Minnesota — Patent Inventors 2016

Top Cities in Minnesota 2016

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Rochester, MN	1,339	448
#2	Minneapolis, MN	1,040	650
#3	Woodbury, MN	693	301
#4	Eden Prairie, MN	519	268
#5	Plymouth, MN	413	227
#6	Windom, MN	380	228
#7	Maple Grove, MN	372	193
#8	Saint Paul, MN	263	127
#9	Shoreview, MN	261	118
#10	Edina, MN	229	129
#11	Minnetonka, MN	228	129
#12	Stillwater, MN	223	107
#13	Bloomington, MN	212	140
#14	Eagan, MN	195	117
#15	Blaine, MN	182	92
#16	Okabena, MN	178	72
#17	Lakeville, MN	154	79
#18	Roseville, MN	145	76
#19	Brooklyn Park, MN	142	82
#20	St. Louis Park, MN	136	82
#21	Prior Lake, MN	131	70
#22	Lino Lakes, MN	125	55
#23	Shakopee, MN	122	71
#24	Savage, MN	118	62
#25	Burnsville, MN	118	76

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Michael J. Branson	Rochester	IBM	66
2	John M. Santosuosso	Rochester	IBM	55
3	Charles J. Archer	Rochester	IBM	43
#4	Philip J. Sanders	Rochester	IBM	31
#5	Paul E. Schardt	Rochester	IBM	22
#5	Arvind K. Sinha	Rochester	IBM	22
#5	Imad Libbus	Okabena	Cardiac Pacemakers	22
#8	Audrey A. Sherman	Woodbury	3M	20
#9	Kaizhong Gao	North Oaks	Seagate Technology	19
#9	Cary Lee Bates	Rochester	IBM	19
#11	John E. Petri	Rochester	IBM	18
#11	Roger A. Mittelstadt	Byron	IBM	18
#11	Rafal P. Konik	Oronoco	IBM	18
#11	Jeffrey Paul Solum	Greenwood	Starkey Laboratories	18
#11	Phillip V. Mann	Rochester	IBM	18
#16	Joseph C. Coffey	Burnsville	Commscope Technologies	17
#16	Michael C. Kautzky	Eagan	Seagate Technology	17
#16	Trevor D. Smith	Eden Prairie	Adc Telecommunications	17
#16	Thomas Charles Barker	North Mankato	Pioneer (Corteva)	17
#20	Mark W. Theuer	Rochester	IBM	16
#20	Mathew R. Odden	Rochester	IBM	16
#20	Subham Ghosh	Blaine	Medtronic	16
#20	Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur	Woodbury	Cardiac Pacemakers	16
#20	Wenzhong Zhu	Apple Valley	Seagate Technology	16
#20	Lance Bragstad	Pine Island	IBM	16