Minnesota — Patent Inventors 1989

Top Cities in Minnesota 1989

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Minneapolis, MN	296	227
#2	Windom, MN	245	189
#3	Bloomington, MN	99	69
#4	Woodbury, MN	97	65
#5	Rochester, MN	95	81
#6	Plymouth, MN	74	53
#7	Eden Prairie, MN	74	57
#8	Minnetonka, MN	72	55
#9	Stillwater, MN	58	48
#10	Edina, MN	52	38
#11	Maplewood, MN	51	33
#12	White Bear Lake, MN	43	30
#13	Burnsville, MN	42	34
#14	Golden Valley, MN	41	26
#15	Roseville, MN	37	27
#16	Maple Grove, MN	33	28
#17	Eagan, MN	29	22
#18	Cottage Grove, MN	26	22
#19	Shoreview, MN	26	21
#20	Saint Paul, MN	26	20
#21	Wayzata, MN	26	15
#22	New Brighton, MN	25	19
#23	Anoka, MN	24	17
#24	Brooklyn Park, MN	24	22
#25	Prior Lake, MN	24	20

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Jonathan Seaborne	Corcoran	General Mills	9
2	Pietro Ferrero	Minneapolis	Ferrero S.P.A.	8
2	Charles G. Carter	Woodbury	W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn.	8
#4	Stanley Gresens	Windom	Duracraft	7
#4	Carl Anderson	Plymouth	Anderson-Cook	7
#4	Steven M. Heilmann	Afton	3M	7
#4	Kim R. Smith	Woodbury	Ethyl	7
#8	Roger L. Frick	Eden Prairie	Rosemount	6
#8	Larry R. Krepski	White Bear Lake	3M	6
#8	Vadim B. Minuhin	Bloomington	Seagate Technology	6
#11	Gregory R. Wyberg	Minneapolis	3M	5
#11	Masato Yamamoto	Minneapolis	Pentax	5
#11	Mark A. Rydell	Golden Valley	Everest Media	5
#11	Harold G. Sowman	Maplewood	3M	5
#11	Peter P. Gombrich	Minneapolis	Clinicom Incorporated	5
#11	Robert J. De brey	Edina	Adc Telecommunications	5
#11	Harry R. Meline	Minnetonka	Mts Systems	5
#18	Terrance L. Markwardt	Maplewood	3M	4
#18	William J. Bryan	Mahtomedi	Combustion Engineering	4
#18	David C. Howson	Minneapolis	Accelerate Diagnostics	4
#18	James F. Pomroy	Windom	Plastibec	4
#18	Barry Gregerson	Deephaven	Entegris	4
#18	John M. Young	Plymouth	Syntex (U.S.A.)	4
#18	John W. Forsberg	Windom	The Lubrizol	4
#18	Vladimir Drits	Crystal	Innovex	4