Minnesota — Patent Inventors 2025

Top Cities in Minnesota 2025

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Minneapolis, MN	1,121	797
#2	Woodbury, MN	515	250
#3	Okabena, MN	475	299
#4	Rochester, MN	428	218
#5	Plymouth, MN	352	198
#6	Eden Prairie, MN	333	188
#7	Saint Paul, MN	324	178
#8	Maple Grove, MN	304	187
#9	Shoreview, MN	191	89
#10	Blaine, MN	188	93
#11	Edina, MN	174	82
#12	Minnetonka, MN	150	100
#13	Bloomington, MN	143	84
#14	Eagan, MN	134	75
#15	Shanghai, MN	129	15
#16	Stillwater, MN	123	66
#17	Lakeville, MN	105	61
#18	St. Louis Park, MN	105	64
#19	Andover, MN	94	55
#20	Beijing, MN	93	21
#21	Lino Lakes, MN	93	56
#22	Seoul, MN	93	9
#23	Brooklyn Park, MN	86	57
#24	Roseville, MN	79	42
#25	North Oaks, MN	78	29

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	Joshua D. Rocholl	Rochester	Oshkosh	24
2	Fufa H. Birru	Willmar	Monsanto Technology	21
3	Zachary L. Klein	Rochester	Oshkosh	20
3	Martin E. Davis	Excelsior	Cambria Company	20
3	Jon Louis Grzeskowiak, II	Prior Lake	Cambria Company	20
3	Clinton T. Weckwerth	Pine Island	Oshkosh	20
3	Derek A. Wente	Austin	Oshkosh	20
#8	Summer Lane Kath	Eden Prairie	Cambria Company	18
#8	Vincent Hoover	Byron	Oshkosh	18
#10	Emily Davis	Rochester	Oshkosh	17
#10	Sheila M. Oberaigner	Minneapolis	Covidien Lp	17
#12	Gilles J. Benoit	Minneapolis	Humanscale	16
#12	Joseph K. Vail	Lonsdale	Cvf Motorsports	16
#12	Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery	Woodbury	Cisco	16
#15	Cody D. Clifton	Mapleton	Oshkosh	15
#16	Adam D. Haag	Woodbury	3M	14
#16	Junzhong Li	Saint Paul	Ecolab Usa	14
#16	John Rondoni	Plymouth	Inspire Medical Systems	14
#16	Ying Zhang	Woodbury	Toyota	14
#20	Kester J. Batchelor	Mound	Gyrus Acmi	13
#20	Todd J. Sheldon	North Oaks	Medtronic	13
#20	Carter M. Silvernail	Saint Paul	Ecolab Usa	13
#20	Skylar A. Wachter	Dodge Center	Oshkosh	13
#24	Muhammad Adeel	Edina	Whp Workflow Solutions	12
#24	Robert S. Schwartz	Inver Grove Heights	Autonomix Medical	12