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Hormel Foods
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Hormel Foods
— 83 Patents
Rank
(All Time):
#8,388
of
106,120
Top 8%
120
inventors
83
Patents All Time
Top Inventors at Hormel Foods
All Time
Showing
1–50
of
120
inventors
Rank
Name
Patents
1
Richard M. Herreid
11
2
Gary A. Handel
8
3
William D. Young
7
#4
Gale F. Kunert
6
#4
Lyndon R. Leining
6
#6
Daniel L. Franklin
5
#6
David C. Ruzek
5
#8
Eric Vandenberg
4
#8
Jeffrey J. Morrison
4
#8
John K. Buckles
4
#11
Daniel J. Hirst
3
#11
Frank D. Fryer
3
#11
Jerry Earl Cannon
3
#11
John P. Hotek
3
#11
John W. Summerfield
3
#11
Phillip L. Minerich
3
#11
Russell C. Potter
3
#11
Steven D. Leitch
3
#11
Steven J. Lykken
3
#11
Steven C. Wobschall
3
#21
Allan D. Olson
2
#21
Bruce C. Paterson
2
#21
Brian J. Srsen
2
#21
Chetan S. Rao
2
#21
Gary D. Westland
2
#21
Grover John Manderfield, Jr.
2
#21
Gregory L. Nelson
2
#21
Jacelyn J. Brennan
2
#21
James P. Freeland
2
#21
Jeremy D. Eastman
2
#21
John T. Hays
2
#21
Kathie L. Sheldon
2
#21
Kerry W. Silvers
2
#21
Kenneth C. Stephan
2
#21
Matthew L. Martinson
2
#21
Michael Benson
2
#21
Nathan A. Kodesh
2
#21
Nathan Ryan Smit
2
#21
Philip J. Bromley
2
#21
Randy R. Alsleben
2
#21
Richard T. Steichen
2
#21
Scott R. Christensen
2
#21
Vernon G. Klasen
2
#21
Yuliy Yunovich
2
#45
Carl Leroy Benttine
1
#45
John F. Mork
1
#45
Robert T. Geigner
1
#45
Andrew D. Bicek
1
#45
Ann Waylan BRACKENRIDGE
1
#45
Anila Lily Ann Rajesh
1
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