Top Inventors in Oakdale, MN — 2016

Oakdale, MN ranks #1,649 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 74 patents from 46 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oakdale, MN include 3M, Kx Technologies, The Toro. That works out to 2.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–46 of 46 inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Primary Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Werner M. A. Grootaert	3M	5
2	Steven J. Haehn	Kx Technologies	4
2	Ellen O. Aeling	3M	4
#4	Mark D. Purgett	3M	3
#4	Robert A. Yapel	3M	3
#4	Daniel J. Despen	—	3
#4	Bruce R. Broyles	3M	3
#4	Chadwick A. Shaffer	The Toro	3
#4	Michael R. Berrigan	3M	3
#10	Craig Van Kampen	Rotation Medical	2
#10	Daniel M. Pierpont	3M	2
#10	Gary F. Howorth	3M	2
#10	Kalc C. Vang	3M	2
#10	Patrick Tessier	Honeywell	2
#10	Duane Jason Huberty	Boston Scientific Scimed	2
#16	David J. Lehse	Boston Scientific Scimed	1
#16	Dipankar Ghosh	3M	1
#16	Wendell Diller	—	1
#16	Lynda Woodman	—	1
#16	John E. Lovins	Medtronic	1
#16	Alan B. Campbell	3M	1
#16	Charles Bryan Byrd	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	1
#16	Gregory G. Jager	3M	1
#16	Barry S. Carpenter	3M	1
#16	Robert R. Brearey	Carestream Health	1
#16	Joseph Einberger	Donaldson Company	1
#16	Jeffrey Mark Merth	Stac	1
#16	Robert D. Waid	3M	1
#16	Minyu Li	—	1
#16	Curtis H. Lindblom	Skyline Displays	1
#16	Frederick J. Schendel	University of Minnesota	1
#16	Brian L. Marty	H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing	1
#16	Jaishankar Kutty	—	1
#16	Aditee Kurane	—	1
#16	Gerald R.A. Hofmann	3M	1
#16	Maynard R. Lawrence	H.B. Fuller	1
#16	Michael J. Rice	3M	1
#16	John M. Sebastian	3M	1
#16	Valtino X. Afonso	—	1
#16	Craig D. Oster	3M	1
#16	Craig Van Kampen	—	1
#16	Timothy Merrill Buck	Honeywell	1
#16	Christopher A. Haak	3M	1
#16	Dylan T. Cosgrove	3M	1
#16	Stephen A. Howard	Medtronic	1
#16	Andrew R. Fox	3M	1

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Oakdale, MN 2016