Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Buffalo, MN ranks #3,242 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 37 patents from 20 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Buffalo, MN include Bridgepoint Medical, Entellus Medical, Wound Care Technologies. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–20 of 20 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chad J. Kugler Bridgepoint Medical 8
2 John R. Drontle Entellus Medical 6
3 John J. Berkey Wound Care Technologies 2
3 Matthew William Nichols Optum 2
3 Reed A. Houge Phraxis 2
3 Douglas S. Ryder Graco Minnesota 2
3 Kevin J. Magee Caterpillar 2
#8 Tristan M. Hipps Polaris Industries 1
#8 Scott Timmerman Starkey Laboratories 1
#8 Todd A. Krinke Gt Metabolic Solutions 1
#8 Maksym Kloka Stryker 1
#8 Christopher Alan Taylor Coloplast A/S 1
#8 Nicole Paulson Cargill, Incorporated 1
#8 Eugene Eberhardt Aqseptence Group 1
#8 Matthew Griffith Sleep Number 1
#8 Michael C. Bednarek St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 1
#8 Robert J. Berkenes Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#8 Matt Nichols Optum 1
#8 Matthew Allen Mueggenberg Coloplast A/S 1
#8 Carrie A. Jacobs 1

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