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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Albany, MN ranks #27,390 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 38 patents from 9 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Albany, MN include Avon Plastics, Honeywell, Arctic Cat. That works out to 13.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–9 of 9 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald J. Reum Avon Plastics 14
2 Arlon J. Gilk 8
3 John Evers Honeywell 6
#4 Erick John Halvorson Arctic Cat 5
#5 Harold Desautel 1
#5 Jakob Gilk 1
#5 Dennis D. Finken 1
#5 Ken Loehlein 1
#5 Jeffrey Oscar Westlund 1

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