3M Company
Public patent records for 3M Company, 1978–2024: 824 patent families shared with other firms for 21 clients (applicants). Sign in to explore the app’s partner network, selected filing periods, filing activity, and client relationships.
- Patent families shared with other firms
- 824
- 1978–2024. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 311
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 21
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 3
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- 3M Company · United States
- Filing years
- 2017–2024
- Unit
- Distinct families per year
2021–2026 are preliminary. Patent filings publish about 18 months after filing, and foreign filings can enter later, so these counts are still filling in.
Each family counts once within a year. A family may recur in multiple years.
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| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 134 |
| 2018 | 43 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 1 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 1 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 1 |
Frequently associated firms
Firms that most often appear on the same patent families. One family can be counted more than once, so these are not unique totals.
Similar United States firms
Yearly counts since 1990, added up. One family can be counted more than once.
- Vista IP Law Group LLP826 shared patent families
- Hogan & Hartson LLP828 shared patent families
- J. Michael Strickland820 shared patent families
- Pfizer819 shared patent families
- Bracewell818 shared patent families
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