,000
5346350 Hot melt adhesive applicator Gary K. Kuhn, Kenneth J. Perrington, Karl M. Kropp, Michael W. Gruber 1994-09-13 $6,184,000
5316424 Hot melt adhesive binding method Gary K. Kuhn, Kenneth J. Perrington, Karl M. Kropp, Michael W. Gruber 1994-05-31 $8,026,000
5312501 Automated liner removing transfer tape applicator method Michael W. Gruber 1994-05-17 $18,701,000
5152654 Hot melt adhesive applicator Gary K. Kuhn, Kenneth J. Perrington, Karl M. Kropp, Michael W. Gruber 1992-10-06 $4,990,000
D326474 Combined hand-held tape dispenser and applicator Richard Patten 1992-05-26
4980011 Automated liner removing transfer tape applicator Michael W. Gruber 1990-12-25
4848066 Method and apparatus for assembling blister packages 1989-07-18 $3,431,000
4781782 Web applicator Kent S. Tarbutton, Rudolf I. Shvartsman, Donald J. Geisel, Richard J. Pilarski 1988-11-01 $6,204,000