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Worku A. Mindaye — 7 Patents

3M: 7 patents #2,219 of 11,543Top 20%
Cottage Grove, MN: #83 of 362 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #10,472 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Worku A. Mindaye has been granted 7 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in October 2000. Worku A. Mindaye ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Worku A. Mindaye in Cottage Grove, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2000Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2000.peak 31994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19951998: 1 patents19981999: 1 patents19992000: 3 patents2000

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
6132835 Composite casting tape Matthew T. Scholz, Jason L. Edgar, Andrew J. Callinan, Dean A. Ersfeld, Andrew J. Mahler, Jr. 2000-10-17 $21,776,000
6100206 Light-weight orthopedic casting article Matthew T. Scholz, Jason L. Edgar, Andrew J. Callinan, Dean A. Ersfeld 2000-08-08 $30,635,000
6027465 Method of immobilizing a body member using a composite article Matthew T. Scholz, Jason L. Edgar, Andrew J. Callinan, Dean A. Ersfeld, Andrew J. Mahler, Jr. 2000-02-22 $40,938,000
5976610 Method of making a light-weight orthopedic casting article Matthew T. Scholz, Jason L. Edgar, Andrew J. Callinan, Dean A. Ersfeld 1999-11-02 $15,356,000
5716661 Method of making a light weight orthopedic casting tape Mathew T. Scholz, Jason L. Edgar, Andrew J. Callinan, Dean A. Ersfeld, Andrew J. Mahler, Jr. 1998-02-10 $25,084,000
5474522 Microfiber fillers for orthopedic casting tapes Matthew T. Scholz 1995-12-12 $8,795,000
5354259 Microfiber fillers for orthopedic casting tapes Matthew T. Scholz 1994-10-11 $4,893,000