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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Excelsior, MN ranks #1,417 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 89 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Excelsior, MN include Seagate Technology, Cambria Company, Backbeat Medical. That works out to 37.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Edward Charles Gage Seagate Technology 13
2 Martin E. Davis Cambria Company 11
3 Robert A. Van Tassel Backbeat Medical 7
#4 James A. Alexander Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#4 Yong K. Cho Medtronic 5
#6 Michael C. Leighton 3M 4
#7 Sethuraman Jayashankar Seagate Technology 3
#7 Richard S. Kusleika Covidien Lp 3
#7 Grant Leum Leum Engineering 3
#10 Kevin L. Siefering Fsi International 2
#10 James E. Retterath Facet Technology 2
#10 Robert Alford Alliant Techsystems 2
#10 William Bert Nelson Minnesota Imaging And Engineering 2
#10 Harold A. Roberts Adc Telecommunications 2
#10 Robert J. Schmitt Osram Sylvania 2
#16 Haven A. Mercer 1
#16 Michael John Rude 3M 1
#16 Douglas M. Berg Successfactors 1
#16 Gale Nordling Emprimus 1
#16 Khoi Le 1
#16 Arthur Richard Baker, III Rodel Holdings 1
#16 Todd Rowe Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#16 James K. Price Seagate Technology 1
#16 Bart T. Ellson The Toro 1
#16 Michael C. Park Imove 1
#16 Himanshu Khurana Honeywell 1
#16 Bruce S. Johnson Harsco 1
#16 Erin Kathleen MARASCO Cargill, Incorporated 1
#16 Sherri L. Jobelius 1
#16 Vladimir Bushin Bsquare 1
#16 Fred C. Sittler Rosemount 1
#16 Alexander Marine Teleflex Innovations S.À.R.L. 1
#16 David Blake Jackson Emprimus 1
#16 David Christopher Seets Seagate Technology 1
#16 David Wahlstedt Reell Precision Manufacturing 1
#16 James Nicholas Ruehl Emprimus 1
#16 Jamie E. Retterath Facet Technology 1
#16 Christopher G. Wolf Polaris Industries 1

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