Inventor · Mendota Heights, MN, US

Andrew T. Ruff

27Patents
19h-index
29Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 22, 1999 → Apr 18, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6797396B1 Wrinkle resistant infrared reflecting film and non-planar laminate articles made therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 249 Expired
US6927900B2 Multilayer infrared reflecting film with high and smooth transmission in visible wavelength region and laminate articles made therefrom Physics 80 Expired
US6916440B2 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US6939499B2 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US7236296B2 Multilayer infrared reflecting film with high and smooth transmission in visible wavelength region and laminate articles made therefrom Physics 65 Expired
US6498683B2 Multilayer optical bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 47 Expired
US6949212B2 Methods and devices for stretching polymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US7141297B2 Multilayer optical bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US7064897B2 Optical polarizing films with designed color shifts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US7229271B2 Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US7153122B2 Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US7740470B2 Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US7256936B2 Optical polarizing films with designed color shifts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Active
US7316558B2 Devices for stretching polymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Active
US6744561B2 Multilayer optical bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US7104776B2 Methods and devices for stretching polymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US7851054B2 Multilayer optical films having one or more reflection bands Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US7526164B2 Reflective polarizers containing polymer fibers Physics 21 Active
US6936209B2 Methods and devices for processing polymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6888677B2 Multilayer optical bodies Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7356229B2 Reflective polarizers containing polymer fibers Physics 14 Expired
US6680114B2 Fibrous films and articles from microlayer substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7153123B2 Devices for conveying, stretching, and taking-away polymer films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7094461B2 P-polarizer with large z-axis refractive index difference Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7744987B2 Optical polarizing films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.