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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Windom, MN ranks #312 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 415 patents from 252 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Windom, MN include 3M, Cardiac Pacemakers, Stratasys. That works out to 86.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 252 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Benton Free 3M 14
2 Paul Huelskamp Cardiac Pacemakers 8
3 William J. Swanson Stratasys 7
3 Keith A. Miesel Medtronic 7
#5 Timothy G. Badar Commscope Technologies 6
#5 Jessica L. Staude 3M 6
#5 Ann R. Fornof 3M 6
#8 Edward E. Parsonage St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 5
#8 Kenneth C. Beck Cardiac Pacemakers 5
#8 Ryan B. Prince 3M 5
#8 Thomas J. Gilbert 3M 5
#12 Stephan A. Hawthorne 3M 4
#12 Yin C. Quintero 3M 4
#12 Kevin M. Hamer 3M 4
#12 Carlos Carbonera Jostens 4
#12 Catherine M. Verfaillie University of Minnesota 4
#12 Thomas W. Floyd 3M 4
#12 Mark F. Ellis 3M 4
#12 Robert L. Assell Trans1 4
#12 Adam Jan Tolsma Google 4
#21 Pamela J. Reed 3
#21 Scott Kimmel Greatbatch 3
#21 Lori-Ann S. Prioleau 3M 3
#21 Cristin E. Moran 3M 3
#21 Andrew M. Jensen Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Marina Brockway Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#21 Jack A. Dant Zimmer Spine 3
#21 David M. LaCroix Keystone Retaining Wall Systems 3
#21 Joshua Thompson Thompson Brothers & Company 3
#21 Paul A. Sobotka Medtronic 3
#21 Gongping Liu 3
#21 Britton G. Billingsley 3M 3
#21 John S. Huberty 3M 3
#21 Terence D. Neavin 3M 3
#21 Ghidewon Arefe 3M 3
#36 Daniel P. Meehan 3M 2
#36 Brian Brockway Vivaquant 2
#36 Nathaniel K. Naismith 3M 2
#36 Elizabeth D. Cadogan 3M 2
#36 William T. Fay 3M 2
#36 Meredith McMurdo Doyle 3M 2
#36 Karl B. Richter 3M 2
#36 Arjun D. Sharma Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#36 Andrew W. Rabins 3M 2
#36 Daniel J. O'Neal 3M 2
#36 Marty Ma Adamis Pharmaceuticals 2
#36 Hyacinth L. Lechuga 3M 2
#36 Marc A. Egeland 3M 2
#36 Kevin Voigt 2
#36 Dara Chin Cardia 2

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