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3M
3M
— 436 Patents in 2024
Rank
(2024):
#90
of
28,977
Top 1%
1,142
inventors
436
Patents 2024
Top Inventors at 3M
2024
Showing
1–50
of
1,142
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Adam D. Haag
16
2
Gilles J. Benoit
15
3
Christopher Brian Locke
13
3
John A. Wheatley
13
3
Michael A. Haase
13
#6
Bharat R. Acharya
12
#7
Kevin W. Gotrik
10
#7
Matthew B. Johnson
10
#7
Timothy L. Wong
10
#7
Zhisheng Yun
10
#11
Aaron K. Nienaber
9
#11
Douglas B. Gundel
9
#11
Ronald D. Jesme
9
#11
Terry L. Smith
9
#15
Caleb T. Nelson
8
#15
Gary T. Boyd
8
#15
Klaus Hintzer
8
#15
Matthew S. Stay
8
#15
Nicholas A. Johnson
8
#15
Timothy J. Nevitt
8
#21
Brian E. Brooks
7
#21
Carl A. Stover
7
#21
Changbao Ma
7
#21
David J. Rowe
7
#21
Erin A. McDowell
7
#21
Frederick J. Arsenault
7
#21
Jaewon Kim
7
#21
Joseph B. Eckel
7
#21
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky
7
#21
Tatsuo Fukushi
7
#31
Daniel J. Schmidt
6
#31
Eric C. Lobner
6
#31
James D. Hansen
6
#31
Jo A. Etter
6
#31
Jonah Shaver
6
#31
Kara A. Meyers
6
#31
Kristy A. Gillette
6
#31
Pei-Chun Chang
6
#31
Quinn D. Sanford
6
#31
Robert D. Taylor
6
#31
Steven T. Awiszus
6
#31
Thomas P. Klun
6
#31
Thomas J. Nelson
6
#31
Tri D. Pham
6
#31
William P. Atwood
6
#31
William Blake Kolb
6
#47
Amelia W. Koenig
5
#47
Ann M. Hawkins
5
#47
Ankit Mahajan
5
#47
Bing Hao
5
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