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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Waconia, MN ranks #2,681 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 47 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waconia, MN include Perftech, Covidien Lp, Rosemount. That works out to 3.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jonathan E. Schmidt Perftech 5
2 David M. Costello Covidien Lp 4
2 Douglas P. Riemer 4
2 Nicholas Aaron Wienhold Rosemount 4
#5 Eric M. Chinnock 3M 3
#6 Ryan N. Ruzicka 2
#6 Ryan Kostecka Commscope Technologies 2
#6 John R. Ballard Apple 2
#6 Kevin Alstrin Eaton 2
#10 Forrest Christopher Hach GE 1
#10 Craig Walter Oeding Ags 1
#10 Craig M. Standish Adc Telecommunications 1
#10 Aaron Louis Floeter Cardiac Pacemakers 1
#10 Jackie Rieck King Technology 1
#10 David S. Bedford University of Minnesota 1
#10 Philip D. Burandt Landscape Structures 1
#10 Scott B. Olson O.S. Designs 1
#10 David Matthew Strei Rosemount 1
#10 Charles Groepper Mts Systems 1
#10 Gray I. Rentz Polaris Industries 1
#10 Michael Guethling 1
#10 Austin Paul Strong Design Ready Controls 1
#10 Ronald A. Goldschmidt Verizon 1
#10 Steve Bruesehoff Medtronic 1
#10 Craig Zimmerman Bwt Holding Gmbh 1
#10 Joshua Rands 1
#10 Casey Murray Starkey Laboratories 1
#10 Dustin Degen Starkey Laboratories 1

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