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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Windom, MN ranks #489 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 278 patents from 202 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Windom, MN include 3M, Pain Teq, Stratasys. That works out to 57.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 202 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jacob D. Young 3M 6
2 Charles Girsch Pain Teq 5
3 Michael Benton Free 3M 4
3 Nicholas A. Asendorf 3M 4
3 William J. Swanson Stratasys 4
3 Amy Jean Brisben Cardiac Pacemakers 4
3 Carsten Franke 3M 4
3 Thomas J. Metzler 3M 4
#9 Jeffrey P. Kalish 3M 3
#9 Federica Sgolastra 3M 3
#9 Timothy G. Badar Commscope Technologies 3
#9 Hallie L. Stevens Dv International 3
#9 Ernest L. Thurber 3M 3
#9 Corinne E. Lipscomb 3M 3
#9 Scott A. Entenman Augustine Temperature Management 3
#9 Thomas J. Gilbert 3M 3
#9 Brock Mueggenborg Ecolab Usa 3
#9 Britton G. Billingsley 3M 3
#19 Sean M. Cory 3M 2
#19 Joseph Prescott Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#19 Max Carideo Graco Minnesota 2
#19 Kevin M. Hamer 3M 2
#19 Moira B. Sweeney Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#19 Christopher R. Yungers 3M 2
#19 Alexander J. Huffman 3M 2
#19 Lisa P. Chen 3M 2
#19 Liting Zhang Toyota 2
#19 Daniel J. O'Neal 3M 2
#19 Lauren K. Carlson 2
#19 Peter Anderson Honeywell 2
#19 Vivek Krishnan 3M 2
#19 Nathaniel K. Naismith 3M 2
#19 Cass A. Hanson Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#19 Robert L. Assell Trans1 2
#19 Paul Huelskamp Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#19 Serkan Yurt 3M 2
#19 Connor M. Pelletier-Sutton 3M 2
#19 Mario J. Costello Apple 2
#19 Sunday Jo Hoy Tactile Systems Technology 2
#19 Brent Velenchenko Tenacious Holdings 2
#19 Terry R. Hobbs 3M 2
#19 Rachael Anne Bergstrom Crabb Coloplast A/S 2
#19 Tim Bachman Juvalips 2
#19 Jason Paul Johnson Donaldson Company 2
#19 Gregory M. Poynter Cargill, Incorporated 2
#19 Eric Whitbrook Hologic 2
#19 Joshua Thompson Thompson Brothers & Company 2
#48 Steve E. Lentsch Ecolab Usa 1
#48 Stephen W. Mohn 3M 1
#48 Joseph Funk Ergotron 1

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