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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bloomington, MN ranks #551 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 243 patents from 126 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bloomington, MN include 3M, Seagate Technology, Shuffle Master. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 126 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mikhail L. Pekurovsky 3M 10
2 John Charles Duda Seagate Technology 8
2 Paul K. Scheper Shuffle Master 8
#4 Minjie Ma Seagate Technology 7
#5 Glenn M. Tom Advanced Technology & Materials Co. 6
#5 Kwong Wing Au Honeywell 6
#5 Matthew S. Stay 3M 6
#8 Steven N. Willard 5
#8 Drew Michael Mader Seagate Technology 5
#8 Justin Brons Seagate Technology 5
#8 Dorie J. Yontz Segetis 5
#12 Erik J. Gronvall Commscope Technologies 4
#12 Thomas Lundgren Donaldson Company 4
#12 Nathan J. Friberg The Toro 4
#15 Daniel E. Adamek Donaldson Company 3
#15 Erik O. Martz Osteotech 3
#15 Benny K. Nelson Donaldson Company 3
#15 Hui Brickner Seagate Technology 3
#15 Puskal Prasad Pokharel Seagate Technology 3
#15 Ajaykumar Rajasekharan Seagate Technology 3
#15 Derek S. Duchscherer The Toro 3
#15 Brian T. Stolz Medtronic 3
#15 Konstantin Nikolaev Seagate Technology 3
#15 Pascal Boileau Tornier Sas 3
#15 Eric P. Jerke Zimmer Spine 3
#15 Marie L. Setnes IBM 3
#15 Barrett E. Cole Honeywell 3
#28 Fred H. Wahlquist Donaldson Company 2
#28 Ryan C. Enzler Target Brands 2
#28 Michael D. Bosveld Stratasys 2
#28 Tobin D. Rasmusson Caterpillar 2
#28 Marty D. Martens Medtronic 2
#28 James E. Nash 3M 2
#28 James Edward Fairman Qfo Labs 2
#28 Lauren A. Somers IBM 2
#28 Connie Darlene Jacobson Moneygram International 2
#28 Kenneth M. Anderson Medtronic 2
#28 Christos Alkiviadis Polyzois Power Survey 2
#28 Syed Amanulla Syed Asif Bruker Nano 2
#28 Burgess R. Johnson Honeywell 2
#28 Calvin James Sargent Banner Engineering 2
#28 Nathan L. Schlueter Core Distribution 2
#28 Thomas H. Spear Medtronic 2
#28 Thomas V. Ressemann Scimed Life Systems 2
#28 Lars H. Ahlen Seagate Technology 2
#28 Sheldon Anderson Donaldson Company 2
#28 Gregory Reichter Donaldson Company 2
#28 Jon Paul Hurley Seagate Technology 2
#28 Martin H. Peery Dow Global Technologies 2
#50 Phebe Preethi Donaldson Company 1

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