Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Independence, MN ranks #11,895 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 6 patents from 6 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Independence, MN include Rohm And Haas, Apple, S&P Ingredient Development. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–6 of 6 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Gary Robert Larson Rohm And Haas 1
1 Casey Carlson Apple 1
1 James S. Brophy S&P Ingredient Development 1
1 Daniel C. Middleton Intel 1
1 Jeffrey S. Sather Micron 1
1 Donovan L. Fredrickson Polaris Industries 1

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