Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Excelsior, MN ranks #1,272 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 110 patents from 37 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Excelsior, MN include Cambria Company, Minnesota Imaging And Engineering, Emprimus. That works out to 46.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–37 of 37 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Martin E. Davis Cambria Company 47
2 William Bert Nelson Minnesota Imaging And Engineering 6
3 David Blake Jackson Emprimus 4
3 Gale Nordling Emprimus 4
3 Wyatt T. Zulkosky Orthocor Medical 4
#6 Khoi Le 3
#6 Sethuraman Jayashankar Seagate Technology 3
#6 Edward Charles Gage Seagate Technology 3
#6 Himanshu Khurana Honeywell 3
#10 Robert A. Van Tassel Backbeat Medical 2
#10 Brent Peterson Shutterfly 2
#10 Barry J. Nordstrand Soliton 2
#10 Yong K. Cho Medtronic 2
#10 Brian Lee Walters Unknown 2
#15 Jamie E. Retterath Facet Technology 1
#15 Gregory Helmer Normedix 1
#15 Robert C. Hanson Innergy Systems 1
#15 James Nicholas Ruehl Emprimus 1
#15 Christopher G. Wolf Polaris Industries 1
#15 Shane Swanson 1
#15 Jayant Parthasarathy Nonin Medical 1
#15 James E. Retterath Facet Technology 1
#15 Jeff Marshall Schley Products 1
#15 Richard S. Kusleika Covidien Lp 1
#15 Marvin G. Onken Rosemount Aerospace 1
#15 Arthur Richard Baker, III Rodel Holdings 1
#15 Robert A. VanTassel Tricardia 1
#15 Harold A. Roberts Adc Telecommunications 1
#15 Charles N. Hoff Ademco 1
#15 Beth Mastel Cargill, Incorporated 1
#15 John A. Dragseth 1
#15 Robert J. Shulz Tolomatic 1
#15 Jeffrey J. Peters Boston Scientific 1
#15 Jeanette Huryta Cargill, Incorporated 1
#15 Anna Jo McMahon Microsoft 1
#15 Matthew Bingham Koonce 1
#15 Taylor R. Stemler Intricon 1

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