Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Independence, MN ranks #10,393 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 8 patents from 3 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, MN include Keystone Integrations, Apple, Intel. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–3 of 3 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Lieberman Keystone Integrations 3
1 Casey Carlson Apple 3
3 Daniel C. Middleton Intel 2

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