Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Minneapolis, MN ranks #97 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 1,299 patents from 782 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Minneapolis, MN include Target Brands, Landscape Forms, Cardiac Pacemakers. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 782 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Terrence J. Hornsby, Jr. Target Brands 14
2 Shane Coen Landscape Forms 13
2 Robin Ganser Landscape Forms 13
2 G. Shantanu Reddy Cardiac Pacemakers 13
#5 Jeremy A. Clark Target Brands 11
#5 Steven C. Zimmel Commscope Technologies 11
#7 Jennifer M. Alexander Carrier 10
#8 Brandon Jon LaPlante Ubtech Robotics Corp 8
#8 Saber Taghvaeeyan AT&T 8
#10 James J. Solheid Commscope Technologies 7
#10 Sean P. Fleury Boston Scientific Scimed 7
#10 Gilles J. Benoit Humanscale 7
#10 Edward C. McGlaughlin Micron 7
#10 Keith G. Lurie Advanced Circulatory Systems 7
#10 Ryan S. Augustine Augustine Biomedical + Design 7
#16 Gregory Lisso Target Brands 6
#16 David R. Wulfman Cardiac Pacemakers 6
#16 David Dieken Inspire Medical Systems 6
#16 David R. Giannino Warsaw Orthopedic 6
#16 Zachary J. Tegels St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 6
#16 Richard T. Stone Medtronic 6
#22 James B. Snyder 3M 5
#22 Yanfeng Jiang University of Minnesota 5
#22 Sara L. Pedersen Target Brands 5
#22 Dean Peterson Teleflex Life Sciences 5
#22 Beau Webber University of Minnesota 5
#22 Conrad Hancock Barski Raise Marketplace 5
#22 Brian J. Rush Cargill, Incorporated 5
#22 Kristian Dior Gamble Tactile Systems Technology 5
#22 Branden Moriarity University of Minnesota 5
#22 Thea L. Feyereisen Honeywell 5
#22 Keith L. Herrmann Cardiac Pacemakers 5
#22 Michael James Vanous Thermo King 5
#34 Kelly A. Volp 3M 4
#34 Jonathan Anderson Land O'Lakes 4
#34 Cynthia O'Connor Ohc Ip Holdings 4
#34 Matthew R. Smith Securus Technologies 4
#34 Michael Ekholm Aqseptence Group 4
#34 Matthew D. Chaffee 3M 4
#34 David John Onushko Boston Scientific Scimed 4
#34 Brian D. Goers 3M 4
#34 Christopher R. Jones Ademco 4
#34 Edwin J. Hlavka Rebiotix 4
#34 Beau Jay Polinske Starkey Laboratories 4
#34 Kristofer C. Conklin Seagate Technology 4
#34 Brian T. Edgar Seagate Technology 4
#34 Scott E. Denby Target Brands 4
#34 Scott C. Fahrenkrug Recombinetics 4
#34 Tristan A. Van de Moortele Cardiovascular Systems 4
#34 Robert S. Raike Medtronic 4

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