Top Inventors in Afton, MN | Patent Leaderboard

Afton, MN ranks #2,866 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,067 patents from 97 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Afton, MN include Murex Securities, 3M, Imation. That works out to 361.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 97 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	George G. I. Moore	Murex Securities	162
2	Steven M. Heilmann	3M	99
3	Brant U. Kolb	3M	95
#4	Erin A. McDowell	3M	65
#5	Michael G. Costello	3M	57
#6	Jathan D. Edwards	Imation	48
#7	Doreen C. Lynch	Eastman Kodak	37
#8	William D. Ramsden	Carestream Health	34
#9	Clayton A. George	3M	31
#9	Yung Yip	Imation	31
#11	David H. Redinger	3M	22
#12	Joseph Guy Reithmeyer	Andersen	20
#12	George W. Frost	3M	20
#14	Karl D. Weilandt	3M	19
#15	John C. Hulteen	3M	17
#16	William V. Balsimo	3M	16
#16	David A. Hauch	Carter Day International	16
#18	Hans C. Mikkelsen	Unisys	12
#19	James J. Wulfing	3M	11
#19	George G. I. Moore	3M	11
#19	George Moore	3M	11
#19	George J. Clements	3M	11
#23	Pierre C. Delago	American Hoist And Derrick	9
#24	Tony Spetz	Thermo King	8
#24	Bryan Noble	Emcore	8
#24	Mark R. Atkins	Flexair	8
#27	Gordon A. Straka	Wilson Tool International	7
#27	Robert C. Wingrove	Medical Devices	7
#27	Boris Popov	Masimo	7
#27	Michael G. Slagter	3M	7
#27	Douglas S. Parker	3M	7
#32	James Robert Olson	Veritas Technologies	6
#32	Lisa Dick	3M	6
#32	Ryne Anderson	Dv International	6
#35	Robert G. Visser	3M	5
#35	Carol E. Herzberg	3M	5
#37	Jim Golden	Rosemount Aerospace	4
#37	Nicole L. Franchina	3M	4
#37	Lester B. Odegaard	3M	4
#37	T. Ian Bradshaw	3M	4
#37	Sally A. Doherty	Agere Systems	4
#37	Jennifer L. Pavlovic	Cardiac Pacemakers	4
#37	Kristen J. Hansen	3M	4
#37	Richard Smasal	Philips Plastics	4
#37	Julie M. Delago	Cummins Power Generation	4
#37	Erin A. Binder	3M	4
#37	Robert R. Rohloff	3M	4
#48	Andrew Fraser	3M	3
#48	Steven J. Wellner	3M	3
#48	Eugene E. Moynagh, Jr.	3M	3

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