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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Windom, MN ranks #358 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 422 patents from 246 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Windom, MN include 3M, Stratasys, Medtronic. That works out to 88.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 246 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Megan E. Renner 3M 16
2 Michael Benton Free 3M 14
3 William J. Swanson Stratasys 10
#4 Keith A. Miesel Medtronic 7
#5 Lauren K. Carlson 6
#5 Marc A. Egeland 3M 6
#5 Amy Jean Brisben Cardiac Pacemakers 6
#8 Jesse D. Lund 3M 5
#8 Paul Huelskamp Cardiac Pacemakers 5
#8 Cass A. Hanson Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#11 Robert L. Assell Trans1 4
#11 Ann R. Fornof 3M 4
#11 Moira B. Sweeney Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#11 Peter Anderson Honeywell 4
#11 Justin A. Riddle 3M 4
#11 Scott A. Entenman Augustine Temperature Management 4
#11 Michelle L. Legatt 4
#18 Ingrid N. Haugan 3M 3
#18 Fusu Thao 3M 3
#18 Aya Eid 3M 3
#18 Craig Stolen Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#18 Corinne E. Lipscomb 3M 3
#18 John Quackenbush Rotation Medical 3
#18 Keith D. Keller 3M 3
#18 Heidi A. Sandell 3M 3
#18 Tammy Elizabeth Ott Smart Information Flow Technologies 3
#18 Catherine M. Verfaillie University of Minnesota 3
#18 David M. LaCroix Keystone Retaining Wall Systems 3
#18 Cable P. Thompson 3
#18 Serkan Yurt 3M 3
#18 Lori-Ann S. Prioleau 3M 3
#18 Kendall J. Nelson IBM 3
#18 Michael J. Link Seagate Technology 3
#18 John M. Brandner 3M 3
#18 Stephen J. Willett 3M 3
#18 Vivek Krishnan 3M 3
#18 Christopher A. Miller Smart Information Flow Technologies 3
#18 Timothy G. Badar Commscope Technologies 3
#39 Onur S. Yordem 3M 2
#39 Piotr Czapiewski Deluxe 2
#39 Scott L. Burnett Ecolab Usa 2
#39 Daniel P. Meehan 3M 2
#39 La Her Hoffman Enclosures 2
#39 Byron E. Trotter 3M 2
#39 Anthony M. Chasensky Medtronic 2
#39 Robert S. Malecki Reconrobotics 2
#39 Matthew S. Whitten Donaldson Company 2
#39 Janice L. Cox Antares Pharma 2
#39 Daniel J. Tipping 3M 2
#39 Arjun D. Sharma Cardiac Pacemakers 2

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