Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Champlin, MN ranks #2,361 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 50 patents from 32 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Champlin, MN include Mardil, St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Ev3. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–32 of 32 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Aaron J. Hjelle Mardil 4
1 James V. Kauphusman St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 4
3 Kent D. Anderson Ev3 3
3 Lucas Schneider Covidien Lp 3
3 Gary P. Kasper Honeywell 3
#6 Richard M. Truitt Alliant Techsystems 2
#6 Aaron Muther Target Brands 2
#6 Bernhard Kaeferlein St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 2
#6 Fouad Nusseibeh Honeywell 2
#6 Heidi J. Finch Honeywell 2
#6 Ryan Hegland Brocade Communications Systems 2
#12 James Holmberg Honeywell 1
#12 David Elizondo Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#12 Kevin Watson Horton 1
#12 Timothy M. Magner Target Brands 1
#12 Douglas A. Wersal Donaldson Company 1
#12 Jason Dickmann Hoffman Enclosures 1
#12 Tara L. Bratten Medtronic 1
#12 Joseph Arthur Frerich Caterpillar 1
#12 Christopher J. Valois Zimmer Spine 1
#12 Randall Curtis Dale 1
#12 Mark D. Breyen Medtronic 1
#12 George E. Anderson Crown Iron Works Company 1
#12 Mark A. Ahlbrecht Honeywell 1
#12 Nathaniel Curtis Dale 1
#12 Robert D. Musto Medtronic 1
#12 Brenda Dale 1
#12 Gordon Patenaude 1
#12 Mark A. Bellrichard Medtronic 1
#12 Matthew D. Graen Ta Instruments-Waters 1
#12 Tony Stephen Schweitzer Metrospec Technology, L.L.C. 1
#12 Gerard J. Hill Medtronic 1

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