{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [{"@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "3M", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/company/3m"}, {"@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Ying Xia", "item": "https://www.patentleaderboard.com/inventor/fl:yi_ln:xia-30"}]}
Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
YX

Ying Xia — 13 Patents

3M: 13 patents #1,199 of 11,543Top 15%
Woodbury, MN: #321 of 1,562 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #5,817 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Ying Xia has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at 3M. The first was granted in 2018 and the most recent in August 2025. Ying Xia ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Ying Xia in Woodbury, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2018 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2022.peak 32018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents20192020: 2 patents20202022: 3 patents20222023: 1 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12396506 Retroreflective apertured fabric and garment Lok-Man Ng, Michael A. McCoy, Shri Niwas 2025-08-26
12271010 Retroreflective article comprising locally-laminated reflective layers Kevin W. Gotrik, Kui Chen-Ho, Scott J. Jones, Michael A. McCoy, Christopher A. Merton +2 more 2025-04-08
12228755 Retroreflective article comprising multiple locally-laminated layers Kevin W. Gotrik, Kui Chen-Ho, Graham M. Clarke, Scott J. Jones, Michael A. McCoy +3 more 2025-02-18
12099220 Retroreflective article comprising embedded reflective layers Kui Chen-Ho, Ann M. Gilman, Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Daniel M. Lentz +4 more 2024-09-24 $54,198,000
11752731 Articles having adhesive layers including urethane acrylate polymer or acrylate copolymer Tien Yi T. H. Whiting, Shri Niwas, Duane D. Fansler, Carla S. Thomas, Anthony F. Schultz +4 more 2023-09-12 $54,029,000
11493674 Retroreflective article comprising embedded reflective layers Kui Chen-Ho, Ann M. Gilman, Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Daniel M. Lentz +4 more 2022-11-08 $27,717,000
11415731 Retroreflective article comprising retroreflective elements comprising primary reflective layers and secondary reflective layers Michael A. McCoy, Lok-Man Ng, Shri Niwas, Scott J. Jones, Kevin W. Gotrik +1 more 2022-08-16 $29,798,000
11366252 Retroreflective article comprising locally-laminated reflective layers Kevin W. Gotrik, Kui Chen-Ho, Scott J. Jones, Michael A. McCoy, Christopher A. Merton +2 more 2022-06-21 $81,906,000
10845514 Retroreflective colored articles Kui Chen-Ho, Matthew S. Stay, Syud M. Ahmed, Cordell M. Hardy, Shri Niwas +2 more 2020-11-24 $56,473,000
10545268 Retroreflective articles Shri Niwas, Michael A. McCoy, Yongshang Lu 2020-01-28 $56,089,000
10261222 Retroreflective articles with wash durable bead bond layers Bruce H. Edwards, Shri Niwas 2019-04-16 $66,508,000
10197714 Colored retroreflective articles Shri Niwas, Michael A. McCoy 2019-02-05 $35,613,000
10054724 Exposed lens retroreflective articles comprising a self-assembled dielectric mirror Michael A. McCoy, Daniel J. Schmidt, Shri Niwas 2018-08-21 $34,678,000