Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Chatfield, MN ranks #5,430 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 478 patents from 40 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chatfield, MN include Globalfoundries, IBM, Rochester Medical. That works out to 159.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–40 of 40 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthew S. Doyle Globalfoundries 154
2 Gary R. Ricard IBM 61
3 Anthony J. Conway Rochester Medical 52
#4 Philip J. Conway Rochester Medical 28
#5 Matthew S. Doyle IBM 24
#6 Allan B. Dietz Mayo Foundation 23
#7 Steven L. Aylsworth Acer Incorporated 15
#8 Conrad F. Fingerson Geotek 13
#8 Mark W. Pagnano Depuy Synthes Products 13
#10 Richard W. Luoma IBM 9
#11 Kristiann J. Schultz IBM 8
#11 Ryan Charles Kivimagi IBM 8
#11 Kathryn R. Steinbrink IBM 8
#14 Bruce A. Nelson Cessna Aircraft 6
#14 Todd E. Johnson IBM 6
#16 Jason Robert Hansen IBM 5
#17 Peter R. Conway Carter Wallace 4
#18 Kevin Jon Carr 3
#18 Loren L. Isensee 3
#18 Wayne K. Carrigan IBM 3
#18 Jeffrey E. Thompson IBM 3
#18 Noble M. Salisbury 3
#23 Nathan Carl Mandelko IBM 2
#23 James Fred Daily IBM 2
#23 John Fingerson Geotek 2
#23 Gary D. Bren Mayo Foundation 2
#23 Lawrence Lester Lange Geotek 2
#23 Richard D. Fryer, Jr. Rochester Medical 2
#23 Lynn Eugene Asher 2
#23 Raymond L. Cimijotti IBM 2
#31 Jay Peter Obey IBM 1
#31 Benjamin St. Mane Conway Halcon 1
#31 Timothy Michael Simpson 1
#31 Antony J. Conway 1
#31 James A. Conway Mentor Partners 1
#31 William R. Brueck 1
#31 Kay Christine Conway 1
#31 Donald L. Mabe IBM 1
#31 Paul Jewison Omni Solutions 1
#31 Edwin Scott Reichmann IBM 1

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