Top Inventors in Centerville, MN

Centerville, MN ranks #8,293 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 263 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Centerville, MN include Medtronic, 3M, Emprimus. That works out to 67.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Steven L. Waldhauser	Medtronic	47
2	Jeffrey L. Solomon	3M	26
3	Wallace Jensen	Emprimus	23
#4	Thomas Godfrey Berg	Zyga Technology	19
#5	Greg Paul Carpenter	Cardiac Pacemakers	16
#6	Dean R. LaValle	Par Systems	11
#6	Douglas D. Nippoldt	Medtronic	11
#6	Glen Cordle	Adc Telecommunications	11
#9	Robert L. Hosfield	Sta-Rite Industries	9
#10	Jay Huberty	Datamax	8
#11	Tom Walch	Greatbatch	7
#12	Brian Nelson	Curt G. Joa	6
#12	Son Mai	Tendyne Holdings	6
#14	Barry Hines	X-Pert Paint Mixing Systems	5
#15	Thomas Walch	Boston Scientific Scimed	4
#16	Ronald Von Wald	Heraeus Deutschland	3
#16	Donna L. Lein	Target Brands	3
#16	James C. Carciofini	Honeywell	3
#16	Scott J. Fuenffinger	Target Brands	3
#16	Kevin Peter Vlasich	Imation	3
#21	Jonathan Joseph McIntosh	Oncosec Medical Incorporated	2
#21	Rebecca A. Springman	The Toro	2
#21	Rodney T. Herdina	Unknown	2
#21	Thomas F. Serbus	3M	2
#21	Thomas J. Crompton	H.B. Fuller	2
#21	Murray D. Wilke	Unisys	2
#21	Mark S. Edberg	3M	2
#21	Aaron Magnuson	Xcerra	2
#21	James R. Talberg	Unknown	2
#21	Robert W. Citro	Bae Systems Land & Armaments	2
#31	Carley A. Haroldson	3M	1
#31	Phillip P. Todd	—	1
#31	Brad Stephens	Thiele Engineering	1
#31	Kimberly A. Ganzel	Medtronic	1
#31	Norman E. Colson	—	1
#31	Charles G. Baumann, Jr.	Sperry	1
#31	Richard R. Olson	—	1
#31	John A. Pignato, Jr.	3M	1
#31	Mark Lee O'Steen	Veeco Instruments	1
#31	Wanda Weiler	—	1
#31	Marta Van Develde McCormack	—	1
#31	David M. Blaeser	—	1
#31	Kevin Todd	—	1
#31	Larry O'Kasick	—	1
#31	Cheryl Ann Campbell	Target Brands	1
#31	Erik Weisser	Schwing Bioset	1
#31	Garland Michael Krueger Port	Ivanti	1
#31	Bradley S. Stephens	Thiele Engineering	1
#31	Rebecca A. Bohl	—	1

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