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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