Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Saint Paul, MN ranks #414 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 339 patents from 166 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Saint Paul, MN include Ecolab Usa, Honeywell, Ergotron.

Showing 1–50 of 166 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Carter M. Silvernail Ecolab Usa 16
2 Richard Staub Ecolab Usa 13
3 Junzhong Li Ecolab Usa 12
#4 Neil A. Krueger Honeywell 11
#5 Ashish Dhawan Ecolab Usa 10
#6 Victor Fuk-Pong Man Ecolab Usa 9
#7 Derrick Richard Anderson Ecolab Usa 8
#8 Erik C. Olson Ecolab Usa 7
#9 Kun Xiong Ecolab Usa 6
#9 David J. Prince Ergotron 6
#11 Amanda Ruth Blattner Ecolab Usa 5
#11 Philip E. Watson X Development 5
#13 Derek Harris Eyesafe 4
#13 Yvonne Marie Killeen Ecolab Usa 4
#13 Alan K. Nachtigal 3M 4
#13 Christian Richard Trifilio Chemistry Design Werks 4
#13 Charles Allen Hodge Ecolab Usa 4
#13 Mark Levitt Ecolab Usa 4
#13 Eric Julius Donaldson Eastman Kodak 4
#13 Kyle Harish Srivastava 4
#21 Andrew J. Ouderkirk 3M 3
#21 Kim R. Solomon Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Joseph R. Wegner Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian Ecolab Usa 3
#21 John D. Norton Medtronic 3
#21 Jayakanth Kankanala Nuvation Bio 3
#21 Nicholas E. Beattie Regalo International 3
#21 Caleb Power Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Adam Eric Funkenbusch Samsara 3
#21 Paul Frazer Schacht Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Brian G. Linehan Carlson Pet Products 3
#21 Duy Tran Viettel Group 3
#21 Janel Marie Kieffer Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Robert J. Ryther Ecolab Usa 3
#21 Colin M. O'Donnell Bedford Industries 3
#36 Keith Willard The Toronto-Dominion Bank 2
#36 Lisa M. Sanders Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Wendy Lo Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Stephen W. Stein 3M 2
#36 Catherine Hanson Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Gyusung Park University of Minnesota 2
#36 Nicholas Schleder Cardinal Ig 2
#36 Terrence P. Everson Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Allison Brewster Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Lee J. Monsrud Ecolab Usa 2
#36 David Dotzauer Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Cynthia Bunders Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Steven J. Lange Ecolab Usa 2
#36 Brandon Herdt Ecolab Usa 2
#36 John Mansergh Ecolab Usa 2

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