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William A. Tolbert — 29 Patents

3M: 24 patents #514 of 11,543Top 5%
IMImation: 2 patents #167 of 622Top 30%
KCKodak Polychrome Graphics Company: 1 patents #119 of 213Top 60%
Samsung: 1 patents #50,112 of 75,807Top 70%
Woodbury, MN: #144 of 1,562 inventorsTop 10%
Minnesota: #2,087 of 52,454 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
William A. Tolbert has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in September 2017. William A. Tolbert ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list William A. Tolbert in Woodbury, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 1999.peak 31997: 1 patents19971998: 2 patents1999: 3 patents19992000: 1 patents2001: 3 patents20012002: 1 patents2003: 3 patents20032005: 2 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 2 patents20082010: 2 patents2011: 2 patents20112012: 3 patents2017: 2 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9761843 Emissive display with hybrid polarizer Adam D. Haag, Ghidewon Arefe, Kenneth A. Epstein, Nathaniel K. Naismith, Seong-Taek Lee +1 more 2017-09-12 $37,823,000
9537116 Transparent OLED light extraction Sergey Lamansky, Ghidewon Arefe, Keith Behrman, Steven J. McMan, Jonathan A. Anim-Addo 2017-01-03 $26,214,000
8298032 Methods for providing light extraction films on organic light emitting diode devices John E. Potts, Fred B. McCormick, Martin B. Wolk, Jun-Ying Zhang, Terry L. Smith +4 more 2012-10-30
8192048 Lighting assemblies and systems Martin Kristoffersen, Rolf W. Biernath, Thomas R. Corrigan, David G. Freier, Raymond P. Johnston +4 more 2012-06-05 $13,194,000
8179034 Light extraction film for organic light emitting diode display and lighting devices John E. Potts, Fred B. McCormick, Martin B. Wolk, Jun-Ying Zhang, Terry L. Smith +4 more 2012-05-15 $13,467,000
D646825 Street light Thomas R. Corrigan, Gilles J. Benoit 2011-10-11
7927454 Method of patterning a substrate Khanh T. Huynh, Thomas A. Isberg, Matthew S. Stay, Martin B. Wolk, Joseph W. Woody, V +2 more 2011-04-19
D624690 Street light Katie B. Thompson 2010-09-28
7678526 Radiation curable thermal transfer elements Robin E. Wright, Khanh T. Huynh, Leslie A. Kreilich, Lan H. Liu, Rachel K. Swanson +3 more 2010-03-16 $16,632,000
7396631 Radiation curable thermal transfer elements Robin E. Wright, Khanh T. Huynh, Leslie A. Kreilich, Lan H. Liu, Rachel K. Swanson +3 more 2008-07-08 $20,412,000
7330240 Imaging system for thermal transfer James M. Nelson, Thomas A. Isberg, Andrew L. Hightower, Dean Faklis 2008-02-12 $13,174,000
7226716 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2007-06-05 $62,303,000
7148957 Imaging system for thermal transfer James M. Nelson, Thomas A. Isberg, Andrew L. Hightower, Dean Faklis 2006-12-12 $13,006,000
6866979 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2005-03-15 $31,725,000
6855636 Electrode fabrication methods for organic electroluminscent devices Steven D. Theiss, Ha T. Le, Martin B. Wolk, Paul F. Baude 2005-02-15 $28,693,000
6625336 Optical sensor having dielectric film stack William Albert Challener, James M. DePuydt 2003-09-23 $3,134,000
6618158 Method and device for calibrating an imaging apparatus having multiple imaging outputs David E. Brown, John Souter 2003-09-09 $27,075,000
6582877 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2003-06-24 $11,723,000
6461793 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2002-10-08 $13,541,000
6320991 Optical sensor having dielectric film stack William Albert Challener, James M. DePuydt 2001-11-20 $3,700,000
6270934 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2001-08-07 $51,077,000
6190826 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2001-02-20 $81,926,000
6099994 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 2000-08-08 $30,635,000
5998085 Process for preparing high resolution emissive arrays and corresponding articles Thomas A. Isberg, Claire A. Jalbert, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk 1999-12-07 $17,777,000
5981136 Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer Jeffrey C. Chang, John S. Staral, Martin B. Wolk, Claire A. Jalbert, Hsin-hsin Chou 1999-11-09 $20,673,000