Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Fridley, MN ranks #4,401 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 25 patents from 20 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fridley, MN include Medtronic, Mate Precision Tooling, Scimed Life Systems. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–20 of 20 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Erik J. Peterson Medtronic 3
1 Matthew T. Vanderpool Medtronic 3
3 Bruce M. Thielges Mate Precision Tooling 2
#4 Gary W. King Medtronic 1
#4 Terry V. Brown Scimed Life Systems 1
#4 Denise J. Ziemann 3M 1
#4 Tom Markham Ademco 1
#4 Linda Peterson Boston University 1
#4 William J. Clemens Medtronic 1
#4 Justin M. Claus Medtronic 1
#4 Peter J. Kovach Medtronic 1
#4 Amelia Ann Sandberg Boston Scientific Scimed 1
#4 Lee A. Jones Rebiotix 1
#4 Robert A. Betzold Medtronic 1
#4 Elizabeth D. Rekow University of Minnesota 1
#4 Stephen Boggs 1
#4 Courtney R. Jones Rebiotix 1
#4 Thomas R. Markham Honeywell 1
#4 Dinkar Mylaraswamy Honeywell 1
#4 Carla Pfeiffer Medtronic 1

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