Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brooklyn Park, MN ranks #893 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,693 patents from 615 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brooklyn Park, MN include Honeywell, Scimed Life Systems, Johnstech International. That works out to 42.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 615 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven J. Eickhoff Honeywell 93
2 David J. Blaeser Scimed Life Systems 83
2 John E. Nelson Johnstech International 83
#4 Timothy J. Martell Target Brands 81
#5 William C. Phillips Medtronic 63
#6 Edward L. Grivna Cypress Semiconductor 60
#7 Kyle P. Taylor Interrad Medical 56
#8 Terrell M. Williams Medtronic 53
#8 Randy L. Morningstar Coloplast A/S 53
#10 Jason P. Hill Boston Scientific Scimed 48
#11 Nicholas A. Oetken Caterpillar 47
#12 David W. Anderson Gt Urological 45
#13 Anna M. Hegdahl 3M 40
#13 Vladimir Grubac Medtronic 40
#15 Mark S. Lent Medtronic 39
#15 Kenneth B. Stokes Medtronic 39
#17 Mark K. Erickson Medtronic 35
#18 David E. Babcock Surmodics 32
#19 William D. Splain Target Brands 29
#19 Brian Glasbrenner Air Cool Industrial Co. 29
#21 Chou Thao St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 28
#21 Mohammad Aljabari Honeywell 28
#21 Steven McClurg Coloplast A/S 28
#24 David W. Meyers Honeywell 27
#25 Daniel Frank Massimini Boston Scientific Scimed 26
#26 Dennis A. Peiffer Boston Scientific Scimed 25
#26 Gail Beth Bynum Smiths Medical Asd 25
#28 Joshua Mark Inouye Boston Scientific Scimed 24
#29 Eric Nickel US Dept of Veterans Affairs 23
#29 Adam D. Grovender Boston Scientific Scimed 23
#29 Brian L. Dukart Anulex Technologies 23
#29 Prabhakar A. Tamirisa Medtronic 23
#29 Kevin D. McIntosh Medtronic 23
#34 Jeffrey H. Vogel Covidien Lp 22
#34 Thomas J. Pennaz Deluxe 22
#34 Dean F. Funk General Mills 22
#37 James S. Bell Dell Usa 21
#37 Brent Anderson Cti Industries 21
#37 David A. Chizek Cardiac Pacemakers 21
#40 Nao Lee Boston Scientific Scimed 20
#40 Michael Carpenter Robert Bosch Gmbh 20
#40 Timothy Parmer Mayo Foundation 20
#40 Gary W. Rosengren Tolomatic 20
#40 Richard O'Brien Societe Bic 20
#45 Bruce H. Neilson Urologix 19
#45 Derek V. Moe Cima Labs 19
#47 John Her College Kids, Llp 18
#47 James E. Lenz Honeywell 18
#47 David B. Krig Cardiac Pacemakers 18
#50 Timothy B. Petrick Entellus Medical 17

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