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Michael T. Hofflander — 7 Patents

HUHutchinson: 7 patents #70 of 280Top 25%
Edina, MN: #187 of 909 inventorsTop 25%
Minnesota: #10,472 of 52,454 inventorsTop 20%
Overall (All Time): #680,018 of 4,157,543Top 20%
7 Patents All Time
Michael T. Hofflander has been granted 7 US patents. The first was granted in 1995 and the most recent in November 2017. Michael T. Hofflander ranks #680,018 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 16.4%). Patent records list Michael T. Hofflander in Edina, MN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1995 to 2017Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1998.peak 21995: 1 patents19951998: 2 patents19981999: 1 patents19992014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents2017

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–7 of 7 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9812160 Low resistance ground joints for dual stage actuation disk drive suspensions Jeffry S. Bennin, Jacob D. Bjorstrom, Shawn P. Bopp, Reed T. Hentges, Richard R. Jenneke +8 more 2017-11-07
9245555 Low resistance ground joints for dual stage actuation disk drive suspensions Jeffry S. Bennin, Jacob D. Bjorstrom, Shawn P. Bopp, Reed T. Hentges, Richard R. Jenneke +8 more 2016-01-26 $3,477,000
8885299 Low resistance ground joints for dual stage actuation disk drive suspensions Jeffry S. Bennin, Jacob D. Bjorstrom, Shawn P. Bopp, Reed T. Hentges, Richard R. Jenneke +8 more 2014-11-11 $457,000
5864445 Hygrothermal load compensating structures in an integrated lead suspension Jeffry S. Bennin, Todd W. Boucher, James H. Dettmann, Lloyd C. Goss, Gary E. Gustafson +2 more 1999-01-26 $13,809,000
5844751 Laminated structures for a disk drive suspension assembly Jeffry S. Bennin, Todd W. Boucher, James H. Dettmann, Lloyd C. Goss, Gary E. Gustafson +2 more 1998-12-01 $10,849,000
5839193 Method of making laminated structures for a disk drive suspension assembly Jeffry S. Bennin, Todd W. Boucher, James H. Dettmann, Lloyd C. Goss, Gary E. Gustafson +2 more 1998-11-24 $10,712,000
5391842 Carrier strip head interconnect assembly Jeffry S. Bennin, Kevin D. Bjork, Todd W. Boucher, James H. Dettmann 1995-02-21 $1,920,000