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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Eagan, MN ranks #755 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 173 patents from 104 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Eagan, MN include 3M, Seagate Technology, Interrad Medical. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 104 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 George W. Griesgraber 3M 10
1 Michael C. Kautzky Seagate Technology 10
3 Michael S. Rosenberg Interrad Medical 7
#4 Peter Voss Ecolab Usa 5
#4 Craig L. Schmidt Medtronic 5
#4 Dale Richard Waters Breathablebaby 5
#4 Susan Marie Waters Breathablebaby 5
#8 Billy L. Weaver 3M 3
#8 Andrew J. Henderson 3M 3
#8 Ashok Muralidhar Thermo King 3
#8 David W. Gohl Ecolab Usa 3
#12 Darryl E. Barnes Mayo Foundation 2
#12 Gerald E. Mueller 3M 2
#12 Kristofer J. James Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#12 Gregory Dahl Winfield Solutions 2
#12 Bernard S. Fritz Honeywell 2
#12 David W. Fisher Kx Technologies 2
#12 Andrew Oliverius 2
#12 Scott Wigen Rosemount Aerospace 2
#12 Joseph T. Pesik Rosemount Aerospace 2
#12 Vladimir Kladnitsky Donaldson Company 2
#12 Joseph Gleason Spineology 2
#12 Kenneth A. P. Meyer 3M 2
#12 Thor A. Olson Electronics For Imaging 2
#12 Troy A. Anderson Ecolab Usa 2
#12 Stanley Rendon 3M 2
#12 Vincent R. LoPresto Rosemount Aerospace 2
#12 John Scott Daup Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited 2
#12 Kimberly A. Anderson Ams Research 2
#12 Jeffrey John Childs Astora Women'S Health 2
#12 Chad Stiernagle Bby Solutions 2
#12 Uma S. Valeti Egg Medical 2
#33 Dietmar H. Dorr Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited 1
#33 Michael J. Surma Lifetouch 1
#33 Renat Zufarovych Zhdanov Bio-Key International 1
#33 Sonya S. Sharpe Ecolab Usa 1
#33 Dennis J. Berndt The Toro 1
#33 Justin C. Peskar Hearing Components 1
#33 Bernard Fritz Honeywell 1
#33 Isabelle Moulinier Capital One Services 1
#33 Mark G. Gritter Tintri By Ddn 1
#33 Dezhao Song Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre Gmbh 1
#33 William G. Laramy Warner Manufacturing 1
#33 Steven J. Pachuta 3M 1
#33 Andrew P. Krebs Lsi 1
#33 Benjamin K. Athneil 1
#33 Paul J. Prew Ecolab Usa 1
#33 LaVern L. Ackerman The Toro 1
#33 Mark Guterman Case Gmbh 1
#33 Karl K. Stensvad 3M 1

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