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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chaska, MN ranks #1,368 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 99 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chaska, MN include Adc Telecommunications, Shuffle Master, Powermag. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas C. Tinucci Adc Telecommunications 6
1 James B. Stasson Shuffle Master 6
3 Robert V. Albertson Powermag 4
3 Thomas Roy Boonstra Seagate Technology 4
3 Thomas J. Gisel K2M 4
#6 William Joseph Whealon Covidien Lp 3
#7 Samuel E. Messenger Micro Motion 2
#7 Ott Khouengboua St. Jude Medical 2
#7 Anthony J. Hanson Entellus Medical 2
#7 Tyler Andrew Jacobson Npc Robotics 2
#7 Shannon Elizabeth Klingman 2
#7 John David Npc Robotics 2
#7 Benjamin P. Williams Tricam Industries 2
#7 Reed D. Hanson Seagate Technology 2
#7 Scott R. Smith Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#7 Sounthara Khouengboua 2
#7 Hassan Al-Atat Eaton 2
#7 Michael H. Pittelko Compellent Technologies 2
#7 Eric Lovaasen Adc Telecommunications 2
#7 Bradley Brian Bushard Eyecam 2
#7 Frederic Philippe Denis Mustiere Starkey Laboratories 2
#7 John A. Leys Entegris 2
#7 Robert Brian Burnquist Anchor Wall Systems 2
#24 Wade Oberpriller Banner Engineering 1
#24 Sean Lundquist Surmodics 1
#24 Richard A. Meyer Mts Systems 1
#24 Danney Winkelman 1
#24 Mark C. Gross Breast-Med 1
#24 Kathleen Terryll Commscope Technologies 1
#24 Jeffrey T. Murphy 1
#24 Kristin A. Dougherty Target Brands 1
#24 Curt A. Dykstra Rosemount Aerospace 1
#24 Tuan Nguyen Medivators 1
#24 Evgeny Kharisov Seagate Technology 1
#24 Michael Borntrager Control Products 1
#24 Michael J. Urick Scimed Life Systems 1
#24 Kevin S. Fuller Premier Biotech 1
#24 Bradley C. Litz Mts Systems 1
#24 Kevin John Thompson Commscope Technologies 1
#24 Randall R. Shay Stratasys 1
#24 Steven Herrmann U.S. Department Of Energy 1
#24 Matthew B. Nicolas Entegris 1
#24 Matthew W Cree Pmt 1
#24 Jared James Dreier Rosemount 1
#24 Rajesh K. Juriasingani Entrust Datacard 1
#24 Albert P. Van Duren Augustine Medical 1
#24 Siva Suthram Landis+Gyr Innovations 1
#24 Bradley J. Koehler Rockwell Collins 1
#24 Jeremy Berghoff Target Brands 1
#24 Sergey Terentiev Danaher 1

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