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Vivek Krishnan — 16 Patents

3M: 15 patents #1,017 of 11,543Top 9%
Windom, MN: #187 of 2,819 inventorsTop 7%
Minnesota: #4,638 of 52,454 inventorsTop 9%
Overall (All Time): #284,196 of 4,157,543Top 7%
16 Patents All Time
Vivek Krishnan has been granted 16 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in December 2025. Vivek Krishnan ranks #284,196 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.8%). Patent records list Vivek Krishnan in Windom, MN, US.

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Showing 1–16 of 16 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12508630 System and process for removing debris from plastic sheets Sanjiib Ghosh, Vishnuchitam Acharyulu Podicheti, Nizamuddin MD 2025-12-30
11894164 Stretchable conductors Ankit Mahajan, James Zhu, Saagar A. Shah, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Kevin T. Reddy +7 more 2024-02-06 $71,957,000
11833851 Microsphere articles and transfer articles John C. Clark, Thomas B. Galush, Jean A. Tangeman 2023-12-05 $59,925,000
11691381 Thermoformable beaded articles with removable stabilizing layer and methods thereof Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Matthew R.C. Atkinson, Mary M. Caruso Dailey, John C. Clark, Alexander J. Kugel +2 more 2023-07-04
11413846 Article featuring a predetermined pattern of randomly distributed microspheres and methods of making the same Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Toheeb B. Alabi, Kui Chen-Ho, John C. Clark, Jeremy P. Gundale +4 more 2022-08-16 $29,798,000
11390059 Decorative article featuring a microscopic periodic pattern and methods of making the same John C. Clark, Samad Javid, Alexander J. Kugel, Aaron K. Nienaber, Chris A. Pommer +1 more 2022-07-19 $43,383,000
10854355 Method of making a stretchable conductor Ankit Mahajan, James Zhu, Saagar A. Shah, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Kevin T. Reddy +7 more 2020-12-01 $65,919,000
10844160 Flexible microsphere articles having high temperature stability Christopher B. Walker, Jr., John C. Clark, Alexander J. Kugel, Abdullahi A. Mohamud 2020-11-24 $56,473,000
10513626 Stain resistant microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., John C. Clark, Tatsuo Fukushi, Thomas P. Klun, Alexander J. Kugel +3 more 2019-12-24 $43,769,000
10245812 Dual cure stain resistant microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., John C. Clark, Thomas P. Klun, Steven J. McMan, Abdullahi A. Mohamud +1 more 2019-04-02 $44,832,000
10239277 Flexible microsphere articles having high temperature stability Alexander J. Kugel, John C. Clark, Christopher B. Walker, Jr. 2019-03-26 $49,045,000
9880332 Decorative microsphere articles with information layer Matthew T. Holbrook, Sharon Wang, Toheeb B. Alabi, Steven J. McMan, Kyle E Kulseth +2 more 2018-01-30 $32,106,000
9868832 Thermoformable microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Joseph D. Rule, John C. Clark, Steven J. McMan, Toheeb B. Alabi +3 more 2018-01-16 $146,367,000
9650499 Thermoformable microsphere articles Christopher B. Walker, Jr., Joseph D. Rule, John C. Clark, Steven J. McMan, Toheeb B. Alabi +3 more 2017-05-16 $25,157,000
8622555 Security article having a switching feature Gaurav Manik, Gajendra Rao 2014-01-07 $24,263,000
8496340 Retroreflective articles and retroreflective elements comprising a spherical core and two concentric optical interference layers Kenton D. Budd, Matthew H. Frey, Christopher K. Haas 2013-07-30 $34,720,000