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Rolf W. Biernath — 58 Patents

3M: 56 patents #112 of 11,543Top 1%
BOBoveda: 1 patents #13 of 14Top 95%
Wyoming, MN: #3 of 86 inventorsTop 4%
Minnesota: #676 of 52,454 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #41,319 of 4,157,543Top 1%
58 Patents All Time
Rolf W. Biernath has been granted 58 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in February 2024. Rolf W. Biernath ranks #41,319 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.99%). Patent records list Rolf W. Biernath in Wyoming, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2013.peak 61994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents1998: 4 patents1999: 1 patents19992002: 5 patents2003: 3 patents2004: 2 patents20042006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082010: 1 patents2011: 1 patents2012: 4 patents20122013: 6 patents2014: 3 patents2015: 4 patents20152017: 2 patents2018: 4 patents2019: 3 patents20192021: 5 patents2022: 1 patents2023: 3 patents20232024: 1 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 58 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11899230 Optical filters complementary angular blocking regions John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit 2024-02-13 $36,579,000
11802792 Technique for determining presence of a species in a sample John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Sara S. Merritt, James M. Hillis +2 more 2023-10-31 $42,839,000
11686891 Angularly and spectrally selective detector and light source systems John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2023-06-27 $40,024,000
11640019 Spectrally selective retroreflective system John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2023-05-02 $75,368,000
11366257 Optical filters complementary angular blocking regions John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit 2022-06-21 $81,906,000
11187576 Optical filters having spatially variant microreplicated layers John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Sara S. Merritt, James M. Hillis +2 more 2021-11-30 $50,159,000
11163099 Spectrally selective light control film John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Guanglei Du, Steven R. Anderson, Owen M. Anderson +4 more 2021-11-02 $54,104,000
11016229 Optical filter John A. Wheatley, Gilles J. Benoit, Todd A. Ballen, Kenneth L. Smith, Guanglei Du +3 more 2021-05-25 $57,434,000
11009637 Optical stack John A. Wheatley, Guanglei Du, Gilles J. Benoit, Christopher A. McLaughlin, Sherie A. Kristie 2021-05-18 $91,076,000
10909607 Systems, methods and devices for controlling humidity in a closed environment with automatic and predictive identification, purchase and replacement of optimal humidity controller Jason L. Schmitz, Robert L. Esse, Sean A. Knutsen, Brian Rice 2021-02-02
10495801 Patterned marking of multilayer optical film by thermal conduction Michael Benton Free, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson, William W. Merrill, William F. Edmonds +1 more 2019-12-03 $30,904,000
10417534 Optically active materials and articles and systems in which they may be used Robert L. W. Smithson 2019-09-17 $24,139,000
10254460 Patterned marking of multilayer optical film by thermal conduction Michael Benton Free, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson, William W. Merrill, William F. Edmonds +1 more 2019-04-09 $71,459,000
10018762 Patterned marking of multilayer optical film by thermal conduction Michael Benton Free, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson, William W. Merrill, William F. Edmonds +1 more 2018-07-10 $25,614,000
9992463 Alignments for a projection system with a shaped projection screen using alignment content John C. Schultz, Eric C. Lobner, Glenn E. Casner, Quinn D. Sanford 2018-06-05 $72,602,000
9879157 Microstructured transfer tapes Audrey A. Sherman, Kevin R. Schaffer, Robert L. Brott, Joseph W. Woody, V, John A. Wheatley 2018-01-30 $32,106,000
9864120 Patterned marking of multilayer optical film by thermal conduction Michael Benton Free, Martin B. Wolk, Stephen A. Johnson, William W. Merrill, William F. Edmonds +1 more 2018-01-09 $42,794,000
9581740 Optically active materials and articles and systems in which they may be used Robert L. W. Smithson 2017-02-28 $21,811,000
9541698 Backlights having selected output light flux distributions and display systems using same John A. Wheatley, Michael A. Meis, Philip E. Watson, Tao Liu 2017-01-10 $16,748,000
9222650 Switchable light-duct extraction David G. Freier, Thomas R. Hoffend 2015-12-29 $24,003,000
9091408 Recycling backlights with semi-specular components Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Nevitt, John A. Wheatley, David G. Freier, Gilles J. Benoit +3 more 2015-07-28 $32,391,000
9028108 Collimating light injectors for edge-lit backlights Thomas R. Hoffend, David G. Freier, Anthony J. Piekarczyk, Michael A. Meis 2015-05-12 $27,341,000
8926159 Thin hollow backlights with beneficial design characteristics Timothy J. Nevitt, Timothy J. Hebrink, Michael F. Weber, David G. Freier, John A. Wheatley +3 more 2015-01-06 $39,870,000
8919969 On-product projection for digital merchandizing Matthew Robbins, Ellyar Y. Barazesh, David A. Harper 2014-12-30 $20,555,000
8865293 Optically active materials and articles and systems in which they may be used Robert L. W. Smithson 2014-10-21 $36,118,000