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Walter C. Pearson — 14 Patents

3M: 14 patents #1,104 of 11,543Top 10%
Windom, MN: #221 of 2,819 inventorsTop 8%
Minnesota: #5,382 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
Walter C. Pearson has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in August 2002. Walter C. Pearson ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list Walter C. Pearson in Windom, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2002Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1983.peak 31981: 2 patents19811982: 1 patents19821983: 3 patents19831984: 1 patents19841985: 1 patents19851990: 2 patents19901991: 1 patents19911994: 2 patents19942002: 1 patents2002

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6439438 Combination for storing and applying heat softenable moisture curable materials Gerald P. Schouten 2002-08-27 $17,412,000
5370273 Multi-component applicator assembly Robert R. Rohloff 1994-12-06 $6,764,000
5288359 Method for adhesively bonding close fitting components Charles W. Stobbie, IV, Gerald W. Quinn 1994-02-22 $12,182,000
5042228 Method and combination for heating and dispensing hot melt materials 1991-08-27 $8,559,000
4974756 Double barrel dispensing container and cap therefor Neil J. Schwartzbauer 1990-12-04 $10,006,000
4926029 Method and combination for heating and dispensing hot melt materials 1990-05-15 $8,738,000
4518296 Apparatus for binding sheets together Dorman N. Thompson 1985-05-21 $6,095,000
D273798 Holder for multiple pads of notepaper 1984-05-08
D271981 Notepaper pad holder 1983-12-27
D270739 Dual notepaper pad and pen holder 1983-09-27
D270740 Combined notepaper pad and pen holder 1983-09-27
4358328 Tape-cutting blade attaching method 1982-11-09 $9,249,000
D259643 Tape dispenser 1981-06-23
4270971 Applicator for a double coated tape strip 1981-06-02 $6,000,000