Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Eagan, MN ranks #648 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 195 patents from 117 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Eagan, MN include Seagate Technology, Interrad Medical, Ecolab Usa. That works out to 2.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 117 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael C. Kautzky Seagate Technology 17
2 Michael S. Rosenberg Interrad Medical 9
3 Troy A. Anderson Ecolab Usa 6
#4 Billy L. Weaver 3M 5
#5 David W. Kelly Agere Systems 4
#5 Chad Stiernagle Bby Solutions 4
#5 Stanley Rendon 3M 4
#8 Mitchell Knoll Target Brands 3
#8 Jack G. Conrad Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited 3
#8 Michael A. Cordle Seagate Technology 3
#8 Susan Marie Waters Breathablebaby 3
#8 Peter Dietz Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 3
#8 Dale Richard Waters Breathablebaby 3
#8 Michael Lauenstein Navico Holding As 3
#15 Robert Bick Honeywell 2
#15 Kristofer J. James Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#15 Eric Burright Medtronic 2
#15 Mark D. Leasure Thermo King 2
#15 Joseph E. Bange Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#15 Ashok Muralidhar Thermo King 2
#15 Aaron F. Godfrey Cray 2
#15 Timothy A. Gutzmann 2
#15 Michael Raymond 2
#15 Thomas R. Mohs Ecolab Usa 2
#15 Peter Voss Ecolab Usa 2
#15 Mark G. Gritter Tintri By Ddn 2
#15 Thomas Miller Donaldson Company 2
#15 Lily Horng Youtt Seagate Technology 2
#15 Jeffrey John Childs Astora Women'S Health 2
#15 Kimberly A. Anderson Ams Research 2
#15 George W. Griesgraber 3M 2
#15 Phillip Charles Wencel Bi-Phase Technologies 2
#15 Bernard S. Fritz Honeywell 2
#15 J. Chris Coetzee Biomedical Enterprises 2
#15 George Runger Ergotron 2
#15 Joseph Gleason Spineology 2
#37 Jame' Thomas Christianson 1
#37 Caitlin M. Race Seagate Technology 1
#37 Scott Wigen Rosemount Aerospace 1
#37 David L. Ausen 3M 1
#37 Joseph T. Pesik Rosemount Aerospace 1
#37 Ishmael Bentley Anulex Technologies 1
#37 Sarah J. Slania 3M 1
#37 Monique Roerdink Lander University of Minnesota 1
#37 John E. Marxer Minntech 1
#37 Kenneth J. Hanley 3M 1
#37 Matthew K. Dunham Fargo Electronics 1
#37 Eric B. Olson Ecolab Usa 1
#37 Bruce R. Everling St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 1
#37 Leo J. Slechta, Jr. Qlogic 1

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