Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bloomington, MN ranks #719 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 183 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bloomington, MN include Seagate Technology, Shuffle Master, Donaldson Company. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Charles Duda Seagate Technology 8
2 Paul K. Scheper Shuffle Master 7
2 Benny K. Nelson Donaldson Company 7
#4 Mikhail L. Pekurovsky 3M 6
#5 Justin Brons Seagate Technology 5
#5 Erik J. Gronvall Commscope Technologies 5
#5 Marie L. Setnes IBM 5
#8 Drew Michael Mader Seagate Technology 4
#8 Andrew David Habermas Seagate Technology 4
#8 David J. Anderson Parker-Hannifin 4
#11 Brian T. Stolz Medtronic 3
#11 Jason Gregory Lang Ecolab Usa 3
#11 Antanas Daugela Seagate Technology 3
#11 Michael J. Campbell Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 3
#11 Gregory Reichter Donaldson Company 3
#11 Pascal Boileau Tornier Sas 3
#17 Brian Beech Entrust Datacard 2
#17 Gilles Walch Tornier Sas 2
#17 Raymond Leroy Moudry Seagate Technology 2
#17 Heather Look Bby Solutions 2
#17 David Sumner Tucker Evergreen Asset Management 2
#17 Barrett E. Cole Honeywell 2
#17 Michael D. Bosveld Stratasys 2
#17 Lyudmila A. Pekurovsky 3M 2
#17 James E. Nash 3M 2
#17 Carolyn J. Finnerty Donaldson Company 2
#17 Michael S. Koreltz Dow Global Technologies 2
#17 Matthew S. Stay 3M 2
#17 Nathan L. Schlueter Core Distribution 2
#17 Herman H. Viegas Thermo King 2
#17 John P. Azure The Toro 2
#17 Ron A. Balczewski Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#33 Hui Brickner Seagate Technology 1
#33 Roland Miezianko Honeywell 1
#33 Nathan J. Friberg The Toro 1
#33 Martin G. Zalusky Stratasys 1
#33 Michael R. Weiss Thermo King 1
#33 John W. Svenkeson Storage Technology 1
#33 Michael Allen Entegris 1
#33 Andrew Wold Ecolab Usa 1
#33 William J. Novacek Eaton 1
#33 Christopher T. Abrahamson Cardiocom 1
#33 Robert P. Bergsgaard 1
#33 Michael Charles Pollock The Meyers Printing Companies 1
#33 Daniel A. Parrish Livanova Usa 1
#33 Christopher Sanden Rosemount Aerospace 1
#33 Lars H. Ahlen Seagate Technology 1
#33 Thomas V. Ressemann Scimed Life Systems 1
#33 Kwong Wing Au Honeywell 1
#33 Gregory M. Anderson Gpsip 1

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