Inventor
DOWER WILLIAM V
US35 patents
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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
23 patentsUS6331080B1Dec 18, 2001
Optical fiber connector using colored photocurable adhesive
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO106 citations97
US7165959B2Jan 23, 2007
Apparatus and method for producing two-sided patterned webs in registration
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO77 citations96
US6151433ANov 21, 2000
Optical fiber connector using photocurable adhesive
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO73 citations96
US6057067AMay 2, 2000
Method for preparing integral black matrix/color filter elements
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO76 citations96
US7224529B2May 29, 2007
Microreplicated article
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO48 citations94
US7511222B2Mar 31, 2009
Cold shrink article and method of using cold shrink article
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO50 citations92
US7307219B1Dec 11, 2007
Closure housing for sealing
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO20 citations92
US7253362B1Aug 7, 2007
Closure with wrapped cable
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO21 citations92
US6085004AJul 4, 2000
Optical fiber connector using photocurable adhesive
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO29 citations92
US7304242B1Dec 4, 2007
Shrinkable closure
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO21 citations91
US7417798B2Aug 26, 2008
Microreplicated article
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO26 citations90
US7304244B1Dec 4, 2007
Method of making closure housing for sealing
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO10 citations84
US7981499B2Jul 19, 2011
Methods of forming sheeting with a composite image that floats and sheeting with a composite image that floats
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO15 citations83
US7931841B2Apr 26, 2011
Microreplicated article
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO9 citations82
US9543746B2Jan 10, 2017
Enclosure for a cable connection
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO5 citations81
US6549712B2Apr 15, 2003
Method of recoating an optical fiber
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO17 citations80
US9343886B2May 17, 2016
System and method for providing final drop in a living unit in a building
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO4 citations72
US7767273B2Aug 3, 2010
Apparatus and method for producing two-sided patterned web in registration
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO5 citations72
US6150071ANov 21, 2000
Fabrication process for flex circuit applications
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO8 citations72
US10116086B2Oct 30, 2018
Enclosure for a cable connection
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO2 citations70
US7902288B2Mar 8, 2011
Sealant materials containing diblock copolymers and methods of making thereof
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO2 citations63
US7531748B2May 12, 2009
Sealing apparatus
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO6 citations63
US8968629B2Mar 3, 2015
Apparatus and method for producing two-sided patterned web in registration
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO0 citations52
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG
9 patentsUS5308737AMay 3, 1994
Laser propulsion transfer using black metal coated substrates
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG212 citations99
US5278023AJan 11, 1994
Propellant-containing thermal transfer donor elements
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG181 citations99
US5521035AMay 28, 1996
Methods for preparing color filter elements using laser induced transfer of colorants with associated liquid crystal display device
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG191 citations98
US5685939ANov 11, 1997
Process for making a Z-axis adhesive and establishing electrical interconnection therewith
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG111 citations97
US5459016AOct 17, 1995
Nanostructured thermal transfer donor element
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG78 citations96
US5326619AJul 5, 1994
Thermal transfer donor element comprising a substrate having a microstructured surface
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG79 citations96
US5766827AJun 16, 1998
Process of imaging black metal thermally imageable transparency elements
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG38 citations92
US5023668AJun 11, 1991
Method and apparatus for adhesive transfer
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG23 citations90
US5552257ASep 3, 1996
Thermal decomposition of azide-containing materials
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG10 citations73