Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Medina, MN ranks #4,121 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 688 patents from 87 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Medina, MN include Cvrx, Scimed Life Systems, Augustine Medical. That works out to 100.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 87 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert S. Kieval Cvrx 73
2 Paul J. Buscemi Scimed Life Systems 49
3 Keith J. Leland Augustine Medical 47
#4 Richard Lu Pacesetter 46
#4 Thomas R. Hektner Scimed Life Systems 46
#6 William P. Kroll Intercomp 35
#7 Gang Ji Intel 31
#8 Michael J. Fuchs Polaris Industries 28
#9 Brent A. Aufdembrink ExxonMobil 21
#10 David Y. H. Pui Tsi Group Co. 20
#11 Damrongrit Piyabongkarn Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 17
#12 Nicholas Ashworth Ranco Incorporated Of Delaware 16
#13 Yunje Oh Hysitron 15
#13 Zhendong Song Medtronic 15
#15 Pradeep Sinha Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 12
#15 Brian Francis Sullivan Celcuity 12
#15 Jeff Peters Adc Telecommunications 12
#18 Claudia Rudolph Broadcom 11
#19 Boris Chaplin Calabrio 10
#20 Robert J. Olson Prolong Systems 9
#21 John Shishilla Medtronic 8
#21 Jonathan M. Schlueter Anchor Wall Systems 8
#21 Gyoungwon Park Finisar 8
#24 Takeshi Onaga Olympus 7
#24 Paul E. Sigafus Honeywell 7
#24 Scott W. Baker General Mills 7
#27 Robert Engebretson Brocade Communications Systems 5
#27 Nilesh Mohan Target Brands 5
#27 Dean Weisbeck North States Industries 5
#30 Benjamin T. Chambers Polaris Industries 4
#30 Justin Niederman 4
#30 Vitaly G. Sitko Medtronic 4
#30 Larry Yaeger Honeywell 4
#34 Nemat Hossieny Natureworks 3
#34 Corey E. Ney Medtronic 3
#34 Joseph M. Lackner Ashworth Bros. 3
#34 Spencer J. Lien 3
#34 Christopher M. Barry Lutonix 3
#34 David Turbenson 3
#34 Jeff S. Sather Honeywell 3
#34 Harry Chang AT&T 3
#34 Peter Vladimirov 3
#34 Rich Christoph Harley-Davidson Motor Company 3
#34 Victoria J. Gelling The Sherwin-Williams 3
#45 Matthew Via Sensata Technologies 2
#45 Christopher Michael Pomey 2
#45 Joseph Bahoora Cardiovascular Systems 2
#45 Morse Magnuson Seagate Technology 2
#45 Vidyotham Reddi 2
#45 Vitally G. Sitko Medtronic 2

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