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Sankar B. Narayan — 6 Patents

3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
Birchwood Village, MN: #6 of 20 inventorsTop 30%
Minnesota: #11,902 of 52,454 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Sankar B. Narayan has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in October 1994. Sankar B. Narayan ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Sankar B. Narayan in Birchwood Village, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 1994Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1990.peak 21986: 1 patents19861988: 1 patents19881990: 2 patents19901994: 2 patents1994

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
RE34765 Recording medium annealing process Jerry L. Alexander, Sten R. Gerfast, Charles E. Nelson 1994-10-25
5356664 Method of inhibiting algae growth on asphalt shingles William T. Fay, Billy L. George, Christine A. Sobon, Mark H. Kayser 1994-10-18 $9,814,000
4937691 Recording and/or reproducing apparatus for controlling thermal expansion problems in disk drives Felix P. Lau, Takehiko Saito 1990-06-26 $5,087,000
RE33187 Stable stretched surface recording medium Jerry L. Alexander, Sten R. Gerfast, Charles E. Nelson 1990-03-27
4729805 Recording medium annealing process Jerry L. Alexander, Sten R. Gerfast, Charles E. Nelson 1988-03-08 $13,979,000
4623570 Stable stretched surface recording medium Jerry L. Alexander, Sten R. Gerfast, Charles E. Nelson 1986-11-18 $8,923,000