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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lino Lakes, MN ranks #1,181 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,846 patents from 309 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lino Lakes, MN include Medtronic, Cardiac Pacemakers, St. Jude Medical. That works out to 133.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 309 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark T. Stewart Medtronic 115
2 Andrew J. Ries Medtronic 107
3 Stephen B. Ruble Cardiac Pacemakers 83
#4 Michael J. Girard St. Jude Medical 74
#5 Scott Allan Miller, III Otologics 68
#5 James Kalgren Cardiac Pacemakers 68
#5 Ted C. Halbur Target Brands 68
#8 Eugene A. Dickhudt Trans1 67
#9 James M. Nelson 3M 66
#10 John Anderson Disney 63
#10 Scott A. Hareland Intel 63
#12 Paul Lesch Antares Pharma 58
#13 A. Kent Porterfield Micron 57
#14 Richard E. Raby 3M 48
#15 Daniel J. Foster Boston Scientific Scimed 46
#15 Jason D. Clapper 3M 46
#15 David M. Blomberg 3M 46
#18 Allan T. Koshiol Cardiac Pacemakers 44
#19 Michael J. Root Cardiac Pacemakers 39
#20 Veerichetty Kadhiresan Cardiac Pacemakers 37
#20 Larry B. Brandenburger Valspar Sourcing 37
#22 Bradley Knippel 33
#23 Timothy R. Abraham Medtronic 32
#24 Leigh E. Colby Triagenics 31
#25 Timothy J. Kuik Cisco 30
#26 David M. Flynn Cardiac Pacemakers 29
#27 Steven R. Larsen Boston Scientific Scimed 28
#28 Stephen Kelly The University Of Hull 26
#28 Robert M. Ecker Medtronic 26
#30 Kevin Verzal Inspire Medical Systems 25
#31 Andrew H. Houchins Medtronic 24
#31 Timothy D. Fletcher 3M 24
#33 Lance Eric Juffer Cardiac Pacemakers 23
#33 Gerald G. Lindner Medtronic 23
#35 William J. Flickinger Medinvent Limited 22
#36 Nathan A. Eckel Micron 21
#37 Brian V. Waytashek Cardiac Pacemakers 20
#38 Eric K. Enrooth Cardiac Pacemakers 17
#38 Reid K. Bornhoft Medtronic 17
#38 James Kalgren 17
#41 Dennis Lutz Empi 16
#42 David J. McDaniel Imation 15
#42 D'Anne E. Kudlik Medtronic 15
#42 Udhaya Kumar Dayalan Trane International 15
#42 Gordon Kocur Boston Scientific Scimed 15
#46 Gary A. Pinkley Tesla 14
#46 Kee Van Sin International Technidyne 14
#46 Timothy S. Peterson Micro Ear Technology 14
#46 Charles H. Dudding Medtronic 14
#46 Matthew Allen Nelson The Prophet 14

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