Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Minnetonka, MN ranks #702 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 202 patents from 106 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Minnetonka, MN include King Show Games, King Technology, Augustine Biomedical + Design. That works out to 3.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 106 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bradley Berman King Show Games 11
2 Terry Goeman King Technology 10
3 Randall C. Arnold Augustine Biomedical + Design 9
#4 Darrin M. Swagel Expectations 8
#4 Thomas E. McKinney, II Ohc Ip Holdings 8
#6 Joseph P. Higgins Cardiovascular Systems 6
#7 Eric H. Bonde Medtronic 4
#7 Marshall T. Masko I-Lumen Scientific 4
#7 Xuan K. Wei Medtronic 4
#7 William J. Drasler Boston Scientific Scimed 4
#7 Robert D. Juntunen Honeywell 4
#7 Matthew Srnec Thermo King 4
#13 Brad Paine Ademco 3
#13 James Russell Webster Qorvo Us 3
#13 Daniel Goodman Alarm.Com Incorporated 3
#13 Russell L. Sanders Thermo King 3
#13 Blake Petersen Honeywell 3
#18 Michael J. Kern Medtronic 2
#18 Marcus N. SCHMIDT Municipal Parking Services 2
#18 Nathaniel Kraft Ademco 2
#18 Nina M. Graves Medtronic 2
#18 Bernhard Hering University of Minnesota 2
#18 Wentao Lu U.S. Bancorp, National Association 2
#18 Wei Yang Honeywell 2
#18 Thomas W. McMullin Cargill, Incorporated 2
#18 Victor Boris Sapozhnikov Seagate Technology 2
#18 Christophe Biehlmann Entrust Datacard 2
#18 Manuel A. Vega Zepeda Cima Labs 2
#18 Dan Wenning Rockler Companies 2
#18 Erik J. Hovland Medtronic 2
#18 Victor I. Chornenky Minnesota Medical Physics 2
#18 Saravana B. Kumar 4C Medical Technologies 2
#18 Noam Harel University of Minnesota 2
#18 Todd A. Impola Caterpillar 2
#18 Jeffrey P. Ellingson Ecolab Usa 2
#18 Jeffrey R. Stone Cardiovascular Systems 2
#18 Stephen K. Sundquist Prostacare Pty 2
#18 Joseph A. Daniski Graco Minnesota 2
#18 Scott L. Sjoquist Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#40 Thomas Anthony Lindquist Code42 Software 1
#40 David Scott Ebsen Seagate Technology 1
#40 Manmohan Singh Gulati Bl Technologies 1
#40 James B. Skarie Unknown 1
#40 Jesen Surjadi Optum 1
#40 Keith Guggenberger Lantos Technologies 1
#40 Karen M. Kensok 1
#40 Paul B. Koeneman Harris 1
#40 Jay Zachary Owens Rockler Companies 1
#40 Dominic F. Mannella Stratasys 1
#40 John C. Velure I-Lumen Scientific 1

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