Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Champlin, MN ranks #2,681 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 47 patents from 25 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Champlin, MN include Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Medtronic, Covidien Lp. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–25 of 25 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven E. Puffer Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 10
2 Gregory J. Haubrich Medtronic 5
3 Lucas Schneider Covidien Lp 4
#4 David L. Fehr Graco Minnesota 3
#5 Mark A. Ahlbrecht Honeywell 2
#5 Jeff Lee Dennie Prudential Insurance Company Of America 2
#5 Tyler Stigen Greatbatch 2
#5 George Anderson Emprimus 2
#9 David Socha Rosemount Aerospace 1
#9 Christopher Smuk Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#9 Nathaniel Michael Peterson Stratasys 1
#9 Joseph I. Kravitz 1
#9 Ryan Cerepak St. Jude Medical Coordination Center Bvba 1
#9 Stephen Klopp Nilfisk A/S 1
#9 Kent D. Anderson Ev3 1
#9 Steve Puffer Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#9 Brett Dayton Sjostrom The Boeing 1
#9 Richard M. Truitt Alliant Techsystems 1
#9 George E. Anderson Crown Iron Works Company 1
#9 Jason Dickmann Hoffman Enclosures 1
#9 Aaron J. Hjelle Mardil 1
#9 Darren L. Halzle Fisher-Rosemount Systems 1
#9 John Orlin Kirkwold Donaldson Company 1
#9 Jonathan L. Schaumann Wagner Spray Tech 1
#9 Jeff Gagnon Greatbatch 1

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