Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Duluth, MN ranks #2,573 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,203 patents from 317 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Duluth, MN include Ecolab Usa, Out Rage, Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation. That works out to 13.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 317 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eugene Tokhtuev Ecolab Usa 69
2 William E. Pedersen Out Rage 59
3 Christopher J. Owen Ecolab Usa 48
#4 Viktor Slobodyan Ecolab Usa 38
#5 John H. Pavlish Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 30
#6 Matthew Peter Haas Feradyne Outdoors 27
#7 Thomas E. Davis 26
#8 Fred H. Hunt Ravin Crossbows 24
#8 Paul Schilling Ecolab Usa 24
#10 Craig G. Markell 3M 23
#11 Conrad Bruce Beaulieu Honeywell 20
#12 M. Imran Hayee Dorsal Networks 19
#13 Anna Pilipchenko Ecolab Usa 18
#13 Pavel A. Krasutsky University of Minnesota 18
#13 Philip M. Holsinger The Coleman Company 18
#16 Toshifumi Komatsu The Chromaline 15
#17 Eugene Luoma Addco Manufacturing 13
#17 Barry Sinex Sinex Holding 13
#19 Chris Morton Virtual Fluid Monitoring Services 11
#19 Igor V. Kolomitsyn University of Minnesota 11
#19 Alexander S. Gybin The Chromaline 11
#22 Vitaliy Nesterenko University of Minnesota 10
#22 Clayton Sederberg 10
#24 James A. Larson Intel 9
#24 Sherry M. Rovig Bluesky Designs 9
#24 Bruce Edward Bacon Exodus Machines Incorporated 9
#24 Jeno F. Paulucci Jeno'S 9
#28 Karl Johnson 8
#28 James W. Raymond Unknown 8
#30 Mark Bruckelmyer 7
#30 Peter M. Borgren 7
#30 Anthony D. Kasher Cirrus Design 7
#30 Robert W. Haynes Triumph Controls 7
#30 Timothy W. Sheriff Swanstrom Tools Usa 7
#30 Kyle K. Johnson The Chromaline 7
#36 Hilary Tony Godard Corning Incorporated 6
#36 Mark Chmielewski Virtual Fluid Monitoring Services 6
#36 Lawrence D. Kilpo Lavalley Industries 6
#36 Michael Burgess Lavalley Industries 6
#36 David P. Fierek Fiskars 6
#36 John R. Handley Nektar Therapeutics 6
#36 Malcolm Macaulay Hughes Aircraft 6
#43 Daniel Kamben Ecolab Usa 5
#43 Robert W. Fierek Fiskars 5
#43 Richard F. Schryer 5
#43 John P. Perich Rockwell Collins 5
#43 Nicholas Dickson Artisan Vehicle Systems 5
#43 James H. Dettmann 5
#43 Bradley T. Cyr Cirrus Design 5
#43 Kevin P. Welsh Cirrus Design 5

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