Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lake Elmo, MN ranks #1,265 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,665 patents from 301 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lake Elmo, MN include Cardiac Pacemakers, Pactiv, 3M. That works out to 235.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 301 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jesse W. Hartley Cardiac Pacemakers 106
2 Cory R. Boudreau Pactiv 76
3 Kurt J. Halverson 3M 74
#4 Raymond P. Johnston 3M 68
#5 Patrick R. Fleming 3M 64
#6 Thomas I. Insley 3M 62
#7 Robert E. Atkinson Bridgepoint Medical 58
#8 Neeraj Sharma 3M 57
#9 Bradley D. Craig 3M 51
#10 Aaron K. Nienaber 3M 49
#11 Eric G. Larson 3M 42
#12 Michael D. Swan 3M 41
#12 Dennis E. Vogel 3M 41
#14 Kim M. Vogel 3M 40
#14 Peter D. Condo 3M 40
#16 Gordon D. Henson 3M 38
#17 Mark F. Schulz 3M 36
#18 David J. Schmidt Ford 35
#19 James Skarda Medtronic 34
#20 James G. Carlson 3M 32
#21 Bruce E. Samuelson 3M 31
#22 Robert E. Atkinson Scimed Life Systems 30
#23 Todd R. Williams 3M 29
#23 John H. Burban Porous Media 29
#25 Matthew D. Moore The Boeing 28
#26 Paul E. Hansen 27
#26 David A. Morgan Precision Automation 27
#28 Lawrence C. Vallot Honeywell 25
#28 Jeffrey A. Peterson 3M 25
#28 Kenneth Farmer Phillips Petroleum 25
#28 Claire Hartmann-Thompson 3M 25
#28 Adam R. Pawloski Stratasys 25
#28 Todd W. Bruchu Andersen 25
#34 Wayne A. Michaelson Unisys 24
#35 Neal Frank Gunderson Seagate Technology 23
#36 Eric R. Cybulski 3M 22
#37 Katherine A. Brown-Wensley 3M 21
#38 Michael E. Woolford Anchor Wall Systems 20
#38 Michael W. Kobe 3M 20
#38 Anthony B. Ferguson 3M 20
#41 Gary M. Palmgren 3M 19
#42 Philip D. Eitzman 3M 18
#42 John LaLonde Cardiac Pacemakers 18
#42 Vera L. Lightle 3M 18
#45 Peter J. Blomquist Kiltie 17
#45 Donovan Fellows Inspire Medical Systems 17
#47 John Stasny Commscope Technologies 16
#47 Daniel R. Starks St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 16
#47 Paul E. Hansen 3M 16
#50 James A. Masterman 3M 15

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