Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Byron, MN ranks #2,914 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,049 patents from 105 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Byron, MN include IBM, Oshkosh, New Focus. That works out to 166.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 105 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roger A. Mittelstadt IBM 128
2 Vincent Hoover Oshkosh 89
3 Aspen L. Payton IBM 59
#4 Bradley W. Fawcett IBM 50
#4 Jeffrey Michael Ryan IBM 50
#6 Chad A. Adams IBM 49
#7 John L. Colbert IBM 42
#7 Brian T. Vanderpool IBM 42
#9 Charles D. Wait IBM 35
#10 Andrew Henry Wottreng IBM 34
#11 Kent Harold Haselhorst IBM 31
#12 Francis S. Luecke New Focus 29
#13 Jay Smith Mayo Foundation 25
#14 Cynthia H. McCollough Mayo Foundation 24
#15 David W. Siljenberg IBM 23
#16 Lonny Lambrecht IBM 19
#17 David G. Lund IBM 18
#18 Daniel Rodman Hicks IBM 14
#18 Kevin G. Plotz IBM 14
#20 Colin R. Devilbiss IBM 13
#21 Paul R. Chmielewski IBM 10
#22 John L. Beck IBM 9
#22 Leonard P. Bauman Truth Hardware 9
#24 Thomas A. Liebsch IBM 8
#24 Jerome E. Koskovich Mitek Holdings 8
#24 Pernell James Dykes IBM 8
#24 Lowell Thomason IBM 8
#24 Calvin Charles Paynton IBM 8
#29 Robert Jansen Texas Instruments 6
#29 Jerry Leroy Von Berge IBM 6
#29 Lee A. Jacobson IBM 6
#29 David Paurus HGST 6
#29 Scott A. Strissel IBM 6
#34 Jane A. Vold IBM 5
#34 Douglas Zuercher HGST 5
#34 Tracy Kim Burroughs IBM 5
#34 Charles Aaron Robeck Verizon 5
#34 Gary R. Brophy IBM 5
#34 Ankur Kanu Patel IBM 5
#34 Brett J. Reese IBM 5
#34 Ralph W. Scheidecker IBM 5
#34 Rodney L. Rabe IBM 5
#34 Terry L. Sobotta IBM 5
#44 Louise Ann Marier IBM 4
#44 Mark A. Brodhun IBM 4
#44 Paul S. Halverson IBM 4
#44 Byron T. Watts IBM 4
#44 Bradley L. Martin IBM 4
#44 David R. Larson HP 4
#44 Ryan J. Roudebush Mcneilus Truck And Manufacturing 4

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