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Hormel Foods — 83 Patents

Rank (All Time): #8,388 of 106,120Top 8%
120 inventors
83 Patents All Time

Top Inventors at Hormel Foods All Time

Showing 1–50 of 120 inventors

RankNamePatents
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