Minnesota — Patent Inventors 1997

Top Cities in Minnesota 1997

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Minneapolis, MN	398	279
#2	Windom, MN	384	248
#3	Woodbury, MN	252	156
#4	Rochester, MN	249	171
#5	Plymouth, MN	141	99
#6	Bloomington, MN	127	88
#7	Stillwater, MN	115	71
#8	Eden Prairie, MN	112	89
#9	Minnetonka, MN	83	64
#10	Oakdale, MN	83	51
#11	Eagan, MN	82	55
#12	Maplewood, MN	81	50
#13	Edina, MN	72	42
#14	Lake Elmo, MN	72	42
#15	White Bear Lake, MN	66	51
#16	Roseville, MN	66	52
#17	Burnsville, MN	66	40
#18	Shoreview, MN	60	44
#19	Maple Grove, MN	60	45
#20	New Brighton, MN	53	38
#21	Cottage Grove, MN	52	33
#22	St. Louis Park, MN	49	35
#23	North Oaks, MN	41	21
#24	Lakeville, MN	38	30
#25	Prior Lake, MN	36	30

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Stanley Gresens	Windom	Duracraft	19
2	Mark W. Kroll	Orono	Pacesetter	15
3	Robert A. Owen	Forest Lake	Texas Instruments	9
3	Wolodymyr Diachuk	Minneapolis	Chemical Dynamics	9
#5	Eric R. Balz	Stillwater	Ecolab Usa	8
#5	Calvin S. Krupa	Greenfield	Ultra Pac	8
#5	Joseph P. Bigus	Rochester	IBM	8
#5	Donald F. Hagen	Woodbury	3M	8
#5	Robert Knoss	St. Francis	Ultra Pac	8
#10	Tim Kerry Murphy	Rochester	IBM	7
#10	Susan K. Nestegard	Woodbury	3M	7
#10	Daniel M. Lafontaine	Plymouth	Scimed Life Systems	7
#10	Scott R. Culler	Burnsville	3M	7
#10	Allan E. Schultz	Windom	Seagate Technology	7
#10	James B. Easley	Minneapolis	Fitness Master	7
#10	Robert S. Schwartz	Inver Grove Heights	Autonomix Medical	7
#17	Paul E. Hansen	Lake Elmo	—	6
#17	Matthew T. Scholz	Woodbury	3M	6
#17	Todd W. Bruchu	Lake Elmo	Andersen	6
#17	John P. Hill	Oak Grove	Clearfield	6
#17	Mark W. Bruns	Gibbon	May-Wes Mfg.	6
#17	William L. Melbye	Windom	3M	6
#17	Shang-Ren Wu	Sauk Centre	Lever Brothers Company, Division Of Conopco	6
#17	James N. Weinstein	Maple Grove	General Mills	6
#17	Todd A. Berg	Stillwater	St. Jude Medical Atg	6