Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Blaine, MN ranks #783 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,338 patents from 570 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Blaine, MN include Medtronic, Cardiac Pacemakers, Tandem Diabetes Care. That works out to 61.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 570 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Subham Ghosh Medtronic 141
2 David L. Perschbacher Cardiac Pacemakers 125
3 Michael L. Blomquist Tandem Diabetes Care 99
#4 John M. Swoyer Medtronic 94
#5 Karen J. Kleckner Medtronic 92
#6 Arthur J. Foster Cardiac Pacemakers 91
#7 John E. Burnes Medtronic 87
#8 Richard P. Riedel Target Brands 86
#8 Ramesh Wariar Cardiac Pacemakers 86
#10 Nathaniel Zenz-Olson Rotation Medical 74
#11 Rodolphe Katra Medtronic 70
#12 Jason J. Hamann Cardiac Pacemakers 67
#13 John C. Oslund 66
#14 Peter Andrew Crosby Mainstay Medical Limited 49
#14 Prashant Rawat Mainstay Medical Limited 49
#16 Vladimir P. Nikolski Medtronic 47
#17 Gregory F. Molnar Medtronic 46
#17 Gabriela C. Molnar Medtronic 46
#19 Gregory Young Ademco 43
#19 Charles Anthony Plowe Cardio Flow 43
#21 John D. Ockuly Daig 42
#22 John C. Stroebel Medtronic 41
#23 Paul R. Solheim Medtronic 40
#24 Cassandra Ann Piippo Svendsen Cardiovascular Systems 39
#25 Dominic Grey Csav 37
#26 Thomas I. Miller Medtronic 35
#27 John R. Pendray Seagate Technology 34
#28 Stacy Stusynski Sleep Number 33
#29 Richard J. Olson Boston Scientific Scimed 31
#29 Bo Zhang Medtronic 31
#29 Benjamin Fruland Covidien Lp 31
#29 Bruce Allen Boehrs Donaldson Company 31
#33 Richard Goodin Boston Scientific Scimed 30
#33 Charles E. Peters Medtronic 30
#35 Robert K. Johnson Colder Products 28
#35 Jacob John Daly 28
#37 Alexander J. Hill Medtronic 26
#38 Daniel J. Johnson Clearfield 25
#39 William Anderson Lockheed Martin 24
#39 George K. Smithwick Target Brands 24
#41 Nicholas A. Pagano Graco Minnesota 23
#42 Steven P. Swanson 3M 22
#43 Jeffrey Zimmerman Ecowater Systems 21
#43 Joel R. Munsinger Boston Scientific Scimed 21
#45 Robert G. Logan Target Brands 20
#45 Rodney H. Thorland Honeywell 20
#47 Joseph F. Carter 19
#47 Vincent P. Ganion Medtronic 19
#47 Charles Dolezalek Banner Engineering 19
#47 Troy A. Giese Cardiac Pacemakers 19

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