Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bloomington, MN ranks #597 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 259 patents from 130 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bloomington, MN include Commscope Technologies, 3M, Shuffle Master. That works out to 2.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 130 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Erik J. Gronvall Commscope Technologies 11
2 Mikhail L. Pekurovsky 3M 10
3 Paul K. Scheper Shuffle Master 8
#4 Daniel E. Adamek Donaldson Company 7
#5 Matthew S. Stay 3M 6
#5 Pascal Boileau Tornier Sas 6
#7 Andrew David Habermas Seagate Technology 5
#7 Benny K. Nelson Donaldson Company 5
#7 Michael Carter Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing 5
#7 Brian T. Stolz Medtronic 5
#7 Michael D. Bosveld Stratasys 5
#12 Ryan Wayne Schumacher Thermo King 4
#12 Gilles Walch Tornier Sas 4
#12 Gregory Reichter Donaldson Company 4
#12 Graydon E. Beatty Acutus Medical 4
#12 Andrew Stockinger Pearson Education 4
#12 Steven C. Nordberg Pearson Education 4
#12 Thomas Lundgren Donaldson Company 4
#12 Ron A. Balczewski Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#12 Drew Michael Mader Seagate Technology 4
#21 Scott Carlson Commscope Technologies 3
#21 Thomas V. Ressemann Scimed Life Systems 3
#21 Michael R. Weiss Thermo King 3
#21 Charles L. Penninger Depuy Ireland Unlimited 3
#21 James E. Nash 3M 3
#21 John Charles Duda Seagate Technology 3
#21 Ajaykumar Rajasekharan Seagate Technology 3
#21 Steven N. Willard 3
#21 David Rickheim Pacesetter 3
#21 Nathan L. Schlueter Core Distribution 3
#21 Matthew P. Limpert Heilux 3
#32 Ryan Marotz Architecture Technology 2
#32 Kwong Wing Au Honeywell 2
#32 Gregory M. Anderson Gpsip 2
#32 Salman Mazhar Vtc 2
#32 Hui Brickner Seagate Technology 2
#32 William B. Krueger Rosemount Aerospace 2
#32 Mark Thompson NVIDIA 2
#32 Jeffrey B. Berge Thermo King 2
#32 Michael Kenneth Barth Adc Telecommunications 2
#32 Ram Narayan Capital One Services 2
#32 Stefan A. Weissner Seagate Technology 2
#32 Bridget E. Smith Seasonal Specialties 2
#32 Christopher D. Diller Ecolab Usa 2
#32 Michael J. Campbell Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 2
#32 David E. Wickstrom Datacard 2
#32 Lauren A. Jacobson General Mills 2
#32 Sascha A. Castriotta Colder Products 2
#32 Brad E. Kahlbaugh Donaldson Company 2
#50 Ryan Chou Rosemount Aerospace 1

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