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Chad R. Sandstrom — 15 Patents

IMImation: 14 patents #11 of 622Top 2%
TETerastor: 1 patents #25 of 40Top 65%
Stillwater, MN: #94 of 719 inventorsTop 15%
Minnesota: #4,986 of 52,454 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
Chad R. Sandstrom has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Imation. The first was granted in 1999 and the most recent in October 2006. Chad R. Sandstrom ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list Chad R. Sandstrom in Stillwater, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1999 to 2006Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1999.peak 21999: 2 patents19992000: 2 patents20002001: 2 patents20012002: 1 patents20022003: 2 patents20032004: 2 patents20042005: 2 patents20052006: 2 patents2006

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7114947 Optical disk mold tooling for reduced edge wedge Douglas R. Plourde, Dean E. Sitz, Donald J. Kerfeld, John R. Johnson 2006-10-03 $4,329,000
7034971 Fabrication of sandwiched construction media Jathan D. Edwards, Frank E. Aspen, Ramon F. Hegel 2006-04-25 $4,070,000
6961950 Variable thickness stamper for creation of flat molded substrates Donald J. Kerfeld, Douglas J. Chaput, Jathan D. Edwards 2005-11-01 $3,575,000
6850345 Sandwich holographic disk construction with thin molded substrates Jathan D. Edwards, Frank E. Aspen, Ramon F. Hegel 2005-02-01 $8,557,000
6752611 Optical disk mold tooling for reduced edge wedge Douglas R. Plourde, Dean E. Sitz, Donald J. Kerfeld, John R. Johnson 2004-06-22 $2,493,000
6678238 Mold for manufacturing double-sided disk shaped articles for storing data Douglas R. Plourde, Dean E. Sitz, Jeffrey M. Novotny 2004-01-13 $2,284,000
6638692 Replicated regions on optical disks Anthony O. Banal, Ted L. Bahns, Kristi L. Chavez, Donald J. Kerfeld 2003-10-28 $6,782,000
6611365 Thermoplastic substrates for holographic data storage media Jathan D. Edwards, Frank E. Aspen, Ramon F. Hegel 2003-08-26 $9,899,000
6382955 Disc molding apparatus for hubless optical disc having low radial runout 2002-05-07 $8,432,000
6238763 Rewritable optical data storage disk having enhanced flatness 2001-05-29 $5,122,000
6180201 Rewritable optical data storage disk having enhanced flatness 2001-01-30 $5,376,000
6154441 Method for centering a hub in an optical disc, and an optical storage system using such disc Brian Bonn 2000-11-28 $7,925,000
6147962 Data storage cartridge having a restraining mechanism Thiruppathy Srinivasan, Douglas R. Plourde, Brian Bonn 2000-11-14
6002663 Hubless optical disc having low radial runout and method of manufacture 1999-12-14 $3,137,000
5972461 Rewritable optical data storage disk having enhanced flatness 1999-10-26 $2,870,000