Minnesota — Patent Inventors 2020

Top Cities in Minnesota 2020

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Minneapolis, MN	1,413	870
#2	Rochester, MN	1,379	506
#3	Woodbury, MN	766	350
#4	Plymouth, MN	588	271
#5	Eden Prairie, MN	526	285
#6	Maple Grove, MN	492	229
#7	Windom, MN	431	284
#8	Saint Paul, MN	383	167
#9	Shoreview, MN	313	114
#10	Okabena, MN	296	115
#11	Minnetonka, MN	278	146
#12	Bloomington, MN	259	130
#13	Edina, MN	245	131
#14	Blaine, MN	216	90
#15	Stillwater, MN	206	101
#16	Eagan, MN	190	112
#17	Roseville, MN	169	85
#18	St. Louis Park, MN	165	101
#19	Savage, MN	150	68
#20	Shanghai, MN	144	16
#21	Brooklyn Park, MN	142	92
#22	Forest Lake, MN	142	47
#23	Lakeville, MN	141	83
#24	Lino Lakes, MN	136	65
#25	Shakopee, MN	131	67

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	John M. Santosuosso	Rochester	IBM	53
2	Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur	Woodbury	Cardiac Pacemakers	35
3	Mark McCaslin	Shoreview	Forage Genetics International	31
#4	Eric J. Campbell	Rochester	IBM	30
#4	Eric V. Kline	Rochester	IBM	30
#6	Martin T. Gerber	Maple Grove	Medtronic	27
#6	Fufa H. Birru	Willmar	Monsanto Technology	27
#8	Keith R. Maile	New Brighton	Cardiac Pacemakers	26
#8	Matthew S. Doyle	Chatfield	Globalfoundries	26
#8	Eric L. Barsness	Pine Island	IBM	26
#11	Yi-Ching Chen	Maple Grove	Zhejiang Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co.	25
#12	Michael J. Branson	Rochester	IBM	24
#13	Alexander Cook	Rochester	IBM	23
#14	Jason A. Nikolai	Rochester	IBM	22
#15	Michael J. Kane	Okabena	Cardiac Pacemakers	20
#15	Ranga S. Ramanujan	Eden Prairie	Architecture Technology	20
#15	Robert Vidlund	Forest Lake	Tendyne Holdings	20
#18	Scott B. King	Rochester	IBM	19
#18	Thomas E. Meyer	Stillwater	Medtronic	19
#18	Allan C. Shuros	Okabena	Cardiac Pacemakers	19
#21	Jim C. Chen	Rochester	IBM	18
#21	Timothy J. Tofil	Rochester	IBM	18
#21	Bin Ma	Roseville	Comcast	18
#24	Jeffrey E. Stahmann	Ramsey	Cardiac Pacemakers	17
#25	Trevor D. Smith	Eden Prairie	Adc Telecommunications	16