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William W. Merrill

3M: 95 patents #31 of 11,543Top 1%
Mahtomedi, MN: #2 of 255 inventorsTop 1%
Minnesota: #227 of 52,454 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #16,099 of 4,157,543Top 1%
95 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 51–75 of 95 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7153122 Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Desiree Thompson, Dennis L. Krueger 2006-12-26
7150907 Modified copolyesters and improved multilayer reflective films Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover 2006-12-19
7132065 Process for manufacturing polymeric optical film Richard C. Allen, Matthew B. Johnson, Fred J. Roska, Steven J. Rhyner, Joan M. Strobel +3 more 2006-11-07
7110072 Compensators for liquid crystal displays Fred J. Roska, Richard C. Allen, Matthew B. Johnson, Steven J. Rhyner, Joan M. Strobel +2 more 2006-09-19
7104776 Methods and devices for stretching polymer films Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Desiree Thompson, John A. Wheatley, Jeffrey D. Amundson +1 more 2006-09-12
7099083 Polymeric optical film Matthew B. Johnson, Richard C. Allen, Fred J. Roska, Steven J. Rhyner, Joan M. Strobel +1 more 2006-08-29
7077649 Dental articles including post-formable multilayer optical films Kathryn R. Bretscher, Sumita B. Mitra, Olester Benson, Jr., James M. Jonza, Andrew J. Ouderkirk +2 more 2006-07-18
7037461 Method of stretching film Martin E. Denker, Joseph T. Bartusiak, Anthony B. Ferguson, Thomas P. Hanschen, Jeffery N. Jackson +4 more 2006-05-02
6965474 Polymeric optical film Matthew B. Johnson, Richard C. Allen, Fred J. Roska, Steven J. Rhyner, Joan M. Strobel +1 more 2005-11-15
6949212 Methods and devices for stretching polymer films Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Desiree Thompson, John A. Wheatley, Jeffrey D. Amundson +1 more 2005-09-27
6946188 Modified copolyesters and improved multilayer reflective films Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover 2005-09-20
6939499 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, John A. Wheatley, Dennis L. Krueger 2005-09-06
6936209 Methods and devices for processing polymer films Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Desiree Thompson 2005-08-30
6926410 Polarizing beam splitter Michael F. Weber, Charles L. Bruzzone, Peter D. Condo, Kevin M. Hamer, Timothy J. Hebrink 2005-08-09
6916440 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Jeffery N. Jackson, Andrew T. Ruff, Desiree Thompson, Dennis L. Krueger 2005-07-12
6830713 Method for making coPEN/PMMA multilayer optical films Timothy J. Hebrink, Yaoqi J. Liu, Bruce A. Nerad, John A. Wheatley 2004-12-14
6788463 Post-formable multilayer optical films and methods of forming James M. Jonza, Olester Benson, Jr., Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Michael F. Weber 2004-09-07
6749427 Dental articles including post-formable multilayer optical films Kathryn R. Bretscher, Sumita B. Mitra, Olester Benson, Jr., James M. Jonza, Andrew J. Ouderkirk +2 more 2004-06-15
6673275 Method for making optical devices from homopolymers Richard C. Allen, Susan L. Kent, Ronald J. Tabar, Elisa M. Cross, Stephen A. Johnson +3 more 2004-01-06
6667095 Multicomponent optical body John A. Wheatley, Timothy J. Nevitt, Michael F. Weber 2003-12-23
6654170 Optical device having continuous and disperse phases Susan L. Kent, Ronald J. Tabar, Richard C. Allen, Elisa M. Cross, Stephen A. Johnson +3 more 2003-11-25
6641900 Modified copolyesters and improved multilayer reflective films Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover 2003-11-04
6627300 Optical device containing polymeric material domains having different degrees of randomness Susan L. Kent, Ronald J. Tabar, Richard C. Allen, Elisa M. Cross, Stephen A. Johnson +3 more 2003-09-30
6610356 Dichroic polarizing film and optical polarizer containing the film William L. Kausch, Brian H. Williams 2003-08-26
6609795 Polarizing beam splitter Michael F. Weber, Charles L. Bruzzone, Peter D. Condo, Kevin M. Hamer, Timothy J. Hebrink 2003-08-26