Top Inventors in Andover, MN | Patent Leaderboard

Andover, MN ranks #1,389 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,424 patents from 333 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Andover, MN include Medtronic, Rosemount, Graco Minnesota. That works out to 74.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 333 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Nathan A. Torgerson	Medtronic	104
2	Douglas A. Hettrick	Medtronic	90
3	William T. Donofrio	Medtronic	65
#4	David A. Broden	Rosemount	63
#5	Bradley H. Hines	Graco Minnesota	60
#6	D. Curtis Deno	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	58
#7	Thomas J. Mullen	Medtronic	56
#8	Wade Daniel Palashewski	Sleep Number	54
#9	Bruce W. Anderson	Gen-Probe Incorporated	42
#9	Melissa G. T. Christie	Medtronic	42
#11	Don Curtis Deno	—	41
#12	Michael Marshall	Vision Ease, Lp	40
#13	Duane L. Bourget	Medtronic	36
#14	Clayton V. McNeff	Sartec	35
#15	David A. Weinzierl	Kaleo	32
#15	Jason W. Muir	Caterpillar	32
#17	Erin M. Borkowski	Target Brands	31
#18	Robert J. Meinert	Vista Outdoor Operations	29
#19	Derek O. Jones	Donaldson Company	28
#20	Adrianus P. Donders	Medtronic	27
#21	James W. Finkowski	The Pillsbury	26
#22	Peter Hall	Cardiac Pacemakers	25
#22	Ryan Jacobson	Revo Brand Group	25
#24	Kenneth E. Madden	Kuryakyn Holdings	24
#25	Duane A. Goetsch	Gdo	23
#26	Michael J. Schendel	Medtronic	22
#26	John E. Jorgensen	Caterpillar	22
#26	Alan Cornett	Honeywell	22
#26	Robert W. Kinne	Graco Minnesota	22
#30	Wesley A. Santa	Medtronic	21
#31	Daniel G. Engelby	Target Brands	19
#31	Eric L. Granstrom	Seagate Technology	19
#33	Paul Holmquist	Cardiac Pacemakers	18
#33	Peter O. Olson	3M	18
#33	Daniel J. Klima	—	18
#33	Linda Nemec	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	18
#33	Dan McPhillips	Spineology	18
#33	Claire T. Hovland	Urometrics	18
#33	Ralph James	Micron	18
#33	Steven L. Jensen	Medtronic	18
#41	Keith E. Jasperson	Covidien Lp	17
#41	Christopher C. Hines	Graco Minnesota	17
#41	Louis Bernard Bushard	IBM	17
#44	Clayton S. Foster	Cardiac Pacemakers	16
#44	Chad Perrin	Tendyne Holdings	16
#44	Bradley G. Kahler	Graco Minnesota	16
#44	Douglas L. Evans	Boston Scientific Scimed	16
#44	Ahmed Phuly	—	16
#49	Mary L. Boatwright	Medtronic	15
#50	Ben W. Herberg	Medtronic	14

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