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Michael B. Hintz — 22 Patents

IMImation: 7 patents #37 of 622Top 6%
3M: 6 patents #2,542 of 11,543Top 25%
STSeagate Technology: 5 patents #1,288 of 4,701Top 30%
Medtronic: 4 patents #2,477 of 6,367Top 40%
Mahtomedi, MN: #21 of 255 inventorsTop 9%
Minnesota: #3,126 of 52,454 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #189,202 of 4,157,543Top 5%
22 Patents All Time
Michael B. Hintz has been granted 22 US patents while listed as an inventor at Imation. The first was granted in 1994 and the most recent in May 2025. Michael B. Hintz ranks #189,202 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.6%). Patent records list Michael B. Hintz in Mahtomedi, MN, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–22 of 22 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12311187 Battery assembly for medical device Jeffrey J. Louwagie, Paul B. Aamodt, Vincent Brama, Nicholas H. Finstrom, Vadim A. Yakovlev +7 more 2025-05-27
11413466 Battery assembly for medical device Jeffrey J. Louwagie, Paul B. Aamodt, Vincent Brama, Nicholas H. Finstrom, Vadim A. Yakovlev +7 more 2022-08-16 $55,887,000
8916004 Thermal nitriding process for components of implantable medical devices Peter D. Yurek, Brad C. Tischendorf, William J. Taylor 2014-12-23 $26,677,000
8298478 Method of preparing an electrode Paul B. Young 2012-10-30
7068030 Magnetic field strength detector Richard E. Jewett, Steven Lindblom, Stephen J. Rothermel 2006-06-27 $8,427,000
6953629 NiCr and NiFeCr seed layers for perpendicular magnetic recording media Joseph H. Sexton 2005-10-11 $8,608,000
6795279 Spin valve structures with specular reflection layers Eric W. Singleton, Kristin Duxstad 2004-09-21 $19,782,000
6700753 Spin valve structures with specular reflection layers Eric W. Singleton, Kristin Duxstad 2004-03-02 $10,886,000
6650519 ESD protection by a high-to-low resistance shunt Brian William Karr, Lance E. Stover 2003-11-18 $14,109,000
6278592 GMR spin valve having a bilayer TaN/NiFeCr seedlayer to improve GMR response and exchange pinning field Song S. Xue, Qing He, Hong Ying Wang, Kristin Duxstad 2001-08-21
6098880 Shaped magnetoresistive readers Dallas W. Meyer, Jeffery K. Berkowitz, Edward M. Simpson 2000-08-08 $20,234,000
6030556 Optical disc stampers and methods/systems for manufacturing the same James M. DePuydt, Walter R. Eppler 2000-02-29 $5,275,000
5993930 Dual layer optical medium having multilayered spacer layer between reflecting layers Wayne M. Hector 1999-11-30 $6,310,000
5736240 Amorphous rare earth oxides 1998-04-07 $15,867,000
5679429 Dual layer optical medium having partially reflecting thin film layer 1997-10-21 $9,311,000
5648163 Magneto-optic recording medium having magneto-optic film layers separated by yttrium oxide 1997-07-15 $9,179,000
5640382 Dual layer optical medium having partially reflecting metal alloy layer Jeffrey M. Florczak 1997-06-17 $3,581,000
5540966 Dual layer optical medium having partially reflecting thin film layer 1996-07-30 $10,224,000
5478456 Sputtering target Kathleen M. Humpal, James P. Mathers 1995-12-26 $15,673,000
5460853 System and method for multilayer film production on tape substrate Joseph H. Sexton, William C. Mitchell, John W. Ulseth 1995-10-24 $6,289,000
5458941 Optical recording medium exhibiting eutectic phase equilbria 1995-10-17 $8,943,000
5353268 Thermomagnetic recording system employing a medium having high storage density and direct-overwrite capability as a result of along-track isocoercivity 1994-10-04 $5,431,000