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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

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Showing 76–95 of 95 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
6574045 Optical bodies made with a birefringent polymer Timothy J. Hebrink, Peter D. Condo 2003-06-03
6569515 Multilayered polymer films with recyclable or recycled layers Timothy J. Hebrink, Yaoqui Joe Liu, Bruce A. Nerad 2003-05-27
6531230 Color shifting film Michael F. Weber, Timothy J. Nevitt, Kelly M. Roscoe, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, John A. Wheatley +5 more 2003-03-11
6459514 Multilayer polymer film with additional coatings or layers Laurence R. Gilbert, James M. Jonza, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover, Michael F. Weber 2002-10-01
6449093 Optical bodies made with a birefringent polymer Timothy J. Hebrink, Peter D. Condo 2002-09-10
6368699 Multilayer polymer film with additional coatings or layers Laurence R. Gilbert, James M. Jonza, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Carl A. Stover, Michael F. Weber 2002-04-09
6358457 Method of stretching films according to an overbias or overstretch profile Chiu Ping Wong, Thomas P. Hanschen, Anthony B. Ferguson, Fred J. Roska, Jeffery N. Jackson 2002-03-19
6352761 Modified copolyesters and improved multilayer reflective films Timothy J. Hebrink, Carl A. Stover 2002-03-05
6335051 Dichroic polarizing film and optical polarizer containing the film William L. Kausch, Brian H. Williams 2002-01-01
6329046 Optical film and process for manufacture thereof Richard C. Allen, Ronald J. Tabar, Peter D. Condo, Timothy J. Nevitt 2001-12-11
6307676 Optical device with a dichroic polarizer and a multilayer optical film Timothy J. Hebrink, Brian H. Williams, William L. Kausch 2001-10-23
6303067 Method of stretching films according to an overbias or overstretch stretch profile Chiu Ping Wong, Thomas P. Hanschen, Anthony B. Ferguson, Fred J. Roska, Jeffery N. Jackson 2001-10-16
6256146 Post-forming continuous/disperse phase optical bodies Richard C. Allen, Peter D. Condo, Olester Benson, Jr. 2001-07-03
6239907 Rear projection screen using birefringent optical film for asymmetric light scattering Richard C. Allen, Jeffrey C. Chang, Robert S. Moshrefzadeh, Michael F. Weber 2001-05-29
6207260 Multicomponent optical body John A. Wheatley, Timothy J. Nevitt, Michael F. Weber 2001-03-27
6179948 Optical film and process for manufacture thereof Richard C. Allen, Ronald J. Tabar, Peter D. Condo, Timothy J. Nevitt 2001-01-30
6160663 Film confined to a frame having relative anisotropic expansion characteristics John Christopher Harvey, Reney R. Langlois, Michael W. Mills, Rosalind E. Peebles, Fred J. Roska 2000-12-12
6113811 Dichroic polarizing film and optical polarizer containing the film William L. Kausch, Brian H. Williams 2000-09-05
6111697 Optical device with a dichroic polarizer and a multilayer optical film Timothy J. Hebrink, Brian H. Williams, William L. Kausch 2000-08-29
5976424 Method for making multilayer optical films having thin optical layers Michael F. Weber, Carl A. Stover, Andrew J. Ouderkirk 1999-11-02