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Thomas M. Cherney — 6 Patents

3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
Roseville, MN: #144 of 611 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #11,902 of 52,454 inventorsTop 25%
Overall (All Time): #779,687 of 4,157,543Top 20%
6 Patents All Time
Thomas M. Cherney has been granted 6 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in October 2000. Thomas M. Cherney ranks #779,687 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 18.8%). Patent records list Thomas M. Cherney in Roseville, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1999.peak 21981: 1 patents19811986: 1 patents19861995: 1 patents19951999: 2 patents19992000: 1 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–6 of 6 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6135781 Electrical interconnection system and device Richard A. Pope, David S. Hardcastle 2000-10-24 $24,734,000
5921787 Board-to-board interconnection Richard A. Pope, Guenter Ploehn, Juergen Schmidt, David S. Hardcastle, Adalberto Gonzalez 1999-07-13 $30,338,000
5904581 Electrical interconnection system and device Richard A. Pope, David S. Hardcastle 1999-05-18 $56,335,000
5433632 Flexible circuit connector Rolf W. Biernath 1995-07-18 $10,779,000
4588256 Optical fiber connector James Onstott, Bryon J. Cronk 1986-05-13 $5,564,000
4291943 Connector for optical fiber cables Paul H. Binek, John M. Magnusson, Bryon J. Cronk 1981-09-29 $3,407,000