Top Inventors in Andover, MN — 2017

Andover, MN ranks #1,278 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 106 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Andover, MN include Graco Minnesota, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division. That works out to 3.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 56 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Bradley H. Hines	Graco Minnesota	10
2	Douglas A. Hettrick	Medtronic	6
3	Nathan A. Torgerson	Medtronic	5
3	D. Curtis Deno	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	5
#5	Thomas J. Mullen	Medtronic	4
#5	William T. Donofrio	Medtronic	4
#5	Wade Daniel Palashewski	Sleep Number	4
#5	Wesley A. Santa	Medtronic	4
#9	Grazyna Wlodarski	Mivi Neuroscience	3
#9	Melissa G. T. Christie	Medtronic	3
#9	Alan Cornett	Honeywell	3
#12	Dennis Daniel Downs	Colder Products	2
#12	John Joseph Egart	—	2
#12	Ryan Jacobson	Revo Brand Group	2
#12	Jason W. Muir	Caterpillar	2
#12	Michael Marshall	Vision Ease, Lp	2
#12	Christopher C. Hines	Graco Minnesota	2
#12	Chad Perrin	Tendyne Holdings	2
#12	Benjamin Wayne Floan	Crown Iron Works Company	2
#12	David A. Weinzierl	Kaleo	2
#12	Don Curtis Deno	—	2
#22	Mary L. Boatright	Medtronic	1
#22	Mary L. Boatwright	Medtronic	1
#22	Derek O. Jones	Donaldson Company	1
#22	Linda Nemec	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	1
#22	Chad D. Naegeli	Incisive Surgical	1
#22	Peter Hall	Cardiac Pacemakers	1
#22	Ahmed Phuly	—	1
#22	Larry Gawain Linde	Chong	1
#22	Thomas Edward KraMer	Qfo Labs	1
#22	Jeffrey R. Dixon	Medtronic	1
#22	Claire T. Hovland	Urometrics	1
#22	Dan McPhillips	Spineology	1
#22	Richard L. Bucholtz	Donaldson Company	1
#22	Chad A. Thorstenson	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	1
#22	Kenneth E. Madden	Kuryakyn Holdings	1
#22	John Janzen	Honeywell	1
#22	Mark L. Joslyn	Anchor Wall Systems	1
#22	Clayton V. McNeff	Sartec	1
#22	Michael J. Schendel	Medtronic	1
#22	Daniel J. Klima	—	1
#22	Craig S. Pilarski	Federal Cartridge	1
#22	Ricky Leon Mings	Caterpillar	1
#22	Duane L. Bourget	Medtronic	1
#22	Robert W. Kinne	Graco Minnesota	1
#22	Jason D. Rahn	Medtronic	1
#22	Gary Richard Nygaard	Donaldson Company	1
#22	Ben Zoubek	—	1
#22	David A. Broden	Rosemount	1
#22	Kim A. Class	Honeywell	1

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