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MINNESOTA MINING & MFG

Overview
  • Total Patents
    50,209
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    225,416
About

MINNESOTA MINING & MFG has a total of 50,209 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1922. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets machines, macromolecular chemistry and polymers and optics are 3M INNOVATION CO LTD, REED KENNETH J and HAMADA HIDEO.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing MINNESOTA MINING & MFGs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Ouderkirk Andrew J 263
#2 Scholz Matthew T 235
#3 Weber Michael F 206
#4 Oxman Joel D 183
#5 Everaerts Albert I 179
#6 Krueger Dennis L 160
#7 Mitra Sumita B 156
#8 Calhoun Clyde D 152
#9 Heilmann Steven M 146
#10 Krepski Larry R 136

Latest patents

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