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Brent D. Lien — 41 Patents

FEFargo Electronics: 15 patents #4 of 63Top 7%
HUHutchinson: 15 patents #22 of 280Top 8%
AAAssa Abloy Ab: 10 patents #31 of 311Top 10%
HGHid Global: 1 patents #21 of 77Top 30%
Minneapolis, MN: #77 of 6,114 inventorsTop 2%
Minnesota: #1,240 of 52,454 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #75,001 of 4,157,543Top 2%
41 Patents All Time
Brent D. Lien has been granted 41 US patents while listed as an inventor at Fargo Electronics. The first was granted in 1993 and the most recent in April 2024. Brent D. Lien ranks #75,001 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.8%). Patent records list Brent D. Lien in Minneapolis, MN, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 41 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11969994 Ink jet nozzle health and printing reliability Evan Pastor, Chad E. Beery, Bradley O'Hara, Kyrsten Dominique Elemino, Tanya Jegeris Snyder 2024-04-30
11618273 Method for ink jet durability and adhesion Dale James Ziebarth, Evan Pastor, Tanya Jegeris Snyder 2023-04-04
11597216 Ink jet printer production techniques Tanya Jegeris Snyder, Evan Pastor 2023-03-07
11446946 Method for ink jet durability and adhesion Dale James Ziebarth, Evan Pastor, Tanya Jegeris Snyder 2022-09-20
11328191 E-card encoder module John P. Skoglund 2022-05-10
11267258 Ink jet printer production techniques Tanya Snyder, Evan Pastor 2022-03-08
10787000 Thermal printhead having asymmetric recording elements 2020-09-29
10759198 Ink jet card printer having a card position sensor Tanya Snyder, Daniel Fowell 2020-09-01
10363725 Card substrate warpage reduction Ted M. Hoffman 2019-07-30
9802398 Transfer lamination James Rieck, Joshua Nippoldt, William Bergerson 2017-10-31
7717632 Card printer printhead mounting Thomas G. Gale, Jr., Ted M. Hoffman, John P. Skoglund, Andy Vander Woude 2010-05-18
6985167 Card cleaner roller assembly 2006-01-10 $2,473,000
6981536 Laminator swing arm assembly Ted M. Hoffman 2006-01-03 $2,399,000
6896431 Identification card manufacturing device module unification Ted M. Hoffman, Gregory A. Lee 2005-05-24 $2,470,000
6835280 Laminator heat shield Ted M. Hoffman 2004-12-28 $2,086,000
6758470 Card thickness selection gate for a card feeder James R. Meier, Steven J. Brandt, Spencer L. Tapp 2004-07-06 $817,000
6587310 Magnetic head suspension with single layer preshaped trace interconnect Jeffry S. Bennin, Todd W. Boucher, Jeffrey W. Green, Gary E. Gustafson, Ryan A. Jurgenson 2003-07-01 $9,442,000
6554044 Laminator peel-off bar Bradley A. Paulson, Ted M. Hoffman 2003-04-29 $2,056,000
6543685 Card processing apparatus for card encoder and printer therein Darren W. Haas, Matthew K. Dunham 2003-04-08 $1,120,000
6543507 Peel-off roller for laminated layer 2003-04-08 $1,120,000
6536758 Card hopper James R. Meier, Steven J. Brandt, Spencer L. Tapp, Martin Pribula 2003-03-25 $2,262,000
6431540 Card feed roller for printer Thomas J. Reynolds-Kotz 2002-08-13 $469,000
6353453 Thermal printhead load adjustment mechanism Kevin Campion, Darren W. Haas 2002-03-05 $663,000
6315283 Input hopper and encoding station for card printer Darren W. Haas, Thomas J. Reynolds-Kotz, John P. Skoglund 2001-11-13 $2,046,000
6261012 Printer having an intermediate transfer film Darren W. Haas, Robert E. Francis, Gary B. Fulmer, Thomas J. Reynolds-Kotz, John P. Skoglund +2 more 2001-07-17 $1,653,000