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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Winona, MN ranks #2,681 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 47 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Winona, MN include Watlow Electric Manufacturing, Hill-Rom Services, Ticona. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William Bohlinger Watlow Electric Manufacturing 3
1 Stanton Hopkins Breitlow Hill-Rom Services 3
1 Bret Wadewitz Watlow Electric Manufacturing 3
1 Mark L. G. Hoven Watlow Electric Manufacturing 3
1 Jeremy J. Quandt Watlow Electric Manufacturing 3
1 James Hentges Watlow Electric Manufacturing 3
1 Timothy L. Tibor Ticona 3
1 Craig Thomas Yehle Ravin Crossbows 3
#9 Eric MEECH Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#9 John Bergen Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#9 Robert A. Pape Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#9 Bruce R. Kline Simmonds Precision Products 2
#9 Ronald Clare Hawley Integrated Composite Products 2
#14 Emily Ruff University of Minnesota 1
#14 Joshua M. Duellman Rosemount 1
#14 Mark Ellinghuysen Unknown 1
#14 Tim Regan Microsoft 1
#14 Steve Napieralski Oz Lifting Products 1
#14 Sharil Kirschman-Rollag Poet Research 1
#14 David W. Eastep Ticona 1
#14 John Rohde Watlow Electric Manufacturing 1
#14 Timothy A. Regan Ticona 1
#14 Doug Paul Pozanc Wagner Spray Tech 1
#14 Daniel Scott Amundson 1
#14 Robert Borgen Colorado Tripod Company 1
#14 Aaron H. Johnson Ticona 1

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