Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maple Plain, MN ranks #5,479 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 472 patents from 85 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maple Plain, MN include Seagate Technology, Cardiac Pacemakers, Sims Deltec. That works out to 270.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 85 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric W. Singleton Seagate Technology 81
2 Masoud Ameri Cardiac Pacemakers 33
3 Jay G. Johnson Sims Deltec 23
3 Virgil A. Marple Msp 23
#5 Daniel S. Reed Seagate Technology 18
#5 Robert Ford Innovative Design Solutions 18
#7 Jeffrey Strand General Mills 16
#8 Shuji Usui Proto Labs 15
#9 Glen D. Hansen Veda Incorporated 14
#9 Daniel G. Cook Health Technology Co., Ltd, 14
#9 Richard F. Wulff Castex Incorporated 14
#12 David J. Kotula Sensors Incorporated 13
#13 Ron Alan Bills Polaris Industries 11
#14 Bradley D. Robb Nordson 10
#15 Frederick G. Feik American Innovations 9
#15 Brady P. Haislet 3M 9
#17 Eric W. Grald Honeywell 7
#17 William Vavra Seagate Technology 7
#19 John Ratzloff Unknown 6
#19 Gregory M. Fulkerson Thiele Engineering 6
#19 Michael Price Binforma Group Limited Liability 6
#22 Thomas Bren 5
#22 Robin Sheeley 5
#24 Bradley C. Nordgren 4
#24 Gary Sandlass Cummins Power Generation 4
#24 Heather Blanchard Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 4
#24 James J. Czaja 4
#28 Robin H. Passow 3
#28 Greg Gustafson 3
#28 James M. Silvernail Fsi Holdings 3
#28 Andrew James Jacobs Ags 3
#28 Dennis D. Ikola Tessera 3
#28 Peter Andersen University of Minnesota 3
#28 Stacy D. Beske Radford Medtronic 3
#28 Michael Kluetz Cargill, Incorporated 3
#36 Aaron M. Bergquist Target Brands 2
#36 Charles J. Hoy 3M 2
#36 Randy Szarzynski Silgan Containers 2
#36 Ronald Jorgenson Maxxon 2
#36 Greg Fulkerson Thiele Engineering 2
#36 Wilfred H. Kelley, Jr. White Farm Equipment 2
#36 Allan D. Jenkins 2
#36 Ben W. Meinhardt 2
#36 Richard E. Wulff Castex Industries 2
#36 Charles R. Hargreaves Honeywell 2
#36 Rocky R. Campbell Clarus Medical Systems 2
#36 Shannon Tufvander Coloplast A/S 2
#36 Austin Perry Proto Labs 2
#36 Samuel Bosak Proto Labs 2
#36 Joshua Knutson Proto Labs 2

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