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Rank (All Time):
#43
of 106,127
Top 1%
11,543 inventors
21,449
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at 3M
All Time
Showing 1–50 of 11,543 inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Andrew J. Ouderkirk
231
2
Matthew T. Scholz
176
3
Michael F. Weber
172
#4
John A. Wheatley
169
#5
Klaus Hintzer
165
#6
Audrey A. Sherman
160
#7
Naiyong Jing
158
#8
Thomas P. Klun
149
#9
Michael A. Haase
148
#10
Jerald K. Rasmussen
146
#11
Babu N. Gaddam
134
#12
Kenneth L. Smith
128
#13
Kevin M. Lewandowski
127
#14
Joel D. Oxman
125
#15
Douglas B. Gundel
124
#16
Richard M. Flynn
122
#17
Larry R. Krepski
120
#18
Terry L. Smith
119
#18
Albert I. Everaerts
119
#20
Martin B. Wolk
115
#21
Zai-Ming Qiu
114
#22
Craig D. Thompson
109
#23
Matthew H. Frey
102
#23
Moses M. David
102
#25
Richard J. Pokorny
99
#25
Timothy J. Nevitt
99
#27
Sumita B. Mitra
98
#28
George W. Griesgraber
97
#28
Rudolf J. Dams
97
#30
David B. Olson
96
#31
Brant U. Kolb
95
#31
Michael A. Meis
95
#31
Steven M. Heilmann
95
#31
William W. Merrill
95
#35
Stephen C. P. Joseph
94
#35
William M. Lamanna
94
#37
Kyle J. Lindstrom
91
#38
Mikhail L. Pekurovsky
89
#38
Olester Benson, Jr.
89
#38
Angela L. Pan
89
#41
Duane D. Fansler
87
#41
Stephen A. Johnson
87
#43
Kenneth A. Epstein
86
#44
Wayne K. Dunshee
85
#45
Mark J. Pellerite
84
#45
Marc Peuker
84
#47
William Blake Kolb
83
#48
Carl A. Stover
82
#48
Michael S. Wendland
82
#48
Timothy J. Hebrink
82
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