Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Coon Rapids, MN ranks #1,248 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,698 patents from 498 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Coon Rapids, MN include Medtronic, Interrad Medical, Cvrx. That works out to 42.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 498 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Wade M. Demmer Medtronic 113
2 Jeffrey M. Gillberg Medtronic 112
3 John L. Sommer Medtronic 89
#4 Timothy J. Claude Interrad Medical 61
#5 Jonathan P. Roberts Medtronic 42
#5 Robert M. Skime Medtronic 42
#5 Martin A. Rossing Cvrx 42
#8 Michael D. Baudino Medtronic 41
#9 Warren W. Ball Medtronic 40
#9 Allen Gaynor Coloplast A/S 40
#11 Gary A. Lattin Alza 39
#12 James F. Kelley Medtronic 36
#13 William C. Carlson Weyerhaeuser Nr 32
#14 James E. Poole Ppg Industries Ohio 31
#15 Timothy J. Davis Medtronic 30
#16 Steve Donald Krohmer Rockler Companies 29
#17 Raymond W. Usher Medtronic 28
#18 Thomas Herbst Dyckerhoff & Widmann 27
#18 Kenneth B. Kidder Honeywell 27
#20 Steven Paul Bennett Anchor Wall Systems 24
#20 Norman E. Williams Pioneer (Corteva) 24
#22 Daniel R. Greeninger Medtronic 23
#22 William Juliar Donaldson Company 23
#22 David M. Lund Lund Industries 23
#25 David Hendrickson Urotronic 22
#25 Mark L. Bauck Graco Minnesota 22
#27 Steven Krohmer Rockler Companies 21
#28 Anthony J. Kuschel Graco Minnesota 20
#28 John M. Hedin Adc Telecommunications 20
#30 Jeffrey L. Anderson S. C. Johnson Commercial Markets 19
#30 Larry A. McNichols Alza 19
#32 Jerry D. Reiland Medtronic 18
#32 George F. Nelson New Holland North America 18
#34 Piotr Przybyszewski Medtronic 17
#34 John A. St. Cyr Limited Liability Company “Bioenergy” 17
#34 Sylvia Quiles Cardiac Pacemakers 17
#34 John R. Mlinar 3M 17
#34 Robert T. Taepke, II Medtronic 17
#34 Laurie Losness Target Brands 17
#40 John D. Badzinski Alza 16
#41 Richard Milon Dujmovic, Jr. Cardiac Pacemakers 15
#41 Jitendra Patel Unilever Home & Personal Care Usa, Division Of Conopco 15
#41 Matthew T. Waks Life Services 15
#41 Michael C. Mooney 3M 15
#45 John O. Lenz Kurt Manufacturing Company 14
#45 Alan Lonneman Pentapure Incorporated 14
#45 Edward P. Murphy Graco 14
#45 Ernst Graf The Pillsbury 14
#49 Karl E. Hokanson Medtronic 13
#50 Pedro A. Meregotte Medtronic 12

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