Crystal, MN ranks #3,136 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 36 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Crystal, MN include Tenacious Holdings, Coloplast A/S, Medtronic. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Forte | Tenacious Holdings | 7 |
| 2 | Geoffrey A. Daniel | Coloplast A/S | 5 |
| 3 | Matthew R. Yoder | Medtronic | 3 |
| 3 | Jennifer A. Theisen | Target Brands | 3 |
| 3 | Gary M. Bell | Kapak | 3 |
| #6 | Darius Teichroew | Mate Precision Tooling | 2 |
| #7 | Nicole L. Parks | Tc1 | 1 |
| #7 | Michael John Tupy | Elevance Renewable Sciences | 1 |
| #7 | Danielle Peterson | 480 Biomedical | 1 |
| #7 | Zachary Harder | General Mills | 1 |
| #7 | Andrew Ness | 1 | |
| #7 | Dennis J. Morgan | — | 1 |
| #7 | Christopher A. Launer | Lockheed Martin | 1 |
| #7 | Jessica Roseanne Tumini | Ecolab Usa | 1 |
| #7 | Bruce H. Odegaard | Danaher | 1 |
| #7 | Peter Joseph Erickson | Honeywell | 1 |
| #7 | Stefan Reiley Freeman | Remote Technologies | 1 |
| #7 | Andrew Slotto | Assa Abloy Ab | 1 |
| #7 | Steve Gigl | Reconrobotics | 1 |
Part of Minnesota