Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Minnetonka, MN ranks #512 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,489 patents from 1,057 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Minnetonka, MN include King Show Games, Augustine Biomedical + Design, Boston Scientific Scimed. That works out to 120.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,057 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bradley Berman King Show Games 176
2 Randall C. Arnold Augustine Biomedical + Design 150
3 William J. Drasler Boston Scientific Scimed 110
#4 Mark W. Bergman Bercom International 80
#5 Eric H. Bonde Medtronic 77
#6 Kedar R. Belhe St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 63
#7 Victor I. Chornenky Minnesota Medical Physics 59
#8 Victor Boris Sapozhnikov Seagate Technology 57
#9 Sidney F. Hauschild Ams Research 55
#10 Xuan K. Wei Medtronic 54
#11 Darrin M. Swagel Expectations 52
#12 Nina M. Graves Medtronic 51
#13 Michael J. Kern Medtronic 49
#13 Robert M. Rogers Donaldson Company 49
#13 John H. Burton American Medical Systems 49
#16 Robert D. Juntunen Honeywell 48
#16 Johannes N. Gaston 3M 48
#18 Yi-Ju Chao Interdigital Technology 42
#18 Cynthia Clague Medtronic 42
#20 Joseph P. Higgins Cardiovascular Systems 41
#21 David Scott Ebsen Seagate Technology 40
#21 Lance E. Stover Seagate Technology 40
#23 Daniel Goodman Alarm.Com Incorporated 39
#24 Matthew Srnec Thermo King 38
#25 Paul A. Pilosi 37
#25 Dennis R. Smith Target Brands 37
#25 Sharath Venkatesha Honeywell 37
#28 David E. Tetzlaff AMD 36
#29 Georgios B. Giannakis University of Minnesota 35
#30 Daniel L. Wenning Rockler Companies 33
#30 Terry Goeman King Technology 33
#32 Todd Loeffelholz Adc Telecommunications 32
#32 Benjamin Arcand Boston Scientific Scimed 32
#34 Alex Watts Adc Telecommunications 31
#35 Timothy W. Stoebe Seagate Technology 30
#35 Robert A. Ganz Boston Scientific Scimed 30
#37 James Russell Webster Qorvo Us 29
#37 Michael T. Lee Medtronic 29
#37 Wei Yang 29
#40 Saravana B. Kumar 4C Medical Technologies 27
#40 Daniel R. Green General Mills 27
#42 Brad Paine Ademco 26
#42 Paul B. Koeneman Harris 26
#42 Dominic F. Mannella Stratasys 26
#42 Alfred A. Iversen Pmt 26
#46 John F. Hunt USDA 25
#46 Edgar R. Rogier Henkel Limited 25
#48 Thomas W. McMullin Cargill, Incorporated 24
#48 David E. Fulkerson Honeywell 24
#50 Robert L. Gerlach Fei 23

Part of Minnesota