Minnesota — Patent Inventors 2024

Top Cities in Minnesota 2024

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Minneapolis, MN	1,516	948
#2	Woodbury, MN	729	330
#3	Rochester, MN	689	333
#4	Plymouth, MN	509	243
#5	Okabena, MN	460	222
#6	Eden Prairie, MN	443	219
#7	Maple Grove, MN	441	220
#8	Saint Paul, MN	367	179
#9	Shoreview, MN	250	111
#10	Minnetonka, MN	249	135
#11	Edina, MN	235	109
#12	Bloomington, MN	229	126
#13	Windom, MN	224	162
#14	Blaine, MN	216	106
#15	St. Louis Park, MN	178	101
#16	Eagan, MN	175	94
#17	Shanghai, MN	173	18
#18	Stillwater, MN	170	86
#19	Seoul, MN	160	11
#20	Andover, MN	148	65
#21	Lakeville, MN	144	81
#22	Roseville, MN	141	62
#23	Chanhassen, MN	136	61
#24	Lino Lakes, MN	127	67
#25	Brooklyn Park, MN	125	80

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Joshua D. Rocholl	Rochester	Oshkosh	34
2	Fufa H. Birru	Willmar	Monsanto Technology	32
3	Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery	Woodbury	Cisco	29
#4	Clinton T. Weckwerth	Pine Island	Oshkosh	28
#4	Zachary L. Klein	Rochester	Oshkosh	28
#6	Vincent Hoover	Byron	Oshkosh	26
#7	Cody D. Clifton	Mapleton	Oshkosh	24
#7	Martin E. Davis	Excelsior	Cambria Company	24
#7	Jon Louis Grzeskowiak, II	Prior Lake	Cambria Company	24
#10	Carter M. Silvernail	Saint Paul	Ecolab Usa	23
#11	Derek A. Wente	Austin	Oshkosh	22
#11	Skylar A. Wachter	Dodge Center	Oshkosh	22
#13	Summer Lane Kath	Eden Prairie	Cambria Company	21
#13	Kester J. Batchelor	Mound	Gyrus Acmi	21
#15	Bin Ma	Roseville	Comcast	17
#15	Robert S. Schwartz	Inver Grove Heights	Autonomix Medical	17
#17	Gilles J. Benoit	Minneapolis	Humanscale	16
#17	David A. Dinsmoor	North Oaks	Medtronic	16
#17	Adam D. Haag	Woodbury	3M	16
#20	Thomas Guzik	Edina	Whp Workflow Solutions	15
#20	John Rondoni	Plymouth	Inspire Medical Systems	15
#20	Emily Davis	Rochester	Oshkosh	15
#20	Yu Lu	Eden Prairie	Commscope Technologies	15
#20	Ashish Dhawan	Saint Paul	Ecolab Usa	15
#25	John A. Wheatley	Stillwater	3M	14