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Owatonna, MN All Time

1,503 patents  ·  233 inventors  ·  56.9/1k pop.

Ranked #2,116 of 112,640 cities Top 2%

Owatonna, MN ranks #2,116 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,503 patents from 233 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Owatonna, MN include Truth Hardware, Spx, Bosch Automotive Service Solutions. That works out to 56.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 233 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gregory J. Vetter Truth Hardware 62
2 Kurt Raichle Spx 55
3 William Brown Spx 54
#4 Mark McMasters Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 46
#5 Gregory S. Olson Powerblock Holdings 44
#6 Manokar Chinnadurai Spx 40
#7 David R. Maas Planetair Turf Products 38
#8 Garret Miller Spx 36
#9 Troy Liebl Spx 33
#10 Scott W. Bjorge Planetair Turf Products 30
#11 Dana Simonson Seagate Technology 26
#12 Thomas J. Midas Red Devil Equipment 25
#12 Michael Scott University Of Rochester 25
#12 Michael D. Jines Wenger 25
#15 Durval Ribeiro Spx 24
#15 Dean Pettit Newell Operating 24
#17 Harold R. McGregor Slidell 22
#18 Stephen Piltingsrud Truth Hardware 21
#18 Douglas A. Nolte Truth Hardware 21
#20 Brian Dallmann Truth Hardware 20
#21 Phillip McGee Spx 19
#21 John Schuetz Northern Tool & Equipment Company 19
#23 Leslie H. Schwartz Oshkosh 18
#24 George C. Rosar Medtronic 17
#24 Russell Abbink Inlight Solutions 17
#24 Jack K. Hockenberry Wenger 17
#27 Daniel Theodore Crowley Sputtering Components 16
#27 Leslie R. Abraham Wenger 16
#27 John R. German Cardinal Cg 16
#30 Alison Marie Harguth The Prophet 15
#31 Jose Barrios Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 14
#32 Steven K. Johnson Monsanto Technology 13
#33 Dennis R. Meyer Wenger 12
#33 Eric G. Thiemann IBM 12
#33 Stephen Wendt — 12
#33 Glen M. Wolf Truth Hardware 12
#33 Barry A. Butler — 12
#38 Derek Johnson Corning Cable Systems 11
#38 Steven A. Olsen Tower Solutions 11
#40 Mark D. Pfeifer IBM 10
#41 David R. Boeddeker Wenger 9
#41 Corday Peterson Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 9
#41 Todd Hanson Fei 9
#44 James E. Jirele Spx 8
#44 Michael W. Brooks Brooks Furniture Manufacturing 8
#44 Lowell W. Holland 3M 8
#44 Randy Leland Stull Apogee Enterprises 8
#44 Grant S. Quam Wenger 8
#44 Weixing Xia Spx 8
#44 Gerald E. Barry Owatonna Manufacturing 8

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