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3M
3M
— 302 Patents in 2025
Rank
(2025):
#94
of
24,478
Top 1%
881
inventors
302
Patents 2025
Top Inventors at 3M
2025
Showing
1–50
of
881
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Adam D. Haag
18
2
Gilles J. Benoit
17
3
Caleb T. Nelson
14
#4
Nicholas A. Johnson
13
#5
Zhisheng Yun
12
#6
John A. Wheatley
11
#6
Timothy L. Wong
11
#8
Frederick J. Arsenault
10
#8
Peter O. Olson
10
#8
Timothy J. Nevitt
10
#11
Himanshu Nayar
9
#11
Kevin W. Gotrik
9
#11
Daniel J. Schmidt
9
#11
Bharat R. Acharya
9
#15
Aaron K. Nienaber
8
#15
Brian E. Brooks
8
#15
Christopher S. Lyons
8
#15
Mark W. Baldwin
8
#15
Matthew B. Johnson
8
#15
Tri D. Pham
8
#15
Darin K. Thompson
8
#15
Karl K. Stensvad
8
#23
Carl A. Stover
7
#23
Erin A. McDowell
7
#23
Joseph B. Eckel
7
#23
Matthew D. Chaffee
7
#23
Ronald D. Jesme
7
#23
Thomas J. Nelson
7
#23
Tyler W. Olson
7
#23
Andrew John Ouderkirk
7
#31
Wayne S. Mahoney
6
#31
Gary T. Boyd
6
#31
Michael A. Kropp
6
#34
Brianna N. Wheeler
5
#34
Christopher P. Henderson
5
#34
David T. Yust
5
#34
Garry J. Walker
5
#34
Henrik B. van Lengerich
5
#34
Jo A. Etter
5
#34
John D. Le
5
#34
Kara A. Meyers
5
#34
Matthew S. Stay
5
#34
Martin B. Wolk
5
#34
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky
5
#34
Michael L. Steiner
5
#34
Moses M. David
5
#34
Neeraj Sharma
5
#34
Raymond J. Kenney
5
#34
Tao Liu
5
#34
Thomas R. Corrigan
5
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