Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Eagan, MN ranks #813 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 190 patents from 112 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Eagan, MN include Joovv, 3M, Interrad Medical. That works out to 2.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 112 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott Nelson Joovv 12
2 George W. Griesgraber 3M 9
3 Michael S. Rosenberg Interrad Medical 7
#4 Joseph T. Pesik Rosemount Aerospace 6
#5 Susan Marie Waters Breathablebaby 4
#5 Dale Richard Waters Breathablebaby 4
#5 Colleen M. Dolan Pearson Education 4
#8 Daniel C. Bissell Winfield Solutions 3
#8 Thomas R. Mohs Ecolab Usa 3
#8 Craig L. Schmidt Medtronic 3
#8 James A. Mitlyng Ohc Ip Holdings 3
#8 Thomas P. Hedblom 3M 3
#8 Billy L. Weaver 3M 3
#8 Vladimir Kladnitsky Donaldson Company 3
#8 Taz Cheritu Ecolab Usa 3
#8 Michael J. Surma Lifetouch 3
#8 Mark G. Gritter Tintri By Ddn 3
#18 Andrew J. Henderson 3M 2
#18 Vincent R. LoPresto Rosemount Aerospace 2
#18 LaVern L. Ackerman The Toro 2
#18 Steven P. Reinhardt D-Wave Systems 2
#18 Daniel J. Garry University of Minnesota 2
#18 Kenneth Freeman Rosemount Aerospace 2
#18 William A. Loebertmann Unisys 2
#18 Thomas Miller Donaldson Company 2
#18 Troy A. Anderson Ecolab Usa 2
#18 Joann E. Jancik Unisys 2
#18 Steven Michael Peterson Eaton 2
#18 Brian Edward York Seasonal Specialties 2
#18 Karl K. Stensvad 3M 2
#18 Mark J. Sowada Ecowater Systems 2
#18 Gregory Dahl Winfield Solutions 2
#18 Raymond J. Bloom Advantek, Llc. 2
#18 Mark D. Leasure Thermo King 2
#18 David J. Dykes Thermo King 2
#18 Andrew James Carlson Stratasys 2
#37 Elizabeth A. Mattson Medtronic 1
#37 Darryl E. Barnes Mayo Foundation 1
#37 Larry J. Werth Pattern Processing Technologies 1
#37 Tom Lake Telex Communications 1
#37 Louis J. Podbelski Sage Electrochromics 1
#37 David W. Gohl Ecolab Usa 1
#37 John Deters Target Brands 1
#37 Ashok Muralidhar Thermo King 1
#37 James Jensen 1
#37 Scott Eugene Olson Seagate Technology 1
#37 Jonathan C. Sell Medtronic 1
#37 James Robert Lucas Ergotron 1
#37 JoAnna Trapp Simpson Cardiac Pacemakers 1
#37 John J. Schmidt 3M 1

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