Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Faribault, MN ranks #5,880 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 429 patents from 111 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Faribault, MN include Donaldson Company, Oshkosh, GE. That works out to 17.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 111 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brent A. Gulsvig Donaldson Company 25
2 Grant Wildgrube Oshkosh 24
2 Anthony Mark Thompson GE 24
#4 Richard Alan Schwartz Rosemount Aerospace 21
#5 William A. Meredith, Jr. Viratec Thin Films 15
#5 John E. Van Dine Sage Electrochromics 15
#7 Garth H. Saul Aqseptence Group 14
#7 Gordon Jones Seagate Technology 14
#9 Phillip E. Tuma 3M 13
#10 Mark Samuel Burdis Sage Electrochromics 12
#11 Timothy Rancourt Northern Tool & Equipment Company 11
#11 William R. Kirkpatrick Rosemount 11
#13 Brian Allen Amacher Trystar 10
#14 Robert Samuel Waddell Hni Technologies 9
#15 Gary A. Brown Hydra-Flex 8
#16 Debra M. Steffenhagen Viratec Thin Films 7
#17 Dirk Skogerboe Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 6
#17 Nicholas Rancourt Northern Tool & Equipment Company 6
#17 Jerrod N. Winter The Toro 6
#17 Aaron Fitzgerald Itron 6
#17 Benjamin A. Bricko The Toro 6
#22 Thomas G. Teller John Deere 5
#22 Mark Werner 5
#22 Bruce A. Sellner Sellner Productions 5
#22 Carol Myers Sheldahl 5
#22 Anthony W. Merchlewitz Lake Country Sales 5
#22 Keith Grubb Agc Flat Glass North America 5
#22 Jeffrey Curtis Gillen Donaldson Company 5
#22 Corey Schlichter Robert Bosch Gmbh 5
#22 Kathleen Sue Rice The Toro 5
#31 Cody VanDerVeen Sage Electrochromics 4
#31 Chad J. Carter 3M 4
#31 Anthony C. Schema Truth Holding 4
#31 Peter E. Braun Truth Hardware 4
#35 Thomas Albert Cloutier Truth Holding 3
#35 Larry J. Funk Semitool 3
#35 Samuel G. Koutavas Future Technology Co. 3
#35 Todd Grevious Columbia Insurance 3
#35 Robert Palmquist 3
#35 Jason Robert DeMars Trystar 3
#35 Lisa A. Meyer Boston Scientific Scimed 3
#42 Brant Story Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 2
#42 Ronald E. Gresham 2
#42 James DeCoux Truvue 2
#42 Micah Ryan Ricke Team Industries 2
#42 Michael Gramse Living Greens Farm 2
#42 Dwight Bostwick Syngenta Participations Ag 2
#42 Ronald S. Watters 2
#42 Todd Sandwick 2
#42 Clarence E. Purdie, deceased 2

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