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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shoreview, MN ranks #379 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 341 patents from 140 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shoreview, MN include Cardiac Pacemakers, Medtronic, 3M. That works out to 12.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 140 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Qi An Cardiac Pacemakers 15
2 Robert W. Stadler Medtronic 14
3 Sunipa Saha Cardiac Pacemakers 12
3 Michael F. Weber 3M 12
3 Xusheng Zhang Medtronic 12
#6 Viktoria A. Averina Cardiac Pacemakers 9
#6 Julia A. Schraut St. Jude Medical 9
#6 John A. Hauck St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 9
#9 R. Daren Klum Secured2 7
#9 Jian-Ping Wang University of Minnesota 7
#9 Mina S. Fahim 7
#12 Saurav Paul St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 6
#13 Yinghong Yu Cardiac Pacemakers 5
#13 Jian Cao Imperception 5
#13 Guy D. Joly 3M 5
#13 Harry A. Puryear St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 5
#13 Ryan Carlson Vivint 5
#18 Steven D. Solomonson 3M 4
#18 Kent D. Katterheinrich Target Brands 4
#18 Kevin P. Kuehn Medtronic 4
#18 Kent J. Smith 4
#18 Joe M. Jeddeloh Micron 4
#18 Dwight E. Nelson Medtronic 4
#18 Scott R. Stanslaski Medtronic 4
#25 Mary M. Morris Medtronic 3
#25 Emily S. Goenner 3M 3
#25 Mark B. Knudson Enteromedics 3
#25 Todd V. Smith Medtronic 3
#25 Andrew H. Tilstra 3M 3
#25 Mark McCaslin Forage Genetics International 3
#25 Charles A. Marttila 3M 3
#25 John Butala 3
#25 David J. Smith British Petroleum 3
#25 Danli Wang 3M 3
#25 John J. Matta Medivators 3
#25 Catherine R. Condie Medtronic 3
#25 Yanting Dong Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#38 Dong-Wei Zhu 3M 2
#38 Yiming Wu University of Minnesota 2
#38 William Dale Tischer Ergotron 2
#38 Thomas Alexander Glenn, III Land O'Lakes 2
#38 Brian Joseph Tischler Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#38 James E. Blood Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#38 Steven S. Bordewick Somnetics Global Pte. 2
#38 Kayo M. Roehm 3M 2
#38 Ryan M. Petersen The Toro 2
#38 Renee Robert Smiths Medical Asd 2
#38 Sarah A. Audet Medtronic 2
#38 Scott Williams GE 2
#38 Brian E. Duncan 3M 2

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