Top Inventors in Buffalo, MN | Patent Leaderboard

Buffalo, MN ranks #3,175 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 951 patents from 168 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Buffalo, MN include Bridgepoint Medical, Boston Scientific Scimed, Second Sight Medical Products. That works out to 58.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 168 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Chad J. Kugler	Bridgepoint Medical	104
2	Joseph M. Thielen	Boston Scientific Scimed	58
3	Brian V. Mech	Second Sight Medical Products	56
#4	John R. Drontle	Entellus Medical	54
#5	Todd A. Krinke	Gt Metabolic Solutions	39
#6	Michael C. Bednarek	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	29
#7	Douglas S. Ryder	Graco Minnesota	21
#8	Jeffrey E. Sandahl	Wagner Spray Tech	19
#8	John J. Berkey	Wound Care Technologies	19
#10	Thomas J. Schaefer	Vlsi Technology	17
#10	Reed A. Houge	Phraxis	17
#10	Adam Jennings	Boston Scientific Scimed	17
#13	Peter T. Kelley	Cardiac Pacemakers	16
#14	Richard Ruhr	—	15
#14	Douglas C. Ellens	Commscope Technologies	15
#16	Reed T. Hentges	—	14
#17	Michael E. Loukusa	Fluke	13
#17	Kevin J. Magee	Caterpillar	13
#17	Matthew Griffith	Sleep Number	13
#20	Jonathon A. Fredendall	Retail Design Services	12
#20	Gregory M. Billman	Cornelius	12
#20	Andrew Williams	Finisar	12
#23	Jeremy Glynn	Heraeus Deutschland	10
#23	Christopher H. Kaye	Target Brands	10
#23	Thomas G. Cremers	General Mills	10
#26	Ryan P. Lenton	Indian Motorcycle International	9
#27	Steven A. Stein	General Mills	8
#27	Robert J. Potter	Johnson Matthey Public Limited	8
#29	Robert J. Berkenes	Boston Scientific Scimed	7
#29	Kyle Alan Bjork	Dustless Depot	7
#29	John M. Hallis	Federal-Hoffman	7
#29	Scott M. Olson	Delaware Capital Formation	7
#33	Lisa A. Hodne	Optum	6
#33	Myron M. Uecker	General Mills	6
#33	Tristan M. Hipps	Polaris Industries	6
#36	Mark M. Kiviahde	—	5
#36	Lawrence V. Drake	—	5
#36	Marian L. Larson	Scimed Life Systems	5
#36	Dennis A. Burda	Bondhus	5
#36	Westley G. Gentry	Starkey Laboratories	5
#36	Ryan H. Bourgoine	Tolomatic	5
#36	Jeremy P. Jurmu	Graco Minnesota	5
#36	Neil P. Quade	Indian Motorcycle International	5
#44	Jeffrey David McCallum	Rantec Power Systems	4
#44	Leonard Hilton	Honeywell	4
#44	Robert Altmann	Pearson Education	4
#44	Jason Albers	Heraeus Deutschland	4
#44	Jason Clark	General Mills	4
#44	Gary A. Altenberg	ExxonMobil	4
#44	Gary J. Nelson	Fmc	4

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