Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Excelsior, MN ranks #1,708 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,956 patents from 237 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Excelsior, MN include Cambria Company, Seagate Technology, Medtronic. That works out to 830.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 237 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Martin E. Davis Cambria Company 289
2 Edward Charles Gage Seagate Technology 148
3 Yong K. Cho Medtronic 98
#4 Richard S. Kusleika Covidien Lp 85
#5 Harold A. Roberts Adc Telecommunications 68
#6 Robert A. Van Tassel Backbeat Medical 64
#6 Robert J. Schmitt Osram Sylvania 64
#8 James A. Alexander Boston Scientific Scimed 58
#9 Grant Leum Leum Engineering 45
#10 James E. Retterath Facet Technology 43
#11 Fred C. Sittler Rosemount 36
#12 Himanshu Khurana Honeywell 32
#12 Michael C. Park Imove 32
#14 William Bert Nelson Minnesota Imaging And Engineering 29
#15 Khoi Le 27
#16 David Blake Jackson Emprimus 22
#17 Gale Nordling Emprimus 21
#17 Bruce S. Johnson Harsco 21
#17 Robert W. Fayfield Banner Engineering 21
#20 Hua-Kuang Liu NASA 20
#20 Sethuraman Jayashankar Seagate Technology 20
#20 Kevin L. Siefering Fsi International 20
#23 Robert A. VanTassel Tricardia 19
#24 Richard A. Nazarian 3M 18
#25 Jamie E. Retterath Facet Technology 17
#26 Michael John Rude 3M 16
#27 Haven A. Mercer 14
#27 Bart T. Ellson The Toro 14
#29 Arthur Richard Baker, III Rodel Holdings 12
#30 James Nicholas Ruehl Emprimus 11
#30 David R. Hardten Esi 11
#30 Len D. Twetan Medtronic 11
#30 Michael C. Leighton 3M 11
#34 Matthew J. Totin Seagate Technology 10
#34 David Christopher Seets Seagate Technology 10
#34 James K. Price Seagate Technology 10
#34 Calvin Todd Fagley Medsource International 10
#34 Barry J. Nordstrand Soliton 10
#39 Erin Kathleen MARASCO Cargill, Incorporated 9
#39 Beth Mastel Cargill, Incorporated 9
#39 Jeffrey J. Peters Boston Scientific 9
#39 Jayant Parthasarathy Nonin Medical 9
#39 Raymond K. Newkirk Forward Technology Industries 9
#39 Jeff Marshall Schley Products 9
#45 Brent Peterson Shutterfly 8
#45 Jeanette Huryta Cargill, Incorporated 8
#45 Matthew S. Lang 8
#45 Mary Aldritt Amerilab Technologies 8
#45 Todd Rowe Boston Scientific Scimed 8
#50 Robert E. Frey Donaldson Company 7

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