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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fridley, MN ranks #3,620 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 30 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fridley, MN include Target Brands, Medtronic, Honeywell. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Travis M. Poirier Target Brands 3
2 William J. Clemens Medtronic 2
2 Trevor C. Haag Honeywell 2
#4 Mark J. Brudevold Graco Minnesota 1
#4 Daniella Fay Terry Coloplast A/S 1
#4 Thomas R. Markham Honeywell 1
#4 Dinkar Mylaraswamy Honeywell 1
#4 Gerald M. Herman Medtronic 1
#4 Carla Pfeiffer Medtronic 1
#4 Mark Seel Starkey Laboratories 1
#4 Raymond Zurn Moneygram International 1
#4 John S. Koshuba Orbital Atk 1
#4 Timothy Buse 1
#4 Marc Jaker Rtc 1
#4 Adriana F. Mickols Graco Minnesota 1
#4 Erik J. Peterson Medtronic 1
#4 Richard F. Schroeder St. Jude Medical 1
#4 Scott A. Spadgenske Cardiac Pacemakers 1
#4 David Anthony Betzold Prince Castle 1
#4 Gary W. Geiger 1
#4 Ken Vojacek Apple 1
#4 John C. Renken 1
#4 Peter J. Kovach Medtronic 1
#4 Slah Jendoubi 3M 1
#4 Spencer Minear Mcafee 1
#4 Jonathan P. Dorff Medtronic 1

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