Minnesota — Patent Inventors 2011

Top Cities in Minnesota 2011

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Rochester, MN	1,140	465
#2	Minneapolis, MN	810	497
#3	Woodbury, MN	513	227
#4	Eden Prairie, MN	484	201
#5	Windom, MN	439	262
#6	Plymouth, MN	365	185
#7	Maple Grove, MN	360	173
#8	Edina, MN	308	125
#9	Shoreview, MN	252	114
#10	Eagan, MN	209	105
#11	Bloomington, MN	204	122
#12	Minnetonka, MN	202	114
#13	Stillwater, MN	182	94
#14	Brooklyn Park, MN	144	83
#15	Roseville, MN	142	75
#16	Blaine, MN	135	76
#17	Apple Valley, MN	131	61
#18	Saint Paul, MN	129	76
#19	Okabena, MN	126	51
#20	Andover, MN	123	60
#21	Maplewood, MN	121	63
#22	St. Louis Park, MN	116	66
#23	Lino Lakes, MN	110	56
#24	Chanhassen, MN	106	50
#25	Coon Rapids, MN	101	64

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Jeffrey E. Stahmann	Ramsey	Cardiac Pacemakers	44
2	Richard D. Dettinger	Rochester	IBM	39
3	John M. Santosuosso	Rochester	IBM	33
#4	Hai Li	Eden Prairie	Seagate Technology	31
#5	Dimitar V. Dimitrov	Edina	Seagate Technology	29
#5	Jimmie L. Mugge	Eden Prairie	Anchor Wall Systems	29
#7	Alexis S. Statham	Woodbury	3M	28
#8	Eric L. Barsness	Pine Island	IBM	26
#9	Xiaobin Wang	Chanhassen	Seagate Technology	25
#10	Hongyue Liu	Plymouth	Seagate Technology	22
#11	Harry Hongyue Liu	Plymouth	Seagate Technology	21
#12	Andrew P. Kramer	Stillwater	Cardiac Pacemakers	20
#12	Rodney W. Salo	Fridley	Cardiac Pacemakers	20
#12	Cary Lee Bates	Rochester	IBM	20
#15	Paul Reuben Day	Rochester	IBM	19
#16	Charles J. Archer	Rochester	IBM	18
#16	Tracee Eidenschink	Wayzata	Boston Scientific Scimed	18
#18	Jesse W. Hartley	Lake Elmo	Cardiac Pacemakers	17
#18	Zachary Adam Garbow	Rochester	IBM	17
#20	Yinghong Yu	Shoreview	Cardiac Pacemakers	16
#20	David Arnold Luick	Rochester	IBM	16
#20	Daniel P. Kolz	Rochester	IBM	16
#23	Imad Libbus	Okabena	Cardiac Pacemakers	15
#23	Marina Brockway	Windom	Cardiac Pacemakers	15
#23	Jiang Ding	Shoreview	Cardiac Pacemakers	15