Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shoreview, MN ranks #475 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 261 patents from 118 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shoreview, MN include St. Jude Medical, Medtronic, Cardiac Pacemakers. That works out to 9.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 118 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Julia A. Schraut St. Jude Medical 10
2 Robert W. Stadler Medtronic 9
2 Sunipa Saha Cardiac Pacemakers 9
#4 Saurav Paul St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 8
#5 John A. Hauck St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 7
#5 Qi An Cardiac Pacemakers 7
#5 Daniel J. Horn Boston Scientific Scimed 7
#5 Guy D. Joly 3M 7
#9 Xusheng Zhang Medtronic 6
#9 Michael F. Weber 3M 6
#11 Paul A. LaBerge Micron 4
#11 Sidney D. Nystrom Acist Medical Systems 4
#11 Julian Sanchez John Deere 4
#11 Yinghong Yu Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#11 Kent D. Katterheinrich Target Brands 4
#11 Brian K. Nelson 3M 4
#11 Joseph Walker Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#11 Joe M. Jeddeloh Micron 4
#19 Donald G. Peterson 3M 3
#19 Dong-Wei Zhu 3M 3
#19 William Dale Tischer Ergotron 3
#19 Yanting Dong Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#19 Danli Wang 3M 3
#19 Brett A. Landrum Medtronic 3
#19 Mark B. Knudson Enteromedics 3
#19 Jian-Ping Wang University of Minnesota 3
#19 Jiang Ding Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#19 Scott Williams GE 3
#19 Michael Hoey Medtronic 3
#19 Charles A. Marttila 3M 3
#19 Matthew Justin Michel Lavalley Industries 3
#19 Joseph M. Jeddeloh Micron 3
#33 Devon N. Arnholt Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#33 Bingwen Yan Sartec 2
#33 Jeff Hermes Pentair Flow Technologies 2
#33 Viktoria A. Averina Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#33 Alla Furman Cortec Gmbh 2
#33 Michael J. Lyden Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#33 Scott Rens Broadcom 2
#33 John J. Matta Medivators 2
#33 Yiming Wu University of Minnesota 2
#33 Alisen E Vetter Transmed7 2
#33 Robert Kim Acist Medical Systems 2
#33 Catherine R. Condie Medtronic 2
#33 Satyajit Gorhe Parlikar Veritas Technologies 2
#33 John D. Hilgren 2
#33 Dwight E. Nelson Medtronic 2
#33 Michael W. Green Mcafee 2
#33 David H. Cheney Target Brands 2
#33 Scott R. Stanslaski Medtronic 2

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