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Shane Mao — 13 Patents

3M: 11 patents #1,445 of 11,543Top 15%
BIBausch & Lomb Incorporated: 1 patents #387 of 658Top 60%
CLCoopervision International Limited: 1 patents #138 of 201Top 70%
Maplewood, MN: #77 of 510 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #5,817 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Shane Mao has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in October 2014. Shane Mao ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Shane Mao in Maplewood, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2000 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2003.peak 32000: 1 patents20002001: 1 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 3 patents20032004: 2 patents20042006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents20072012: 1 patents20122013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8865929 Reactive dyes for contact lenses Yuan Xu, Charlie Chen, Charles A. Francis, Hong Xue, Xining Zhang 2014-10-21 $17,398,000
8461226 Contact lens Richard Fanqing Meng, Lawrence Chapoy 2013-06-11
8153316 Unitized fuel cell assembly and cooling apparatus Daniel M. Pierpont, Kim B. Saulsbury, Jimmy M. Le 2012-04-10 $59,537,000
7160928 Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture Steven J. Hamrock, Naiyong Jing, L. Charles Hardy 2007-01-09 $18,812,000
6989214 Unitized fuel cell assembly Daniel M. Pierpont, Jimmy M. Le, Kim B. Saulsbury, John R. Mlinar, Claude D. Moreau 2006-01-24 $25,776,000
6833412 Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture Steven J. Hamrock, Naiyong Jing, L. Charles Hardy 2004-12-21 $25,649,000
6686308 Supported nanoparticle catalyst Guoping Mao 2004-02-03 $25,708,000
6649295 Membrane electrode assembly having annealed polymer electrolyte membrane Steven J. Hamrock, John Lewin 2003-11-18 $21,539,000
6646075 High molecular weight perfluorocyclobutane polymers and method of making Allen R. Siedle 2003-11-11 $15,797,000
6559237 Sulfonated perfluorocyclobutane ion-conducting membranes Krzysztof A. Lewinski, David A. Ylitalo 2003-05-06 $21,737,000
6423784 Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture Steven J. Hamrock, Naiyong Jing, L. Charles Hardy 2002-07-23 $31,369,000
6238534 Hybrid membrane electrode assembly Gregory M. Haugen, Krzysztof A. Lewinski, Mark K. Debe 2001-05-29 $25,266,000
6090895 Crosslinked ion conductive membranes Steven J. Hamrock, David A. Ylitalo 2000-07-18 $24,753,000