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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Windom, MN ranks #350 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 431 patents from 284 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Windom, MN include 3M, Dv International, Stratasys. That works out to 89.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 284 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Benton Free 3M 8
1 Hallie L. Stevens Dv International 8
1 William J. Swanson Stratasys 8
#4 Arjun D. Sharma Cardiac Pacemakers 7
#5 Terence D. Neavin 3M 5
#5 Timothy G. Badar Commscope Technologies 5
#5 Alexandra N. Geller 3M 5
#5 Cass A. Hanson Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#9 Paul Huelskamp Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#9 Connor M. Pelletier-Sutton 3M 4
#9 Marc A. Egeland 3M 4
#9 Onur S. Yordem 3M 4
#9 Paula M. Kaplan Livanova Usa 4
#9 Craig Stolen Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#9 Jennifer K. Schnobrich 3M 4
#16 Max Carideo Graco Minnesota 3
#16 Ronald D. Lancaster, Jr. Pearson Education 3
#16 Matthew J. Bird Amazon 3
#16 Gregory Ernest Ostenson Boston Scientific Scimed 3
#16 Chad Giles Alarm.Com Incorporated 3
#16 Sai Vang 3M 3
#16 Lauren K. Carlson 3
#16 Peter Anderson Honeywell 3
#16 Travis Michael Beckerle 3
#16 Amy Jean Brisben Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#16 Shaobo Deng University of Minnesota 3
#16 Terry R. Hobbs 3M 3
#16 Catherine Ruth Gulsvig Wood Accenture Global Solutions Limited 3
#29 Patrick G. Zimmerman 3M 2
#29 David M. LaCroix Keystone Retaining Wall Systems 2
#29 Gregory M. Poynter Cargill, Incorporated 2
#29 Jason Paul Johnson Donaldson Company 2
#29 Josiah Natan Wernow Seagate Technology 2
#29 Todd D. Jones 3M 2
#29 Catherine M. Verfaillie University of Minnesota 2
#29 Elsie A. Fohrenkamm Eastman Kodak 2
#29 Eric Whitbrook Hologic 2
#29 Joshua Thompson Thompson Brothers & Company 2
#29 Britton G. Billingsley 3M 2
#29 Steven Williams Lexion Medical 2
#29 Döne Demirgöz 3M 2
#29 Derek Savela Horton 2
#29 Bruce D. Orensteen 3M 2
#29 Brock Mueggenborg Ecolab Usa 2
#29 Christopher J. Evoniuk 3M 2
#29 Aya Eid 3M 2
#29 Joseph Prescott Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#29 John S. Huberty 3M 2
#29 Patrick Kehl Illumina 2
#29 Fusu Thao 3M 2

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