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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Faribault, MN ranks #3,916 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 29 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Faribault, MN include Oshkosh, Rosemount Aerospace, Northern Tool & Equipment Company. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Grant Wildgrube Oshkosh 5
2 Richard Alan Schwartz Rosemount Aerospace 4
2 Timothy Rancourt Northern Tool & Equipment Company 4
2 Nicholas Rancourt Northern Tool & Equipment Company 4
#5 Garth H. Saul Aqseptence Group 3
#6 Kathleen Sue Rice The Toro 1
#6 Dirk Skogerboe Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 1
#6 Aaron Fitzgerald Itron 1
#6 Kurtis P. Klett 1
#6 Jacob Siegert Sage Electrochromics 1
#6 Jeremiah Lawson Sage Electrochromics 1
#6 Brent A. Gulsvig Donaldson Company 1
#6 Phillip E. Tuma 3M 1
#6 Corey Schlichter Robert Bosch Gmbh 1

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