Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Crystal, MN ranks #2,833 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,079 patents from 227 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Crystal, MN include Target Brands, Kapak, Honeywell. That works out to 46.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 227 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jennifer A. Theisen Target Brands 57
2 Gary M. Bell Kapak 46
3 James R. Hager Honeywell 41
#4 Geoffrey A. Daniel Coloplast A/S 36
#5 Rolf L. Strand Honeywell 34
#6 Daniel G. Scott Westinghouse Air Brake 30
#7 Dennis J. Morgan 23
#7 Robert J. Sullivan IBM 23
#9 Nicholas Ellering Coloplast A/S 22
#10 Matthew R. Yoder Medtronic 21
#11 Robert L. Payne Vlsi Technology 20
#11 Michael John Tupy Elevance Renewable Sciences 20
#13 Chunlan Jiang Pacesetter 19
#14 Gary B. Stendahl Survivalink 18
#14 Sharon R. Garber 3M 18
#16 Ian Forte Tenacious Holdings 16
#17 Robert Erickson General Mills 14
#18 Robert L. Claussen Cap 12
#18 Brian Peters Renovo Software 12
#18 Peter L. Reutiman Honeywell 12
#18 Zac Harder General Mills 12
#18 Eric DoBrava Scimed Life Systems 12
#23 Zachary Harder General Mills 11
#23 Michael L. Blehert Tennant 11
#25 Gregory P. Doten Data Science International 10
#25 Ryan Major Hysitron 10
#25 Peter Joseph Erickson Honeywell 10
#28 Joseph Alvite Unknown 9
#28 Joseph J. Schottler Sauer-Danfoss 9
#30 Jeffrey P. Pratsch Target Brands 8
#30 James R. Truax 8
#30 Terrance W. Sachetti 8
#33 Michael A. Dauk Unwired Technology 7
#33 Stalin Gutha Honeywell 7
#33 John E. Reynolds Alliant Techsystems 7
#33 Barbara J. Ihlow-Mahrer Seagate Technology 7
#33 Vladimir Drits Innovex 7
#33 Dennis B. Usgaard The Pillsbury 7
#39 Luc Debleeckere Datacard 6
#39 Richard R. Bahn Honeywell 6
#39 Peter E. Stolt Honeywell 6
#39 Andrew Ness Google 6
#39 Frank L. Skubitz Medtronic 6
#39 Jason Burbank Dv International 6
#39 Christopher Berg Minnesota Scientific 6
#46 Richard Tooley Boston Scientific Scimed 5
#46 Carolyn Pitcher Van Dorn Seagate Technology 5
#46 Robert T. Judnitch Scimed Life Systems 5
#46 Jeremy Mariette Everlast Climbing Industries 5
#46 Kevin H. Wright General Mills 5

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