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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hanover, MN ranks #9,321 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 8 patents from 5 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hanover, MN include Codex, Sap Se, Polaris Industries. That works out to 2.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–5 of 5 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brett Wilmeth Codex 3
2 Dave Parsons Sap Se 2
3 Kim A. Weckert Polaris Industries 1
3 Joelle F. Olson Ecolab Usa 1
3 Doug Goulet Pentair Flow Technologies 1

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