Inventor

William A. Tolbert

Inventor
Woodbury, MN, US

Overview

29→
Patents
1997–2017
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 29 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H10Kprimary
H10KOrganic electric solid-state devices14%
B41MPrinting, duplicating, marking, or copying processes14%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests13%
G02FOptical devices or arrangements for the control of light by modification of the optical properties of the media of the elements involved therein11%
G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus10%
G03FPhotomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. for printing, for processing of semiconductor devices9%
H05BElectric heating4%
B82YSpecific uses or applications of nanostructures2%
G01NInvestigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties2%
G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2%
PatentTitleYear
9,761,843'Emissive display with hybrid polarizer'20179,537,116'Transparent OLED light extraction'20178,298,032'Methods for providing light extraction films on organic light emitting diode devices'20128,192,048'Lighting assemblies and systems'20128,179,034'Light extraction film for organic light emitting diode display and lighting devices'2012D0646825'Street light'20117,927,454'Method of patterning a substrate'2011D0624690'Street light'20107,678,526'Radiation curable thermal transfer elements'20107,396,631'Radiation curable thermal transfer elements'20087,330,240'Imaging system for thermal transfer'20087,226,716'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20077,148,957'Imaging system for thermal transfer'20066,866,979'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20056,855,636'Electrode fabrication methods for organic electroluminscent devices'20056,625,336'Optical sensor having dielectric film stack'20036,618,158'Method and device for calibrating an imaging apparatus having multiple imaging outputs'20036,582,877'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20036,461,793'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20026,320,991'Optical sensor having dielectric film stack'20016,270,934'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20016,190,826'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20016,099,994'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'20005,998,085'Process for preparing high resolution emissive arrays and corresponding articles'19995,981,136'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'19995,976,698'Process and materials for imagewise placement of uniform spacers in flat panel displays'19995,725,989'Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer'19985,710,097'Process and materials for imagewise placement of uniform spacers in flat panel displays'19985,693,446'Polarizing mass transfer donor element and method of transferring a polarizing mass transfer layer'1997

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1997–2017Based in Woodbury, MN, US· patent location history
1998Based in St. Paul, MN, US· patent location history
1999–2017Patents assigned to 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO (22)· patent assignee history
2001–2003Patents assigned to IMATION CORP (2)· patent assignee history
2012Patents assigned to TOLBERT WILLIAM A (3)· patent assignee history
2012Patents assigned to BATTIATO JAMES M (2)· patent assignee history
2012Patents assigned to BRIGHT CLARK I (2)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO221999–2017
TOLBERT WILLIAM Aself32012
BATTIATO JAMES M22012
BRIGHT CLARK I22012
IMATION CORP22001–2003
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Woodbury, Minnesota, US281997–2017
St. Paul, Minnesota, US11998