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William B. Black — 23 Patents

3M: 11 patents #1,445 of 11,543Top 15%
MTMonsanto Technology: 4 patents #942 of 1,657Top 60%
CGCelanese Gmbh: 3 patents #175 of 478Top 40%
ICICI: 1 patents #1,088 of 2,189Top 50%
Eagan, MN: #44 of 891 inventorsTop 5%
Minnesota: #2,936 of 52,454 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
William B. Black has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in June 2025. William B. Black ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list William B. Black in Eagan, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12332466 Optical film Ryan T. Fabick, Matthew E. Sousa, Edward J. Kivel 2025-06-17
D1052087 Cartilage planer 2024-11-19
12072519 Multilayer optical film Adam D. Haag, Robert M. Biegler, Matthew B. Johnson, Edward J. Kivel 2024-08-27 $83,203,000
10948644 Optical film having third or higher order visible reflection bands Timothy J. Nevitt, Edward J. Kivel 2021-03-16 $45,932,000
10634832 Wide band semi-specular mirror film incorporating nanovoided polymeric layer William D. Coggio, Michael F. Weber, Huiwen Tai 2020-04-28 $66,778,000
9995861 Wide band semi-specular mirror film incorporating nanovoided polymeric layer William D. Coggio, Michael F. Weber, Huiwen Tai 2018-06-12 $24,425,000
9709700 Optical bodies including rough strippable boundary layers Carl A. Stover, Timothy J. Hebrink, Martin E. Denker, Jeffery N. Jackson, Kristopher J. Derks +9 more 2017-07-18 $23,307,000
9561629 Optical bodies including rough strippable boundary layers and asymmetric surface structures Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover, Martin E. Denker, Jeffery N. Jackson, Kristopher J. Derks +9 more 2017-02-07 $29,265,000
8568869 Optical bodies including rough strippable boundary layers and asymmetric surface structures Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover, Martin E. Denker, Jeffery N. Jackson, Kristopher J. Derks +9 more 2013-10-29 $22,248,000
8152806 Monopolar electrosurgical instrument Norman M. Black, III 2012-04-10
7820282 Foam security substrate Christopher K. Haas, Robert D. Taylor, James M. Jonza, Jay M. Jennen, David L. Vall +1 more 2010-10-26 $11,974,000
7655296 Ink-receptive foam article Christopher K. Haas, Robert D. Taylor, James M. Jonza, Terrence E. Cooprider 2010-02-02 $29,706,000
7418202 Article having a birefringent surface and microstructured features having a variable pitch or angles for use as a blur filter Rolf W. Biernath, Robert L. Brott, William W. Merrill, John S. Huizinga 2008-08-26 $21,602,000
4785769 Refractory lined bodies 1988-11-22
4773356 Lining a furnace with a refractory material 1988-09-27
4740339 Process for producing conjugate filaments Hartwig C. Bach 1988-04-26 $9,076,000
4725284 Thermal transfer printing with z-alkyl-phenoxy anthraquinone dye mixture Roy Bradbury, Peter Gregory, Roy Porter, Geoffrey R. Rothwell 1988-02-16 $2,539,000
4720314 Process for producing self-crimping polyester yarn 1988-01-19
4661404 Self-crimping polyester yarn 1987-04-28
4601949 Conjugate filaments and process for producing same Hartwig C. Bach 1986-07-22 $10,744,000
4562029 Self-crimping polyester yarn 1985-12-31 $2,296,000
4276348 High tenacity polyethylene fibers and process for producing same Wen-Li Wu 1981-06-30 $4,100,000
4228118 Process for producing high tenacity polyethylene fibers Wen-Li Wu 1980-10-14 $1,008,000