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Robert L. W. Smithson — 31 Patents

3M: 30 patents #351 of 11,543Top 4%
Mahtomedi, MN: #12 of 255 inventorsTop 5%
Minnesota: #1,884 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #115,823 of 4,157,543Top 3%
31 Patents All Time
Robert L. W. Smithson has been granted 31 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2001 and the most recent in October 2025. Robert L. W. Smithson ranks #115,823 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.8%). Patent records list Robert L. W. Smithson in Mahtomedi, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2001 to 2023Bar chart with a peak of 5 patents in 2023.peak 52001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents20112013: 1 patents2014: 3 patents20142015: 2 patents2016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2018: 2 patents20182019: 2 patents2020: 2 patents20202021: 3 patents2022: 3 patents20222023: 5 patents2023

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 31 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12434351 Polymer bond abrasive articles including continuous polymer matrix, and methods of making same Tianyu Wu, Gary Hughes, Bruce A. Sventek, Fabian Stolzenburg, Jiann-Jong Chen +1 more 2025-10-07
11623324 Polymer bond abrasive articles and methods of making them Brian D. Goers, Brian A. Shukla, Michael C. Harper 2023-04-11 $160,642,000
11607841 Vitreous bonded abrasive articles and methods of manufacture thereof Carsten Franke, Maiken Givot, Malte Korten, Brian D. Goers, Negus B. Adefris +4 more 2023-03-21 $35,949,000
11602888 Continuous additive manufacturing apparatus Carsten Franke, Kenneth L. Smith, Jesse R. Behnke, Lucas D. Crestik, Olester Benson, Jr. +1 more 2023-03-14 $37,089,000
11597058 Methods of making metal bond abrasive articles and metal bond abrasive articles Carsten Franke, Brian D. Goers, Negus B. Adefris, Brian A. Shukla, Michael C. Harper +1 more 2023-03-07 $29,533,000
11597856 Continuous additive manufacturing methods Carsten Franke, Kenneth L. Smith, Jesse R. Behnke, Lucas D. Crestik, Olester Benson, Jr. +4 more 2023-03-07 $29,533,000
11383350 Metal bond abrasive articles and methods of making metal bond abrasive articles Jean-Luc Rifaut, Badri Veeraraghavan, Tilo Remhof, Brian D. Goers, Andreas M. Geldmacher +2 more 2022-07-12 $72,964,000
11279853 Additive manufacturing methods for adhesives and adhesive articles Carsten Franke, Joseph C. Dingeldein, Jay A. Esch, Jayshree Seth, Olester Benson, Jr. +6 more 2022-03-22 $17,842,000
11254841 Additive manufacturing methods for adhesives and adhesive articles Carsten Franke, Joseph C. Dingeldein, Jay A. Esch, Jayshree Seth, Olester Benson, Jr. +6 more 2022-02-22 $24,190,000
11072053 Methods of making metal bond and vitreous bond abrasive articles, and abrasive article precursors Carsten Franke, Maiken Givot, Malte Korten, Brian D. Goers, Negus B. Adefris +4 more 2021-07-27 $83,141,000
11072115 Methods of making metal bond and vitreous bond abrasive articles, and abrasive article precursors Carsten Franke, Maiken Givot, Malte Korten, Brian D. Goers, Negus B. Adefris +4 more 2021-07-27 $83,141,000
10888973 Methods of making metal bond abrasive articles and metal bond abrasive articles Carsten Franke, Brian D. Goers, Negus B. Adefris, Brian A. Shukla, Michael C. Harper +1 more 2021-01-12 $54,231,000
10709619 Fastening tape and mechanical fastener including microporous film Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Timothy V. Stagg 2020-07-14 $41,453,000
10687588 Printed components and methods for making the same Jeffrey O. Emslander, Siegfried R. Gabriel, Michael R. Gorman, Tilo Remhof, Hans-Gerd Vollmers 2020-06-23 $30,983,000
10417534 Optically active materials and articles and systems in which they may be used Rolf W. Biernath 2019-09-17 $24,139,000
10376420 Personal hygiene article and container for the same Neelakandan Chandrasekaran, Leigh E. Wood, Timothy V. Stagg 2019-08-13 $32,475,000
10105524 Article with hollow microneedles and method of making Kenneth A. P. Meyer, Przemyslaw P. Markowicz, Stanley Rendon, Ryan Patrick Simmers 2018-10-23 $32,129,000
9937879 High contrast retroreflective sheeting and license plates Patrick R. Fleming, Thomas J. Dahlin, Thomas V. Kusilek 2018-04-10 $26,753,000
9581740 Optically active materials and articles and systems in which they may be used Rolf W. Biernath 2017-02-28 $21,811,000
9268146 User interface with a composite image that floats Masaru Iwasawa, Kazuhiko Mizuno, Richard L. Rylander 2016-02-23 $47,231,000
9145098 High contrast retroreflective sheeting and license plates Patrick R. Fleming, Thomas J. Dahlin, Thomas V. Kusilek 2015-09-29 $22,080,000
9132506 Laser marking process and articles Jeffrey O. Emslander, Danny L. Fleming 2015-09-15 $19,651,000
8865293 Optically active materials and articles and systems in which they may be used Rolf W. Biernath 2014-10-21 $36,118,000
8771919 Laser marking process and articles Pingfan Wu, Junkang Jacob Lui, Rachel M. Lucking, Panu K. Zoller, Jeffrey O. Emslander +1 more 2014-07-08 $37,007,000
8748330 Annealed nanostructured thin film catalyst Mark K. Debe, Charles J. Studiner, IV, Susan M. Hendricks, Michael J. Kurkowski, Andrew J. L. Steinbach 2014-06-10 $27,189,000