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William C. Egbert — 14 Patents

3M: 13 patents #1,199 of 11,543Top 15%
Minneapolis, MN: #432 of 6,114 inventorsTop 8%
Minnesota: #5,382 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #332,869 of 4,157,543Top 9%
14 Patents All Time
William C. Egbert has been granted 14 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2002 and the most recent in May 2017. William C. Egbert ranks #332,869 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.0%). Patent records list William C. Egbert in Minneapolis, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2002 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2007.peak 32002: 1 patents20022004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 3 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 2 patents2017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–14 of 14 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9638822 Magnetomechanical markers for marking stationary assets Ziyad H. Doany, Dean M. Dowdle, Michael E. Hamerly, Terrence H. Joyce 2017-05-02 $24,934,000
9013274 Magnetomechanical markers for marking stationary assets Ziyad H. Doany, Dean M. Dowdle, Michael E. Hamerly, Terrence H. Joyce 2015-04-21 $26,319,000
8998099 Transparent micropatterned RFID antenna and articles incorporating same Matthew H. Frey, Lijun Zu, Swagata R. Banerjee, Robert A. Sainati 2015-04-07 $32,682,000
8717244 RFID tag with a modified dipole antenna Terrence H. Joyce, Swagata R. Banerjee, Katherine A. Brown, Jaewon Kim, William A. Mittelstadt +1 more 2014-05-06 $29,245,000
7982616 Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a three-dimensional loop antenna Swagata R. Banerjee, Robert A. Sainati, David K. Misemer 2011-07-19 $11,272,000
7847697 Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a three-dimensional loop antenna Swagata R. Banerjee, Robert A. Sainati, David K. Misemer 2010-12-07 $19,108,000
7535366 Microwaveable radio frequency identification tags Katherine A. Brown 2009-05-19 $63,269,000
7315248 Radio frequency identification tags for use on metal or other conductive objects 2008-01-01
7268687 Radio frequency identification tags with compensating elements Thomas Herdtle 2007-09-11 $24,209,000
7259678 Durable radio frequency identification label and methods of manufacturing the same Katherine A. Brown, Jia Hu, Thomas C. Mercer, Terry S. Nees, Fay T. Salmon 2007-08-21 $21,964,000
7215295 Ultra high frequency radio frequency identification tag 2007-05-08 $25,111,000
6999028 Ultra high frequency radio frequency identification tag 2006-02-14 $28,329,000
6693541 RFID tag with bridge circuit assembly and methods of use 2004-02-17
6407669 RFID tag device and method of manufacturing Katherine A. Brown, James N. Dobbs, Luther E. Erickson, John S. Huizinga, Gregory F. King 2002-06-18 $13,155,000