Top Inventors in Elk River, MN — 2021

Elk River, MN ranks #1,594 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 85 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elk River, MN include St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, King Technology, Graco Minnesota. That works out to 3.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Primary Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Troy T. Tegg	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	15
2	Lyle Enderson	King Technology	8
3	Gregory K. Olson	—	6
3	Diane L. Olson	Graco Minnesota	6
#5	Christopher Jay Scheff	Boston Scientific Scimed	4
#5	Nathan Carlson	Ademco	4
#5	Mark Overbye	—	4
#8	Scott E. Moore	Micron	3
#9	Randy S. Roles	Medtronic	2
#9	Paul Rothstein	Medtronic	2
#9	Elisa J. McCline	Graco Minnesota	2
#9	Jesse Hahne	Norix Group	2
#9	Mariusz J. Luczak	Graco Minnesota	2
#9	Steve J. Schmit	Gdo	2
#9	Joseph Carlos Vargas	Ademco	2
#9	Darrell Raymond Pikkaraine	Banner Engineering	2
#9	Patrick C. Hudson	Cummins Emission Solutions	2
#9	Barry W. Mattson	Graco Minnesota	2
#19	Tom A. Nelson	Prostacare Pty	1
#19	Kenneth Fink	Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems	1
#19	Brent Koehn	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	1
#19	Brian J. Lee	Wilson Tool International	1
#19	Brian M. Monahan	—	1
#19	Marius J. Luczak	Graco Minnesota	1
#19	Clint Garoutte	Land O'Lakes	1
#19	Jon St. Germain	Scimed Life Systems	1
#19	Michael C. Holtz	Prostacare Pty	1
#19	Andrew D. Bicek	Boston Scientific Scimed	1
#19	Jeffrey D. Mullin	Cymbet	1
#19	Nicholas John Griffin	Proto Labs	1
#19	Michael M. Dimovski	Tennant	1
#19	Daniel H. VanCamp	Boston Scientific Scimed	1
#19	Eric J. Berns	Northwestern University	1

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Elk River, MN 2021