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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Duluth, MN ranks #2,686 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 43 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Duluth, MN include Out Rage, Ravin Crossbows, Ecolab Usa. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William E. Pedersen Out Rage 11
2 Fred H. Hunt Ravin Crossbows 5
3 Eugene Tokhtuev Ecolab Usa 4
#4 Conrad Bruce Beaulieu Honeywell 3
#5 Christopher J. Owen Ecolab Usa 2
#5 Anna Pilipchenko Ecolab Usa 2
#5 Matthew Peter Haas Feradyne Outdoors 2
#8 Joseph H. Wirz Georgia-Pacific Wood Products 1
#8 Parnell Lutz Fasetto 1
#8 Paul Schilling Ecolab Usa 1
#8 Craig G. Markell 3M 1
#8 John H. Pavlish Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 1
#8 John R. Handley Nektar Therapeutics 1
#8 Ping Zhao Unilumin Group Co. 1
#8 Malcolm Macaulay Hughes Aircraft 1
#8 Erik Robert Donley 1
#8 Daniel Kamben Ecolab Usa 1
#8 Eugene Luoma Addco Manufacturing 1
#8 Clint Deraas 1
#8 Jay C. Almlie Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 1
#8 Hilary Tony Godard Corning Incorporated 1

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