Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cologne, MN ranks #9,911 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 8 patents from 8 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cologne, MN include Stempf Automotive Industries, Penn State, Pearson Education. That works out to 3.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–8 of 8 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James R. Ryshavy Stempf Automotive Industries 1
1 Hannah Marie Schneider Penn State 1
1 Julianne Michael Schaffer Pearson Education 1
1 Steven S. Ruckdashel Optum 1
1 Kurt Mitchell FORTH Fast Global Solutions 1
1 Brent Gorra 1
1 Michael Engelen 1
1 Timothy R. Collins Fluoroware 1

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