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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maplewood, MN ranks #1,265 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 101 patents from 59 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maplewood, MN include Honeywell, Cardiac Pacemakers, General Mills. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 59 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Patrick Gonia Honeywell 8
2 John D. Hatlestad Cardiac Pacemakers 6
3 Ali El-Afandi General Mills 5
3 Richard J. Pokorny 3M 5
#5 Eric J. Voth St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 4
#6 Scott Mogren Candela 3
#6 Surekha Palreddy Cameron Health 3
#6 Joan M. Noyola 3M 3
#6 Mitchell A. F. Johnson 3M 3
#6 Ramji T. Venkatasubramanian 3
#6 Aleksey V. Kurdyumov Surmodics 3
#12 Thomas P. Anderson Arizant Healthcare 2
#12 Thu-Van T. Tran 3M 2
#12 Lawrence W. Wales Anulex Technologies 2
#12 Daniel W. Wuerch 3M 2
#12 Naimul Karim 3M 2
#12 Ying Xiong Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#12 Lylien Tan Ecolab Usa 2
#19 Thomas J. Ludemann Eastman Kodak 1
#19 William L. Parish Hearing Components 1
#19 Michael D. Kaytor Humanetics 1
#19 Derek J. Dehn 3M 1
#19 Ryan Chamberlain University of Minnesota 1
#19 Timothy L. Quinn 3M 1
#19 James Faulconbridge Kfi Intellectual Properties L.L.C. 1
#19 David Robert Mekala 3M 1
#19 Jason T. Lenz Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#19 Scott C. Milton Brady Worldwide 1
#19 Arthur V. Lang 3M 1
#19 Sujit Maharana Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software 1
#19 Timothy D. Filiatrault 3M 1
#19 Paul A. Martinson 3M 1
#19 Timothy J. Diekmann Stratasys 1
#19 Michael E. Griffin 3M 1
#19 Erhan Erdemir 1
#19 Traci Gioino Ecolab Usa 1
#19 Mary M. Caruso 1
#19 Alphonsus V. Pocius 3M 1
#19 John L. Vandenberg 3M 1
#19 John W. Vanderzanden 3M 1
#19 Chaofeng Zou Eastman Kodak 1
#19 Brad H. Grossmann Octane Fitness 1
#19 Shih-Hung Chou 3M 1
#19 Claude Lavallee 3M 1
#19 Charles M. Wanstrom Schwing Bioset 1
#19 Perry S. Dotterman 3M 1
#19 Mark N. Manzella Tamarack Habilitation Technologies 1
#19 Waldo L. Lopez 3M 1
#19 Thomas D. Nelson 1
#19 Richard L. Peloquin 3M 1

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