Top Inventors in Lake Elmo, MN — 2021

Lake Elmo, MN ranks #1,431 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 96 patents from 49 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lake Elmo, MN include 3M, Bridgepoint Medical, St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division. That works out to 8.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–49 of 49 inventors

Rank ↑	Inventor ↕	Primary Company ↕	Patents ↕
1	Michael W. Kobe	3M	8
2	Michael D. Swan	3M	5
2	Robert E. Atkinson	Bridgepoint Medical	5
2	Aaron K. Nienaber	3M	5
2	Mark F. Schulz	3M	5
2	Kurt J. Halverson	3M	5
2	Neeraj Sharma	3M	5
#8	Thomas I. Insley	3M	3
#8	Daniel R. Starks	St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division	3
#8	David J. Schmidt	Ford	3
#8	Bradley D. Craig	3M	3
#12	William Conrad Stoffregen	—	2
#12	Claire Hartmann-Thompson	3M	2
#12	Thomas R. Prentice	Seagate Technology	2
#12	Paul J. Homnick	3M	2
#12	Cory R. Boudreau	Pactiv	2
#12	Adam R. Pawloski	Stratasys	2
#12	Peter D. Condo	3M	2
#12	Todd W. Bruchu	Andersen	2
#20	Myles L. Brostrom	3M	1
#20	Kenneth Farmer	Phillips Petroleum	1
#20	John LaLonde	Cardiac Pacemakers	1
#20	Gene B. Portelli	—	1
#20	Matthew D. Moore	The Boeing	1
#20	Steven J. Meyer	Boston Scientific Scimed	1
#20	Duy K. Lehuu	3M	1
#20	John Stasny	Commscope Technologies	1
#20	Shannon R.A. Harnden	3M	1
#20	Matthew T. Zabel	3M	1
#20	Colleen Marie Bouthilet	Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	1
#20	John F. Carlson	Endoevolution	1
#20	Jeffrey A. Peterson	3M	1
#20	Robert Barrett	Magnomatics Limited	1
#20	Chester Leach	3M	1
#20	Anthony B. Ferguson	3M	1
#20	Robert E. Atkinson	Scimed Life Systems	1
#20	Raymond P. Johnston	3M	1
#20	Kim M. Vogel	3M	1
#20	James Skarda	Medtronic	1
#20	Michael John Rufenacht	—	1
#20	Adam John Lorang	The Toro	1
#20	Joan T. Moseman	3M	1
#20	Chad R. Wold	3M	1
#20	Douglas A. Lindholm	—	1
#20	Susan M. Hendricks	3M	1
#20	Matthew D. Moore	North Carolina State University	1
#20	Patrick E. Dean	—	1
#20	Mark Steven Citsay	Tennant	1
#20	James A. Duppong	J&L Wire Cloth	1

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Lake Elmo, MN 2021