Inventor
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD
US30 patents
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17 patentsUS6939499B2Sep 6, 2005
Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO113 citations99
US6830713B2Dec 14, 2004
Method for making coPEN/PMMA multilayer optical films
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO107 citations99
US6916440B2Jul 12, 2005
Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO128 citations98
US7740470B2Jun 22, 2010
Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO38 citations96
US7229271B2Jun 12, 2007
Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO47 citations96
US6936209B2Aug 30, 2005
Methods and devices for processing polymer films
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO47 citations96
US7418202B2Aug 26, 2008
Article having a birefringent surface and microstructured features having a variable pitch or angles for use as a blur filter
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO31 citations92
US7153122B2Dec 26, 2006
Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO44 citations92
US6627300B1Sep 30, 2003
Optical device containing polymeric material domains having different degrees of randomness
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO18 citations92
US10905903B2Feb 2, 2021
Respirator having optically active exhalation valve
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO9 citations86
US9810930B2Nov 7, 2017
Mask processing using films with spatially selective birefringence reduction
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO12 citations84
US9651726B2May 16, 2017
Multilayer optical films having side-by-side polarizer/polarizer zones
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO7 citations84
US9423545B2Aug 23, 2016
Mask processing using films with spatially selective birefringence reduction
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO12 citations84
US7153123B2Dec 26, 2006
Devices for conveying, stretching, and taking-away polymer films
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO14 citations84
US6673275B1Jan 6, 2004
Method for making optical devices from homopolymers
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO16 citations83
US6654170B1Nov 25, 2003
Optical device having continuous and disperse phases
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO13 citations83
US7037461B1May 2, 2006
Method of stretching film
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO15 citations82
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD
10 patentsUS8792165B2Jul 29, 2014
Internally patterned multilayer optical films with multiple birefringent layers
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD29 citations96
US9291757B2Mar 22, 2016
Multilayer optical films having side-by-side polarizer/polarizer zones
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD21 citations92
US9019607B2Apr 28, 2015
Multilayer optical films suitable for bi-level internal patterning
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD18 citations92
US8982462B2Mar 17, 2015
Multilayer optical films having side-by-side mirror/polarizer zones
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD20 citations92
US8879151B2Nov 4, 2014
Internally patterned multilayer optical films using spatially selective birefringence reduction
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD18 citations92
US9314961B2Apr 19, 2016
Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD3 citations84
US9101956B2Aug 11, 2015
Mask processing using films with spatially selective birefringence reduction
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD11 citations84
US9097858B2Aug 4, 2015
Retarder film combinations with spatially selective birefringence reduction
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD18 citations84
US9081147B2Jul 14, 2015
Effective media retarder films with spatially selective birefringence reduction
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD13 citations84
US9939560B2Apr 10, 2018
Diffuse reflective optical films with spatially selective birefringence reduction
MERRILL WILLIAM WARD5 citations73