Top Inventors at Columbia Machine All Time
| Rank | Name | Patents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert A. Schmitt | 13 |
| 2 | Stacy Gildersleeve | 13 |
| 3 | Allen Aaseth | 10 |
| #4 | Llewellyn L. Johnston | 8 |
| #5 | Jason Clark | 3 |
| #6 | Richard T. Goode | 3 |
| #7 | Daniel Wahlstrom | 2 |
| #8 | Douglas Vernon High | 2 |
| #9 | Emerson Kneipp | 2 |
| #10 | J. Dennis Allison | 2 |
| #11 | Joseph Barnes | 2 |
| #12 | Josh Justin Gierman | 2 |
| #13 | Tomas A. Glascoe | 2 |
| #14 | William Huebner | 2 |
| #15 | Bryan M. Bandstra | 1 |
| #16 | Charles Shultz | 1 |
| #17 | Donald J. Baxter | 1 |
| #18 | Edward Hanson | 1 |
| #19 | Fred D. Holbrook | 1 |
| #20 | Josef Ott | 1 |
| #21 | Keith Donald Brewer | 1 |
| #22 | Kevin Meckel | 1 |
| #23 | Larry A. Anderson | 1 |
| #24 | Mani Jenabzadeh | 1 |
| #25 | Patrick O'Connor | 1 |
| #26 | Perry Holbrook | 1 |
| #27 | Timothy Hansen | 1 |
| #28 | Tim Hansen | 1 |
| #29 | Walter Neth | 1 |
| #30 | Robin A. Popple | 1 |
| #31 | Allen Aeseth | 1 |
| #32 | Jaymes K. Fenander | 1 |
| #33 | George J. Kolin | 1 |