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William Bedingham — 72 Patents

3M: 70 patents #70 of 11,543Top 1%
TSTerumo Cardiovascular Systems: 1 patents #49 of 101Top 50%
Woodbury, MN: #31 of 1,562 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #438 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #27,714 of 4,157,543Top 1%
72 Patents All Time
William Bedingham has been granted 72 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in November 2025. William Bedingham ranks #27,714 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.67%). Patent records list William Bedingham in Woodbury, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 72 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12458319 Free standing auscultation device Daniel J. Rogers, J. Peter Robinson 2025-11-04
12376996 Hearing protector with sensor module and method of retrofitting a hearing protector with a sensor module Henning T. Urban, Jonas Nilsson, Abel Gladstone Mangam, Caroline M. Ylitalo, Erik O. Levholt +1 more 2025-08-05
11582548 Cushion for a hearing protector or audio headset Van Cuong Bui, Caroline M. Ylitalo, Caitlin E. Meree, Patrick R.T. Hjort, Assumpta A. G. Bennaars-Eiden +5 more 2023-02-14 $28,762,000
11369336 Ergonomic chestpiece Daniel J. Rogers, Tyler J. Sandback 2022-06-28 $36,743,000
11116401 Systems and methods for wireless physiology monitoring Jeffrey G. Zinn 2021-09-14 $58,210,000
10639021 Shapeable articles and methods of making and using the same Ranjani V. Parthasarathy, Hannah C. Cohen, Haoming Rong, Amanda C. Engler, Nicholas R. Powley +5 more 2020-05-05 $20,515,000
D858759 Stethoscope chestpiece Daniel J. Rogers, Tyler J. Sandback 2019-09-03
D814323 Wireless sensor device 2018-04-03
9521956 Enhanced auscultatory sensor and analysis for patient diagnosis Thomas Schmidt 2016-12-20 $59,183,000
9480400 Electronic stethoscope system for telemedicine applications Craig D. Oster, Daniel J. Rogers, Thomas Schmidt 2016-11-01 $42,737,000
9204856 Electronic stethoscope system for telemedicine applications Craig D. Oster, Daniel J. Rogers 2015-12-08 $23,878,000
8835157 Supported reagents, methods, and devices Ranjani V. Parthasarathy, Michael E. Danielson, John C. Faletti 2014-09-16 $10,609,000
8834792 Systems for processing sample processing devices Barry W. Robole, Peter D. Ludowise, Jeffrey C. Pederson 2014-09-16 $10,609,000
8700118 Biomedical sensor system Craig D. Oster, Hatim M. Carim, Casey L. Carlson, Vinod P. Menon, Jon A. Kirschhoffer +1 more 2014-04-15 $40,224,000
8481901 Enhanced sample processing devices, systems and methods Raj Rajagopal, Barry W. Robole 2013-07-09 $23,981,000
8469741 Stretchable conductive connector Craig D. Oster, Hatim M. Carim, Vinod P. Menon 2013-06-25 $15,888,000
8435462 Sample processing devices Chad J. Carter, Robert A. Harkins, Michael R. Harms, Christopher R. Kokaisel, Diane North +1 more 2013-05-07 $28,926,000
D667561 Sample processing disk cover Peter D. Ludowise, Jeffrey C. Pederson, Barry W. Robole 2012-09-18
8128893 Thermal transfer methods and structures for microfluidic systems Christopher R. Kokaisel, Jeffrey C. Pederson 2012-03-06 $35,849,000
D654179 Multifunctional medical device for telemedicine applications Bernard A. Gonzalez 2012-02-14
8097471 Sample processing devices James E. Aysta, Barry W. Robole, Kenneth B. Wood 2012-01-17 $15,757,000
8092759 Compliant microfluidic sample processing device Barry W. Robole 2012-01-10 $19,975,000
8080409 Sample processing device compression systems and methods James E. Aysta, Barry W. Robole 2011-12-20 $19,229,000
8057757 Sample mixing on a microfluidic device Barry W. Robole 2011-11-15 $13,795,000
8057758 Variable valve apparatus and methods Barry W. Robole, Ranjani V. Parthasarathy, Katya Ericson 2011-11-15 $13,795,000