Top Inventors in White Bear Lake, MN

White Bear Lake, MN ranks #1,003 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,387 patents from 561 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in White Bear Lake, MN include 3M, Cardiac Pacemakers, Advanced Cardiovascular Systems. That works out to 136.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 561 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Kenneth L. Smith	3M	154
2	Larry R. Krepski	3M	122
3	Brian L. Schmidt	Cardiac Pacemakers	100
#4	John J. Frantzen	Advanced Cardiovascular Systems	67
#5	William H. Frey, II	Healthpartners Research Foundation	57
#6	James D. Hansen	3M	54
#7	Nicholas P. Van Brunt	Vbox, Incorporated	52
#8	Kevin J. Stalsberg	Cardiac Pacemakers	50
#8	Brandon L. Verbrugge	Black & Decker	50
#10	Clinton P. Waller, Jr.	3M	42
#11	Kurt C. Melancon	3M	37
#11	Paul A. Iaizzo	Medtronic	37
#13	Eric A. Mokelke	Cardiac Pacemakers	34
#13	John T. Boden	3M	34
#15	Robert A. Scherrer	Riker Laboratories	31
#16	Alex R. Scheuerell	Polaris Industries	30
#17	James C. Coderre	3M	29
#18	Jin Shimada	Cortrak Medical	28
#18	Elizabeth Mary Annoni	Boston Scientific	28
#18	Lawrence D. Swanson	Cardiac Pacemakers	28
#18	Chester Piotrowski	3M	28
#22	Gilbert L. Eian	3M	27
#22	Paul Burmeister	Scimed Life Systems	27
#22	Teresa M. Marta	Honeywell	27
#25	Theodore W. Jagger	Vbox, Incorporated	26
#26	Spencer F. Silver	3M	25
#27	Stephen K. Eckhardt	3M	23
#27	John S. Huizinga	3M	23
#29	Martin P. Babcock	Hearing Components	22
#30	William N. Mayer	Modern Controls	21
#31	Robert J. Youngquist	3M	20
#31	Ryan Joseph Drake	Ecolab Usa	20
#33	Scott A. Walker	Bj Services	19
#33	John E. Riedel	3M	19
#33	Mark D. Sorlien	3M	19
#33	Mark Schwartz	Cardiac Pacemakers	19
#33	Timothy J. Giese	Polaris Industries	19
#38	Luke J. Christenson	Cardiac Pacemakers	18
#38	John P. Sopp	Restore Medical	18
#38	Faith M. Uckun	Parker Hughes Institute	18
#41	Michael E. O'Brien	Stepan	17
#41	Lisa M. Johanek	Medtronic	17
#43	Katherine M. Sanville	Ecolab Usa	16
#43	Franklyn L. Frederickson	3M	16
#43	Perry B. Lonnes	Vbox, Incorporated	16
#46	Cheryl M. Frey	3M	15
#46	Christopher Herman	Viamedics	15
#46	Kenneth R. Dillon	3M	15
#46	Dan L. Fanselow	3M	15
#46	Ronald M. Randklev	3M	15

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