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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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William J. Schultz — 73 Patents

3M: 53 patents #127 of 11,543Top 2%
MAMasonite: 7 patents #44 of 210Top 25%
ALAlignmed: 3 patents #1 of 5Top 20%
EDElk Corporation Of Dallas: 3 patents #5 of 18Top 30%
GE: 3 patents #10,387 of 36,430Top 30%
CPComposite Products: 1 patents #4 of 8Top 50%
North Oaks, MN: #10 of 166 inventorsTop 7%
Minnesota: #431 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #26,958 of 4,157,543Top 1%
73 Patents All Time
William J. Schultz has been granted 73 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1980 and the most recent in August 2022. William J. Schultz ranks #26,958 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.65%). Patent records list William J. Schultz in North Oaks, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1982 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 6 patents in 2003.peak 61982: 4 patents19821983: 1 patents1985: 2 patents1986: 3 patents19861987: 2 patents1988: 2 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 3 patents1993: 1 patents1994: 5 patents19941995: 4 patents1997: 4 patents1999: 1 patents19992002: 1 patents2003: 6 patents2004: 2 patents20042005: 1 patents2007: 1 patents2008: 3 patents20082009: 2 patents2011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 3 patents2015: 1 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 4 patents2019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents2022: 2 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 73 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11412794 Limb sleeves for body alignment Joanne Halbrecht 2022-08-16
11363841 Posture control and therapy system 2022-06-21
10849779 Posture improvement devices and methods for use Timothy W. Brown, Robert D. Waeger, Mark Spitaleri 2020-12-01
10694720 Therapeutic garment for animals Lisa Gay Bedenbaugh 2020-06-30
10329390 Polyurethane nanocomposites Ryan E. Marx, Wendy L. Thompson 2019-06-25 $21,317,000
10035909 High magnesium surface concentration nanocalcite composites Mary I. Buckett, Peter D. Condo, Douglas P. Goetz, Chad A. Haraldson, Mark McCormick +2 more 2018-07-31 $28,617,000
10023725 Nanocomposites containing nonspherical silica nanoparticles, composites, articles, and methods of making same Peter D. Condo, Jeremy O. Swanson, James E. Thorson, Kristin L. Thunhorst 2018-07-17 $42,412,000
10023726 Nanocalcite and vinyl ester composites Peter D. Condo, Emily S. Goenner, Chad A. Haraldson 2018-07-17 $42,412,000
9883703 Posture control and therapy system 2018-02-06
9783681 Solventless functionalization, milling, and compounding process with reactive diluents Peter D. Condo, Jung-Sheng Wu, Chad A. Haraldson, Emily S. Goenner, James E. Thorson +1 more 2017-10-10 $38,808,000
9669601 Multilayer erosion resistant protective films Ryan E. Marx, Jay M. Jennen, Daniel E. Meyer, Wendy L. Thompson 2017-06-06 $34,625,000
9540479 Polyurethane nanocomposites Ryan E. Marx, Wendy L. Thompson 2017-01-10 $16,748,000
9512264 Dry, surface-modified nanocalcite Peter D. Condo, Chad A. Haraldson, Jung-Sheng Wu 2016-12-06 $36,817,000
9394433 Nanosilica containing polycyanate ester compositions Wendy L. Thompson, James M. Nelson 2016-07-19 $40,732,000
9221970 Nanocalcite composites Chad A. Haraldson, Nathan E. Schultz, Wendy L. Thompson, James E. Thorson, Douglas P. Goetz +2 more 2015-12-29 $24,003,000
8597959 Methods of use of solid support material for binding biomolecules Naiyong Jing, Chunmei Guo, Michelle L. Legatt 2013-12-03 $10,265,000
8487019 Filled resins and method for making filled resins James M. Nelson, Matthew N. Archibald, Brant U. Kolb, Wendy L. Thompson, Steven C. Hackett 2013-07-16 $14,442,000
8394977 Process for the surface modification of particles Grant F. Tiefenbruck, Matthew N. Archibald, James M. Nelson, Wendy L. Thompson, Peter D. Condo +2 more 2013-03-12 $36,283,000
8329776 Dental composition containing a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate comprising urethane, urea or amide groups, method of production and use thereof Reinhold Hecht, Uwe H. Hoheisel, Christoph Thalacker, Wendy L. Thompson 2012-12-11 $12,351,000
8249409 Light extraction film with nanoparticle coatings Jun-Ying Zhang, Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Terry L. Smith, William Blake Kolb, Cheryl A. Patnaude +4 more 2012-08-21 $32,422,000
7957621 Light extraction film with nanoparticle coatings Jun-Ying Zhang, Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., Terry L. Smith, William Blake Kolb, Cheryl A. Patnaude +4 more 2011-06-07 $28,796,000
7491287 Bonding method with flowable adhesive composition Andrew Behr, Eumi Pyun, Victoria A. Russell, Terry L. Smith, Wendy L. Thompson +1 more 2009-02-17 $56,176,000
7482201 Nanoparticle filled underfill Scott B. Charles, Kathleen M. Gross, Steven C. Hackett, Michael A. Kropp, Wendy L. Thompson 2009-01-27 $39,841,000
7351471 Fluoropolymer coating compositions with multifunctional fluoroalkyl crosslinkers for anti-reflective polymer films Naiyong Jing, Chuntao Cao, Tatsuo Fukushi, Timothy J. Tatge, Christopher B. Walker, Jr. +2 more 2008-04-01 $11,629,000
7327039 Nanoparticle filled underfill Scott B. Charles, Kathleen M. Gross, Steven C. Hackett, Michael A. Kropp, Wendy L. Thompson 2008-02-05 $29,298,000