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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Champlin, MN ranks #1,979 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 66 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Champlin, MN include Covidien Lp, Mardil, Crown Iron Works Company. That works out to 2.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lucas Schneider Covidien Lp 5
2 Aaron J. Hjelle Mardil 4
3 George E. Anderson Crown Iron Works Company 3
3 Bernhard Kaeferlein St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 3
3 Heidi J. Finch Honeywell 3
3 James V. Kauphusman St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 3
3 Kent D. Anderson Ev3 3
#8 Mark A. Ahlbrecht Honeywell 2
#8 Dang Tu Van-Cao Honeywell 2
#8 Mike Duellman General Mills 2
#8 Mark D. Breyen Medtronic 2
#8 David Elizondo Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#8 George Anderson Emprimus 2
#8 Craig Hanson Samsung 2
#15 James Holmberg Honeywell 1
#15 Scott Stammer Hoffman Enclosures 1
#15 Kevin Watson Horton 1
#15 Erik Dalgaard Gyrus Acmi 1
#15 Ryan Hegland Brocade Communications Systems 1
#15 Timothy M. Magner Target Brands 1
#15 Eric Decker Cisco 1
#15 David Socha Rosemount Aerospace 1
#15 Eric Eden App Annie 1
#15 Richard Charles Kravik Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#15 Matthew Paul Navratil Veritas Technologies 1
#15 Fouad Nusseibeh Honeywell 1
#15 Randal Schroeder Hoffman Enclosures 1
#15 Richard M. Truitt Alliant Techsystems 1
#15 Bryan J. Downing Caterpillar 1
#15 Anthony W. Rorvick Medtronic 1
#15 Aaron Muther Target Brands 1
#15 John Orlin Kirkwold Donaldson Company 1
#15 Jonathan L. Schaumann Wagner Spray Tech 1
#15 Andrew Alshouse 1
#15 Steve Puffer Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#15 Gregory J. Haubrich Medtronic 1
#15 Robert J. Stanek Orbital Atk 1
#15 Jeffrey A. McBroom Cardiovascular Systems 1
#15 Brandon Alshouse 1
#15 Bruce P. Holman St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 1
#15 Sarah Michelle Betterman Upsher-Smith Laboratories 1
#15 Michael Glenn Seliger Greenheck Fan 1

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