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Robert A. Yapel

3M: 48 patents #159 of 11,543Top 2%
IM Imation: 1 patents #303 of 622Top 50%
📍 Oakdale, MN: #7 of 368 inventorsTop 2%
🗺 Minnesota: #907 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #56,357 of 4,157,543Top 2%
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Showing 26–49 of 49 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6720025 Slot extrusion coating methods Wayne P. Ray, David Scanlan, Larry Lien, Charles W. Simpson 2004-04-13
6576296 Web coating method and apparatus for continuous coating over splices Aparna V. Bhave, Timothy J. Edman, Bernard A. Scheller, Lawrence B. Wallace, Jerry L. Warren 2003-06-10
6553689 Vapor collection method and apparatus Nirmal K. Jain, Peter T. Benson, James L. Capps, William Blake Kolb, Eldon E. Lightner +1 more 2003-04-29
6458422 Method for coating a plurality of fluid layers onto a substrate Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Thomas M. Milbourn 2002-10-01
6458421 Method for coating a plurality of fluid layers onto a substrate Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Thomas M. Milbourn 2002-10-01
6426119 Coating method employing die enclosure system Kent D. Nelson, Thomas M. Milbourn, Richard J. Foss 2002-07-30
6418604 Method of fabricating die coater parts Timothy J. Edman, Thomas J. Ludemann, Bernard A. Scheller 2002-07-16
6214111 Die edge cleaning system Thomas M. Milbourn, Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Daniel V. Norton, Hans E. Iverson 2001-04-10
6200641 Method for coating a plurality of fluid layers onto a substrate Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Thomas M. Milbourn 2001-03-13
6134808 Gap drying with insulation layer between substrate and heated platen Gary L. Huelsman, Tom M. Milbourn, William Blake Kolb 2000-10-24
6117237 Coater die enclosure system Kent D. Nelson, Thomas M. Milbourn, Richard J. Foss 2000-09-12
6015593 Method for drying a coating on a substrate and reducing mottle Roger K. Yonkoski, Brian L. Strobush, Thomas J. Ludemann 2000-01-18
6007874 Method for coating a plurality of fluid layers onto a substrate Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Thomas M. Milbourn 1999-12-28
5906862 Apparatus and method for drying a coating on a substrate Omar D. Brown, Wayne P. Ray, Daniel V. Norton, Bernard A. Scheller, Manley C. Marcellus 1999-05-25
5861195 Method for coating a plurality of fluid layers onto a substrate Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Thomas M. Milbourn 1999-01-19
5851137 Coater die edge finishing method Aparna V. Bhave, William Blake Kolb, Thomas M. Milbourn, Lawrence B. Wallace 1998-12-22
5849363 Apparatus and method for minimizing the drying of a coating fluid on a slide coater surface Aparna V. Bhave, Timothy J. Edman 1998-12-15
5843530 Method for minimizing waste when coating a fluid with a slide coater Glen A. Jerry, Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace 1998-12-01
5837324 Profiled edge guide Aparna V. Bhave, Thomas M. Milbourn 1998-11-17
5780109 Die edge cleaning system Thomas M. Milbourn, Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace, Daniel V. Norton, Hans E. Iverson 1998-07-14
5725665 Coater enclosure and coating assembly including coater enclosure Thomas M. Milbourn, Aparna V. Bhave, Lawrence B. Wallace 1998-03-10
5655948 Coater die grinding and finishing method Thomas M. Milbourn, Ronald A. Hanke, Alberto Goenaga, Mark E. Ebensperger 1997-08-12
5621983 Apparatus and method for deckeling excess air when drying a coating on a substrate Thomas J. Lundemann, Roger K. Yonkoski, Brian L. Strobush 1997-04-22
5433973 Method of coating a magnetic recording media coating onto a substrate David Wallack, David J. Lundberg 1995-07-18