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Fridley, MN All Time

1,583 patents  ·  315 inventors  ·  53.5/1k pop.

Ranked #2,026 of 112,640 cities Top 2%

Fridley, MN ranks #2,026 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,583 patents from 315 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Fridley, MN include Cardiac Pacemakers, Medtronic, Henkel Limited. That works out to 53.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 315 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rodney W. Salo Cardiac Pacemakers 112
2 Gary W. King Medtronic 86
3 Michael J. Virnig Henkel Limited 70
#4 Robert A. Betzold Medtronic 44
#5 Dinkar Mylaraswamy Honeywell 42
#6 Richard F. Schroeder St. Jude Medical 38
#7 Lee A. Jones Rebiotix 30
#8 Courtney R. Jones Rebiotix 28
#8 Mustafa Karamanoglu Medtronic 28
#10 Thomas A. Turgeon 3M 26
#11 Scott Parizek Skyline Displays 25
#12 Thomas R. Markham Honeywell 24
#12 William J. Clemens Medtronic 24
#14 Brian J. Lowe Boston Scientific Scimed 23
#15 Terry V. Brown Scimed Life Systems 22
#16 Matthew T. Vanderpool Medtronic 21
#16 Vincent W. Hull Medtronic 21
#18 Jim Anderson About.Com 20
#19 Erik J. Peterson Medtronic 19
#20 Paul E. Bauhahn Honeywell 17
#21 Scott A. Spadgenske Cardiac Pacemakers 15
#22 Katherine H. Anderson Medtronic 14
#22 Kenneth R. Brennen Medtronic 14
#24 Onder Uluyol Honeywell 13
#24 Greg Johnson Multi-Tech Systems 13
#26 Robert S. Horeck Hypro 12
#26 Donald W. Mackenthun Unisys 12
#26 Bruce M. Thielges Mate Precision Tooling 12
#26 Ruth E. Bauhahn Medtronic 12
#30 Tho T. Vu Honeywell 11
#30 Peter J. Kovach Medtronic 11
#32 Sameh Sowelam Medtronic 10
#32 Aaron M. Fontaine Bracco Diagnostics 10
#32 Joseph Skull Milestone Av Technologies 10
#32 Carla Pfeiffer Medtronic 10
#32 Mark J. Brudevold Graco Minnesota 10
#37 Garry Edgington H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing 9
#37 Gerald M. Herman Medtronic 9
#37 Paul Wyborny Medtronic 9
#40 Travis M. Poirier Target Brands 8
#40 Mohamed-Salah H. Khlif Seagate Technology 8
#40 Dale A. Dickson Medtronic 8
#40 Keith J. Proctor Medtronic 8
#40 Marc Jaker Rtc 8
#40 Craig Erickson Safety Rail Company 8
#40 Kenneth E. Merryman Unisys 8
#40 Gary W. Geiger — 8
#40 Mark Seel Starkey Laboratories 8
#49 Elizabeth D. Rekow University of Minnesota 7
#49 Charles G. Yerich Medtronic 7

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