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Robert B. Secor — 21 Patents

3M: 21 patents #629 of 11,543Top 6%
Stillwater, MN: #66 of 719 inventorsTop 10%
Minnesota: #3,324 of 52,454 inventorsTop 7%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Robert B. Secor has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in June 2025. Robert B. Secor ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Robert B. Secor in Stillwater, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1993 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2004.peak 21993: 1 patents19931994: 1 patents1997: 1 patents19972004: 2 patents2006: 1 patents20062008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2013: 2 patents20132015: 2 patents2017: 2 patents20172018: 2 patents2022: 1 patents20222023: 1 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12330183 Roll coating using metered coating roll including deformable layers Kevin T. Reddy, Scott L. Ciliske, Shawn C. Dodds, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Kara A. Meyers +10 more 2025-06-17
11865571 Die coating on air supported shell Tyler J. Rattray, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Shawn C. Dodds, Samad Javid, James N. Dobbs +2 more 2024-01-09 $28,749,000
11826779 Multilayer articles via wet-on-wet processing Brittni M. Schiewer, Eric A. Vandre, Chris A. Pommer, Kara A. Meyers, Anish Kurian +5 more 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11226433 Light redirecting film and display system incorporating same Robert A. Yapel, Joseph T. Aronson, Matthew R.C. Atkinson, Gary T. Boyd, Slah Jendoubi +6 more 2022-01-18 $166,226,000
10156661 Light redirecting film and display system incorporating same Robert A. Yapel, Joseph T. Aronson, Matthew R.C. Atkinson, Gary T. Boyd, Slah Jendoubi +6 more 2018-12-18 $44,861,000
10005925 Articles with thin melt coatings and methods for making same Patrick D. Hyde, Jeffrey M. Imsande, Jayshree Seth, Craig E. Hamer, Rebecca A. Shipman +2 more 2018-06-26 $29,692,000
9744708 Slot die position adjustment and return to baseline Pentti K. Loukusa, Robert A. Yapel, Terence D. Neavin, Jennifer L. Trice, Kristopher K. Biegler +3 more 2017-08-29 $26,023,000
9579684 Slot die position adjustment control Robert A. Yapel, Jennifer L. Trice, Pentti K. Loukusa, Paul C. Thomas, Kristopher K. Biegler +2 more 2017-02-28 $21,811,000
9216535 Slot die position adjustments to facilitate patterned products Jennifer L. Trice, Pentti K. Loukusa, Robert A. Yapel, Paul C. Thomas, William J. Kopecky +2 more 2015-12-22 $35,433,000
9044894 Slot die position adjustment and return to baseline Pentti K. Loukusa, Robert A. Yapel, Terence D. Neavin, Jennifer L. Trice, Kristopher K. Biegler +3 more 2015-06-02 $25,680,000
8536241 (Meth)acryloyl pressure-sensitive foam adhesives Craig E. Hamer, Ilyess H. Romdhane, Andrew Satrijo, Thomas E. Augustine, Neil J. Fischer +3 more 2013-09-17 $11,357,000
8355809 System and method for designing a die to yield a desired coating uniformity Robert A. Yapel, Michael J. Tichy, Bruce D. Shalles, Charles N. DeVore, Jennifer L. Trice +4 more 2013-01-15 $23,678,000
7695768 Coating die and method for use Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Joan M. Noyola 2010-04-13 $19,619,000
7615175 Method of improving coating uniformity James M. Nelson, Raghunath Padiyath, Mark J. Stevenson, Michael J. Tichy, Robert A. Yapel 2009-11-10 $42,726,000
7455897 Die lip for strip coating Pentti K. Loukusa, Kurt W. Oster, Todd L. Peterson, Rebecca A. Shipman, Merlin J. Steffen 2008-11-25 $44,006,000
7083826 Coating die and method for use Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Joan M. Noyola 2006-08-01 $22,575,000
6813820 Method of improving coating uniformity James M. Nelson, Raghunath Padiyath, Mark J. Stevenson, Michael J. Tichy, Robert A. Yapel 2004-11-09 $19,361,000
6803076 Die lip for strip coating Pentti K. Loukusa, Kurt W. Oster, Todd L. Peterson, Rebecca A. Shipman, Merlin J. Steffen 2004-10-12 $18,089,000
5612092 Knife coating method using ascension of the fluid by its tension Mark R. Strenger, Bernhard Lenz 1997-03-18 $14,362,000
5376402 Ultrasonically assisted coating method John W. Louks, Donald L. Pochardt, Karl J. Warren 1994-12-27 $9,099,000
5262193 Ultrasonically assisted coating method John W. Louks, Donald L. Pochardt, Karl J. Warren 1993-11-16 $8,698,000