Top Inventors in Anoka, MN | Patent Leaderboard

Anoka, MN ranks #2,501 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,241 patents from 225 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Anoka, MN include Medtronic, Cardiac Pacemakers, Pumptec. That works out to 69.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 225 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	David E. Francischelli	Medtronic	74
2	Joseph F. Lessar	Medtronic	51
3	Roger W. Dahl	Cardiac Pacemakers	40
#4	James E. Cook	Pumptec	39
#5	Grant Adams	Smiths Medical Asd	38
#6	Larry C. McNeff	Sartec	35
#6	Bryan V. Hunt	3M	35
#8	Ross A. Olson	Bridgepoint Medical	33
#9	David B. Morris	Boston Scientific Limited	30
#10	Donald D. Maurer	Empi	29
#11	William J. Taylor	Medtronic	26
#12	Glenn M. Roline	Medtronic	23
#13	Jeremy Fink	Hydro International	22
#14	Brian P. Colin	Medtronic	21
#14	James E. Grinde	Yamaha Motor	21
#16	Edward DiDomenico	Medtronic	20
#17	Jack Erickson	Alliant Techsystems	19
#17	Dennis Borgwarth	Bae Systems Land & Armaments	19
#19	Allan T. Hurst	Honeywell	18
#20	Allan H. Jevne	Medtronic	17
#21	Michael E. Bloom	Graco Minnesota	16
#22	Ronald G. Rosene	Wilson Tool International	13
#22	Ronald J. Sanders	—	13
#22	Cynthia R. Nelson	Evenflo Company	13
#25	John R. Burgeson	Wildlife Research Center	12
#25	James D. Vogel	Imi Cornelius	12
#25	Peter G. Greuel	Sartec	12
#28	Nicholas H. Reath	Graco Minnesota	11
#28	Douglas R. Hanson	Oliver Products	11
#28	Harry Hoffman	Bemis Manufacturing	11
#31	James W. Geoffrion	General Mills	10
#31	Richard R. Miller	Southwire Company	10
#31	Duane M. Butler	Calix	10
#31	Paul Henry	Imi Cornelius	10
#35	William J. Klimczak	Dustex	9
#35	Samuel A. Blankenship	Skytron	9
#35	Peter B. Blankenship	Skytron	9
#35	James F. Torgerson	Hi/Fn	9
#35	Creg W. Dance	Lake Region Manufacturing	9
#40	Edward Di Domenico	—	8
#40	Jerald M. Loy	Honeywell	8
#40	David J. Stanton	Medtronic	8
#43	Jeffrey T. Bruin	Delta Industrial Services	7
#43	Brian B. Tasson	Honeywell	7
#43	Prashanth Hegde	Zimmer	7
#43	Timothy J. Doering	Bae Systems Land & Armaments	7
#43	Brian L. Mordick	Federal-Hoffman	7
#43	Curtis J. Rothi	Independent Natural Resources	7
#49	J. Mark Brassil	Unisys	6
#49	Justin A. Carbone	Vista Outdoor Operations	6

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