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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maple Grove, MN ranks #325 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 372 patents from 193 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maple Grove, MN include St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Cardiac Pacemakers, Medtronic. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 193 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Huisun Wang St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 12
2 Krzysztof Z. Siejko Cardiac Pacemakers 9
2 Bruce H. KenKnight Cardiac Pacemakers 9
#4 Martin T. Gerber Medtronic 8
#5 Venugopal Allavatam Cameron Health 7
#5 Chandrashekar Giliyar Lipocine 7
#7 Hong Cao St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 6
#7 James D. Reinke Medtronic 6
#7 Justin M. Crank Boston Scientific Scimed 6
#10 John Blix Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#10 Shohan T. Hossain Medtronic 5
#10 Aleksandre T. Sambelashvili Medtronic 5
#10 Matthew C. Heidner Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#10 Joyce K. Yamamoto Medtronic 5
#15 Daniel Youngner Honeywell 4
#15 Brooke Ren Scimed Life Systems 4
#15 Daniel R. Johnson Uop 4
#15 Jianhua Xue Seagate Technology 4
#15 Gregg Sutton Atritech 4
#15 Juan Gabriel Hincapie Ordonez 4
#15 Aashiish Agnihotri Smith & Nephew 4
#22 Aaron Khieu Boston Scientific Scimed 3
#22 Craig M. Verba Qlogic 3
#22 Jonathon E. Giftakis Medtronic 3
#22 Kenneth L. Dalley, JR. Codex 3
#22 Eduardo N. Warman Medtronic 3
#22 Gary A. Rocheleau Ams Research 3
#22 Paul M. Krueger Mts Systems 3
#22 Jiaoming Qiu Seagate Technology 3
#22 Donald J. Kasprzyk Honeywell 3
#22 Mark E. Schommer Medtronic 3
#22 Christian J. Fiksen Gyrus Acmi 3
#22 Carlos A. Davila Decopac 3
#22 Rajeev M. Sahasrabudhe Medtronic 3
#22 Pankaj Gupta Netlogic Microsystems 3
#22 Cyril J. Schweich, Jr. Myocor 3
#22 Sidney A. Higgins Starkey Laboratories 3
#22 Jennifer S. Strabley Honeywell 3
#22 Robert J. Cox Cooper Technologies 3
#22 Troy T. White St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 3
#22 Nikhil M. Murdeshwar Gyrus Acmi 3
#42 Jeffrey S. Lindquist Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#42 Jordon D. Honeck Medtronic 2
#42 Maciej T. Lazarewicz Medtronic 2
#42 Brad Terlson Honeywell 2
#42 QingHui Yuan Eaton 2
#42 Anthony C. Vrba Scimed Life Systems 2
#42 David Bloem Medtronic 2
#42 Scott R. Stubbs Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#42 Douglas P. Killion Scimed Life Systems 2

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