Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Northfield, MN ranks #3,702 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 31 patents from 17 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Northfield, MN include Monsanto Technology, Retail Design Services, Sage Electrochromics. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–17 of 17 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott A. Bergemann Monsanto Technology 5
2 John Robert Ebling Retail Design Services 4
2 Gary Robert Ebling Retail Design Services 4
#4 Bryan D. Greer Sage Electrochromics 3
#5 Scott Kelly Syngenta Participations Ag 2
#5 Andrew G. Stevens Leeo 2
#7 James Pokorney Duke University 1
#7 Jackie R. Gust The Toro 1
#7 Doug Pelleymounter Advanced Energy Industries 1
#7 John L. Battiste 3M 1
#7 Christopher J. Ludewig Calamp 1
#7 Ian L. Roback 1
#7 Gary Singer Seagate Technology 1
#7 James Zoll Google 1
#7 Erik Paddock Cvf Motorsports 1
#7 Blake Howald Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre Gmbh 1
#7 Bill Parsons Harbor Industries 1

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