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Joseph H. Sexton — 10 Patents

IMImation: 7 patents #37 of 622Top 6%
3M: 3 patents #4,239 of 11,543Top 40%
Oakdale, MN: #64 of 368 inventorsTop 20%
Minnesota: #7,600 of 52,454 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #481,000 of 4,157,543Top 15%
10 Patents All Time
Joseph H. Sexton has been granted 10 US patents while listed as an inventor at Imation. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in January 2012. Joseph H. Sexton ranks #481,000 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 11.6%). Patent records list Joseph H. Sexton in Oakdale, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1994 to 2012Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2005.peak 31994: 1 patents19941995: 1 patents19951997: 1 patents19972001: 1 patents20012003: 1 patents20032005: 3 patents20052006: 1 patents20062012: 1 patents2012

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–10 of 10 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8092888 Noise reduction layer for optical data storage media Richard F. Willson 2012-01-10 $654,000
6986954 Perpendicular magnetic recording media 2006-01-17 $7,768,000
6953629 NiCr and NiFeCr seed layers for perpendicular magnetic recording media Michael B. Hintz 2005-10-11 $8,608,000
6921585 Perpendicular magnetic recording media with an amorphous underlayer 2005-07-26 $4,467,000
6911256 Buffer layers for magnetic media with a plastic substrate 2005-06-28 $10,558,000
6628598 Patterned media system Jathan D. Edwards, Garry Lundstrom, Paul R. Iverson 2003-09-30 $2,880,000
6301200 Magneto-optical data storage disc with highly conductive, smooth reflector layer Frank E. Aspen, Richard F. Willson 2001-10-09 $3,965,000
5637199 Sputtering shields and method of manufacture Robert D. Lorentz 1997-06-10 $25,683,000
5460853 System and method for multilayer film production on tape substrate Michael B. Hintz, William C. Mitchell, John W. Ulseth 1995-10-24 $6,289,000
5306405 Sputtering target and method of manufacture Robert D. Lorentz 1994-04-26 $8,539,000