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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Forest Lake, MN ranks #1,601 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,092 patents from 310 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Forest Lake, MN include Tendyne Holdings, Cardiac Pacemakers, Medtronic. That works out to 101.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 310 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert Vidlund Tendyne Holdings 171
2 Benjamin J. Haasl Cardiac Pacemakers 101
3 Mark T. Marshall Medtronic 83
#4 Bryan Allen Clark Boston Scientific 78
#5 Kevin R. Seifert Medtronic 65
#6 Philip D. Heppner 3M 64
#7 Jason Quill Medtronic 48
#8 Sean P. Skubitz Medtronic 41
#9 Robert A. Owen Texas Instruments 38
#9 Jeffrey Brian Taylor Coloplast A/S 38
#9 Debra M. Kozak Boston Scientific Limited 38
#12 Steven D. Goedeke Medtronic 37
#13 Douglas S. Hine Medtronic 33
#14 Philip G. Martin 3M 32
#15 Joseph E. Johnson Cabot 31
#16 Douglas D. Pagoria Boston Scientific Scimed 29
#17 Michael S. Boulineau Vision Ease, Lp 24
#18 Mark Schrom Boston Scientific Scimed 23
#18 Jay M. Jennen 3M 23
#20 David A. Swan Federal-Hoffman 21
#21 Gary R. Fiedler Medtronic 20
#22 Anthony M. Renstrom 3M 19
#23 Scott J. Robinson Medtronic 18
#24 Margaret M. Vogel-Martin 3M 17
#25 Mark A. Peltier 3M 16
#25 Bryan L. Rogers Wilson Tool International 16
#27 G. Jay McKoskey Polaris Industries 15
#27 Martin P. McCormick Graco Minnesota 15
#27 Aaron Lewicke Cardiac Pacemakers 15
#30 Anthony F. Schultz 3M 14
#31 Stephen E. Moorman 13
#31 Michael Schrom Medrad 13
#31 Kenneth W. Keeney Medtronic 13
#31 Gregory J. Marier Yamaha Motor 13
#31 Jeffrey H. Tokie 3M 13
#31 Joseph J. Palumbo IBM 13
#31 Brian J. Hitt John Deere 13
#38 Nelson D. Sewall 3M 12
#38 Jeffrey S. Lund Medtronic 12
#40 Stephen C. Kohs Diversified Dynamics 11
#40 Ted G. Lautzenheiser Unisys 11
#40 Mark W. Chevalier Polaris Industries 11
#40 Robert J. Wojciechowski Biovest International 11
#44 Timothy P. Pariseau 3M 10
#44 Kyle Smaagard Calabrio 10
#44 Chad Joshua Green 10
#44 Thomas L. Krinke, II Broadcom 10
#44 Douglas Mark Weed Honeywell 10
#44 Max S. Hendrickson Honeywell 10
#50 Matthew C. Burk National Flooring Equipment 9

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