Inventor
GARDINER MARK E
US43 patents
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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
20 patentsUS6845212B2Jan 18, 2005
Optical element having programmed optical structures
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO155 citations99
US6707611B2Mar 16, 2004
Optical film with variable angle prisms
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO116 citations99
US6576887B2Jun 10, 2003
Light guide for use with backlit display
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO158 citations99
US6356391B1Mar 12, 2002
Optical film with variable angle prisms
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO185 citations99
US7328638B2Feb 12, 2008
Cutting tool using interrupted cut fast tool servo
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO106 citations98
US7046905B1May 16, 2006
Blacklight with structured surfaces
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO132 citations98
US5919551AJul 6, 1999
Variable pitch structured optical film
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO428 citations98
US7320538B2Jan 22, 2008
Optical film having a structured surface with concave pyramid-shaped structures
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO74 citations96
US7220026B2May 22, 2007
Optical film having a structured surface with offset prismatic structures
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO71 citations96
US6447135B1Sep 10, 2002
Lightguide having a directly secured reflector and method of making the same
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO64 citations96
US5959774ASep 28, 1999
Raised structure retroreflective article
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO44 citations96
US7142767B2Nov 28, 2006
Scratch-resistant light directing films
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO26 citations93
US7303322B2Dec 4, 2007
Multiple lightguide backlight
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO20 citations92
US7221847B2May 22, 2007
Optical elements having programmed optical structures
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO34 citations92
US7677146B2Mar 16, 2010
Cutting tool using one or more machined tool tips in a continuous or interrupted cut fast tool servo
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO16 citations84
US7669508B2Mar 2, 2010
Cutting tool using one or more machined tool tips with diffractive features
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO7 citations71
US7873256B2Jan 18, 2011
Backlight with structured surfaces
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO4 citations63
US7852570B2Dec 14, 2010
Optical film having a set of diffractive features randomly repeating at variable distances
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO4 citations60
US7628100B2Dec 8, 2009
Cutting tool using one or more machined tool tips with diffractive features in a continuous or interrupted cut fast tool servo
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO4 citations60
US8885256B2Nov 11, 2014
Optical film
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO0 citations52
SERRALUX INC
10 patentsUS8873146B2Oct 28, 2014
Attachment methods for daylighting films
SERRALUX INC10 citations84
US10161585B2Dec 25, 2018
Louver assembly
SERRALUX INC2 citations73
US9784030B2Oct 10, 2017
Louvered light re-directing structure
SERRALUX INC4 citations69
US10538959B2Jan 21, 2020
Window louver control system
SERRALUX INC5 citations68
US11698174B2Jul 11, 2023
Devices for internal daylighting with IR rejection
SERRALUX INC0 citations62
US11248763B2Feb 15, 2022
High efficiency external daylighting devices
SERRALUX INC0 citations62
US10683979B2Jun 16, 2020
High efficiency external daylighting devices
SERRALUX INC1 citations62
US10677405B2Jun 9, 2020
High efficiency daylighting structure
SERRALUX INC0 citations52
US10458610B2Oct 29, 2019
Light redirecting structure
SERRALUX INC0 citations52
US9803817B2Oct 31, 2017
High efficiency daylighting structure
SERRALUX INC0 citations52
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG
6 patentsUS5946134AAug 31, 1999
Raised structure retroreflective article
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG90 citations99
US5771328AJun 23, 1998
Light directing film having variable height structured surface and light directing article constructed therefrom
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG629 citations99
US4938563AJul 3, 1990
High efficiency cube corner retroflective material
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG232 citations99
US4775219AOct 4, 1988
Cube-corner retroreflective articles having tailored divergence profiles
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG450 citations99
US5914812AJun 22, 1999
Directly machined raised structure retroreflective cube corner article and method of manufacture
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG55 citations96
US5696627ADec 9, 1997
Directly machined raised structure retroreflective cube corner article and method of manufacture
MINNESOTA MINING & MFG74 citations96