Minnesota — Patent Inventors 2017

Top Cities in Minnesota 2017

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Rochester, MN	1,437	461
#2	Minneapolis, MN	1,138	687
#3	Woodbury, MN	725	312
#4	Eden Prairie, MN	621	280
#5	Plymouth, MN	581	264
#6	Maple Grove, MN	438	218
#7	Windom, MN	415	252
#8	Shoreview, MN	341	140
#9	Saint Paul, MN	306	137
#10	Minnetonka, MN	253	126
#11	Edina, MN	244	128
#12	Bloomington, MN	243	126
#13	Stillwater, MN	232	109
#14	Blaine, MN	203	103
#15	Eagan, MN	200	118
#16	Okabena, MN	198	79
#17	Roseville, MN	175	88
#18	Prior Lake, MN	167	65
#19	Brooklyn Park, MN	165	79
#20	St. Louis Park, MN	159	83
#21	Lakeville, MN	157	88
#22	North Oaks, MN	139	44
#23	Savage, MN	129	61
#24	Shakopee, MN	128	59
#25	Burnsville, MN	126	72

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Michael J. Branson	Rochester	IBM	59
2	John M. Santosuosso	Rochester	IBM	52
3	Martin E. Davis	Excelsior	Cambria Company	40
#4	Jon Louis Grzeskowiak, II	Prior Lake	Cambria Company	39
#5	Summer Lane Kath	Eden Prairie	Cambria Company	38
#6	Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur	Woodbury	Cardiac Pacemakers	35
#7	Eric L. Barsness	Pine Island	IBM	30
#8	Peter N. Braido	Wyoming	St. Jude Medical	28
#9	Joseph W. Cropper	Rochester	IBM	24
#9	Brian A. Price	Rochester	Mortarless Technologies	24
#9	Martin T. Gerber	Maple Grove	Medtronic	24
#9	Drew Wohlfiel	Mantorville	Mortarless Technologies	24
#13	Bradley Berman	Minnetonka	King Show Games	23
#13	Jeffrey E. Stahmann	Ramsey	Cardiac Pacemakers	23
#13	John E. Petri	Rochester	IBM	23
#16	Lee N. Helgeson	Rochester	IBM	22
#17	Michael Cronin	Apple Valley	Arc Devices Limited	21
#17	Adam T. Clark	Mantorville	IBM	21
#17	Jesse P. Arroyo	Rochester	IBM	21
#20	Justin K. King	Rochester	IBM	20
#20	Charles J. Archer	Rochester	IBM	20
#20	Cary Lee Bates	Rochester	IBM	20
#20	Wenzhong Zhu	Apple Valley	Seagate Technology	20
#24	Imad Libbus	Okabena	Cardiac Pacemakers	19
#24	Edward Charles Gage	Excelsior	Seagate Technology	19