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Steven D. Solomonson — 35 Patents

3M: 35 patents #280 of 11,543Top 3%
Shoreview, MN: #41 of 657 inventorsTop 7%
Minnesota: #1,597 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #96,288 of 4,157,543Top 3%
35 Patents All Time
Steven D. Solomonson has been granted 35 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in July 2025. Steven D. Solomonson ranks #96,288 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.3%). Patent records list Steven D. Solomonson in Shoreview, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2023.peak 62002: 1 patents20022003: 1 patents2005: 1 patents20052006: 1 patents2007: 1 patents20072009: 2 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents2015: 1 patents20152016: 2 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 2 patents20192020: 1 patents2021: 2 patents20212022: 2 patents2023: 6 patents20232025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 35 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12344720 Polyurethane acrylate protective display film David Scott Thompson, Karissa L. Eckert, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Peter D. Condo +6 more 2025-07-01
11827802 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, David Scott Thompson, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11827810 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, David Scott Thompson, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11827811 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, David Scott Thompson, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny 2023-11-28 $26,592,000
11787970 Flexible hardcoat Peter D. Condo, D. Scott Thompson, John J. Stradinger, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Richard J. Pokorny 2023-10-17 $42,851,000
11631829 Dual cure protective display film Karissa L. Eckert, David Scott Thompson, Ryan M. Braun, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Michael A. Johnson +6 more 2023-04-18 $30,578,000
11577492 Protective display film with glass Joseph W. Woody, V, David Scott Thompson, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Ryan M. Braun, Michael A. Johnson +4 more 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11440302 Thin protective display film Catherine A. Leatherdale, David Scott Thompson, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove +2 more 2022-09-13 $123,319,000
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
10962688 Low Tg polyurethane protective display film David Scott Thompson, Ryan M. Braun, Joseph D. Rule, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Peter D. Condo +6 more 2021-03-30 $50,216,000
10882283 Segmented protective display film Joseph W. Woody, V, David Scott Thompson, John J. Stradinger, Ryan M. Braun, Joseph D. Rule +3 more 2021-01-05 $50,204,000
10703943 Processing tape for optical articles Lan H. Liu, Edward J. Kivel, Stephen A. Johnson 2020-07-07 $35,493,000
10295724 Back-lit transmissive display having variable index light extraction layer David Scott Thompson, Kevin R. Schaffer, Zhaohui Yang, Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman +5 more 2019-05-21 $23,795,000
10288254 Front-lit reflective display device Kevin R. Schaffer, David Scott Thompson, Zhaohui Yang, Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman +6 more 2019-05-14 $25,585,000
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
10139550 Variable index light extraction layer and method of making the same David Scott Thompson, Shawn C. Dodds, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Kevin R. Schaffer, Matthew S. Stay +3 more 2018-11-27 $20,076,000
10090480 Protective display film Michael A. Johnson, David Scott Thompson, Catherine A. Leatherdale, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove +4 more 2018-10-02 $39,812,000
10005264 Thin protective display film Catherine A. Leatherdale, David Scott Thompson, Michael A. Johnson, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove +1 more 2018-06-26 $29,692,000
9780318 Protective display film Michael A. Johnson, David Scott Thompson, Catherine A. Leatherdale, John J. Stradinger, Evan L. Breedlove +4 more 2017-10-03 $23,759,000
9651728 Variable index light extraction layer with microreplicated posts and methods of making the same David Scott Thompson, Vivian W. Jones, Michael A. Meis, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Kevin R. Schaffer +4 more 2017-05-16 $25,157,000
9625640 Optical film and display system incorporating same Joseph T. Aronson, Slah Jendoubi, Mitchell A. F. Johnson, Scott R. Kaytor, Tri D. Pham +6 more 2017-04-18 $16,971,000
9541701 Back-lit transmissive display having variable index light extraction layer David Scott Thompson, Kevin R. Schaffer, Zhaohui Yang, Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman +5 more 2017-01-10 $16,748,000
9519096 Pressure sensitive adhesive light guides Audrey A. Sherman, Corinne E. Lipscomb, Arlin L. Weikel, Maureen A. Kavanagh, Kevin R. Schaffer +1 more 2016-12-13 $35,407,000
9229239 Light redirecting film and display system incorporating same Joseph T. Aronson, Slah Jendoubi, Mitchell A. F. Johnson, Scott R. Kaytor, Tri D. Pham +6 more 2016-01-05 $17,182,000
8993059 Method of making morphologically patterned coatings Peter E. Price, William Blake Kolb, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Mitchell A. F. Johnson 2015-03-31 $18,846,000