Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chanhassen, MN ranks #1,321 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,544 patents from 392 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chanhassen, MN include Seagate Technology, Commscope Technologies, Medtronic. That works out to 98.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 392 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Xiaobin Wang Seagate Technology 175
2 Jon D. Trantham Seagate Technology 108
3 Soutsada Vongseng Commscope Technologies 70
#4 Philip J. Haarstad Medtronic 54
#5 Alan W. Hecht Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 51
#6 Douglas Duchon Acist Medical Systems 49
#6 Joseph W. Kieffer Wagner Spray Tech 49
#8 James R. Scott Donaldson Company 47
#9 Richard L. Nelson Rosemount 46
#10 Michael Karl Sacha Starkey Laboratories 44
#10 Kamlesh G. Patel Commscope Technologies 44
#10 Al Hecht Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 44
#13 David B. Robinson Bridgepoint Medical 41
#14 Holly Jean Jessen Cargill, Incorporated 38
#15 Catherine A. Pipenhagen St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 33
#15 Robert Joel Wolter Anchor Wall Systems 33
#17 Brian Brent Naslund Rosemount Aerospace 26
#17 James H. Arps Southwest Research Institute 26
#19 Max C. Glenn Honeywell 25
#20 Diza Braksmayer Fmc 24
#20 Russ V. Raschke Entegris 24
#20 Steven D. Kloos GE 24
#20 Barry A. Trent Architecture Technology 24
#24 Robert L. Skubic Stratasys 23
#25 Russell J. Holmes Rasirc 22
#25 Marcos Peluso Fieldbus Foundation 22
#25 Kevin Atkinson Hangerlogic 22
#28 Wesley J. Hawkinson Honeywell 19
#28 Philip O. Isaacson Nonin Medical 19
#30 David Kubisiak Honeywell 18
#30 Carolyn Majkrzak Medtronic 18
#32 Christine Marie Haissig Honeywell 16
#32 Nan Zhou Seagate Technology 16
#32 Joseph M. Caldwell Municipal Parking Services 16
#35 Ian J. Gilbert Seagate Technology 15
#35 Ned Tabat Seagate Technology 15
#35 Hamdy A. Elwakil E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 15
#35 Steven Emerson 15
#35 Doug Duchon Acist Medical Systems 15
#40 Danny J. Vatland Lasermaster 14
#40 Larry G. Dressen Empak 14
#40 Wallace Stephen Hubbard Thermo King 14
#40 Christopher Goh Honeywell 14
#44 Robert Rabe Honeywell 13
#44 Jason C. Isenburg Clemson University 13
#44 Mark C. Miller Perkinelmer 13
#44 Andrew Schaffer Clearstream Technologies Limited 13
#48 Joseph S. Perttu Angeion 12
#48 Mike Sacha Starkey Laboratories 12
#48 Robert Thorbus Arc Suppression Technologies 12

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