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Michael E. Mills — 28 Patents

Dow Global Technologies: 11 patents #364 of 4,534Top 9%
EAE.I. Du Pont De Nemours And: 6 patents #1,868 of 12,129Top 20%
STSolaero Technologies: 2 patents #40 of 58Top 70%
TCToyobo Co.: 2 patents #118 of 498Top 25%
DEDupont Electronics: 1 patents #56 of 125Top 45%
Bear, DE: #7 of 286 inventorsTop 3%
Delaware: #237 of 7,163 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #134,628 of 4,157,543Top 4%
28 Patents All Time
Michael E. Mills has been granted 28 US patents while listed as an inventor at Dow Global Technologies. The first was granted in 1992 and the most recent in August 2025. Michael E. Mills ranks #134,628 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.2%). Patent records list Michael E. Mills in Bear, DE, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1992 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2015.peak 31992: 1 patents19921994: 1 patents1995: 1 patents19951996: 1 patents1998: 1 patents19981999: 2 patents2001: 1 patents20012005: 1 patents2012: 1 patents20122014: 2 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 3 patents2017: 3 patents20172018: 1 patents2019: 1 patents20192023: 2 patents2024: 1 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 28 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12384002 Composite pad for chemical mechanical polishing Zhan Liu, Nan-Rong Chiou 2025-08-12
12220784 Chemical mechanical polishing pad and preparation thereof Bainian Qian, Robert Blomquist, Lyla M. El-Sayed, Kancharla-Arun Kumar Reddy, Bradley K. Taylor +1 more 2025-02-11
12064846 Formulations for high porosity chemical mechanical polishing pads with high hardness and CMP pads made therewith Bryan E. Barton, Annette M. Crevasse, Teresa Brugarolas Brufau, Vere O. Archibald 2024-08-20
11679531 Chemical mechanical polishing pad and preparation thereof Bainian Qian, Robert Blomquist, Lyla M. El-Sayed, Kancharla-Arun Kumar Reddy, Bradley K. Taylor +1 more 2023-06-20
11633830 CMP polishing pad with uniform window Mauricio E. Guzman, Nestor A. Vasquez, Matthew R. Gadinski 2023-04-25
10208154 Formulations for chemical mechanical polishing pads and CMP pads made therewith Bryan E. Barton 2019-02-19
10037889 Cationic particle containing slurries and methods of using them for CMP of spin-on carbon films Julia Kozhukh, Lee Melbourne Cook 2018-07-31
D784255 Mosaic solar cell Jeff Steinfeldt, Daniel Aiken, Alexander Haas, Robert Garnica 2017-04-18
D784256 Mosaic solar cell Jeff Steinfeldt, Daniel Aiken, Alexander Haas, Robert Garnica 2017-04-18
9602046 Photovoltaic device Jason A. Reese, James R. Keenihan, Ryan S. Gaston, Keith L. Kauffmann, Joseph A. Langmaid +4 more 2017-03-21 $17,345,000
9398712 Connector and electronic circuit assembly for improved wet insulation resistance Jason A. Reese, Samar R. Teli, James R. Keenihan, Joseph A. Langmaid, Kevin D. Maak +2 more 2016-07-19 $30,668,000
9391223 Photovoltaic sheathing element with a flexible connector assembly Joseph A. Langmaid, James R. Keenihan, Leonardo C. Lopez 2016-07-12 $42,653,000
9356177 Method of manufacture of chalcogenide-based photovoltaic cells Todd R. Bryden, Jeffrey L. Fenton, JR., Gary E. Mitchell, Kirk R. Thompson, David J. Parrillo 2016-05-31 $27,264,000
9123847 Photovoltaic device Jason A. Reese, James R. Keenihan, Ryan S. Gaston, Keith L. Kauffmann, Joseph A. Langmaid +4 more 2015-09-01 $28,042,000
9065008 Automated assembly method for the production of interconnected thin film solar cell modules Marty W. DeGroot, Narayan Ramesh, Minoru Sakuma, Dustin M. Charamut, David J. Perkon 2015-06-23 $29,305,000
9048358 Photovoltaic device Jason A. Reese, James R. Keenihan, Ryan S. Gaston, Keith L. Kauffmann, Joseph A. Langmaid +4 more 2015-06-02 $14,965,000
8921148 Moisture resistant photovoltaic devices with exposed conductive grid Paul R. Elowe, Marty W. DeGroot, Matt A. Stempki 2014-12-30 $16,558,000
8912426 Photovoltaic device James R. Keenihan, Kevin D. Maak, Narayan Ramesh, Jason A. Reese, James C. Stevens +1 more 2014-12-16 $9,149,000
8178159 Organosilicate resin formulation for use in microelectronic devices Kiran Baikerikar, Shaoguang Feng, Jack E. Hetzner, John Michael Maher, Paul J. Popa +2 more 2012-05-15 $16,098,000
6918821 Materials and methods for low pressure chemical-mechanical planarization Sudhakar Balijepalli, Dale J. Aldrich, Laura A. Grier 2005-07-19 $67,096,000
6288188 Polyphenylene oligomers and polymers James P. Godschalx, Duane R. Romer, Zenon Lysenko 2001-09-11
5976447 Process for the preparation of polybenzoxazole and polybenzothiazole filaments and fibers Willard E. Alexander, Timothy L. Faley, Chieh-Chun Chau 1999-11-02
5965679 Polyphenylene oligomers and polymers James P. Godschalx, Duane R. Romer, Ying H. So, Zenon Lysenko, Gary R. Buske +4 more 1999-10-12 $22,825,000
5756031 Process for preparing polybenzazole filaments and fiber Katsuya Tani, Ihachiro Iba, Timothy L. Faley, Ira M. Thumma 1998-05-26
5534205 Method for preparing polybenzoxazole or polybenzothiazole fibers Timothy L. Faley, Yoshihiko Teramoto, Douglas E. Turek, Kazuyuki Yabuki 1996-07-09 $45,140,000