Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mound, MN ranks #2,620 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,178 patents from 212 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mound, MN include Gyrus Acmi, Myocor, Hsio Technologies. That works out to 125.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 212 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kester J. Batchelor Gyrus Acmi 135
2 Todd J. Mortier Myocor 100
3 James Rathburn Hsio Technologies 72
#4 David P. Olson Medtronic 65
#5 Brett R. Herdendorf Seagate Technology 63
#6 James J. Erickson Ultimed 33
#7 Lloyd K. Willard Abbeymoor Medical 27
#8 Allan M. Fuentes St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 25
#8 Valerie Guralnik Honeywell 25
#10 David J. Vranish Colder Products 19
#11 Jameson Michael Smieja Caterpillar 18
#11 Nick T. Nobbe Relamp 18
#13 Mark Hanson Trw Limited 16
#14 Douglas R. Saholt Boston Scientific Scimed 13
#14 William F. Polley Sephra 13
#16 Ronald L. Crawford Idaho Research Foundation 12
#16 Cameron K. Vreeland Ademco 12
#16 Charles Ham Adc Telecommunications 12
#16 Steve Filips 12
#20 Joseph F. Fleischhacker, Jr. Lake Region Manufacturing 10
#20 Kenneth E. Vogel Russell A Division Of Ardco 10
#20 Vladimir Gribovsky Unknown 10
#20 Todd Landon Land O'Lakes 10
#24 Robert E. Larson Fsi International 9
#24 Laurie D. Foerster Medtronic 9
#24 John Lyons East End 9
#24 James D. Bradley Adc Telecommunications 9
#28 Gerald F. Smith Vortex International 8
#28 Chad E. Beery Stratasys 8
#28 Thomas E. Hargreaves Lake Region Manufacturing 8
#31 Alex Bloomquist 7
#31 David A. Horky Rosemount 7
#33 Harold M. Pellett University of Minnesota 6
#33 Ulf-Eiel F. Bach Minntech 6
#33 Richard W. Jostrom Visibelle Derma Institute 6
#33 Alan Fuentes St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 6
#33 Michael Richmon Thoreson Npc Robotics 6
#33 Matthew Pedersen Microsoft 6
#33 Gary J. Nachreiner Ams Research 6
#33 Mark G. Bussey Smarte Carte 6
#41 Arthur C. Berger James River 5
#41 Bruce G. Taylor IBM 5
#41 Theodore D. Klein Digital Biometrics 5
#41 Bruce Elgin McKeeman 5
#41 Jeremy R. Forbord Tolomatic 5
#46 Bartley D. Jones 4
#46 Ronald J. Gangelhoff Chicago Cutlery Consumer Products 4
#46 Kurt G. Koubal Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#46 Craig A. Jacks Professional Holding 4
#46 David L. Huebner Loram Maintenance Of Way 4

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