Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mounds View, MN ranks #4,610 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 594 patents from 92 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mounds View, MN include GE, Graco Minnesota, Medtronic. That works out to 44.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 92 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Frederick Ackerman GE 63
2 Mark T. Weinberger Graco Minnesota 57
3 Michael T. Hegland Medtronic 56
#4 Igor Kovalsky Medtronic 52
#5 Jia Hu Kindeva Drug Delivery 25
#6 Bruce B. Wilson 3M 24
#7 Kenneth Thomas Dobizl Ecolab Usa 22
#8 Timothy D. Gunn Multi-Tech Systems 20
#9 Peter McIntyre Medtronic 15
#10 David Largaespada Intima Bioscience 12
#10 Nancy Quan 3M 12
#10 James E. Rezek Unisys 12
#13 Bruce L. Petersen United States Gypsum 11
#14 Wayne P. Miller H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing 10
#15 Michael A. Colson Medtronic 9
#15 Craig Hedstrom Caterpillar 9
#15 Jia Hu 3M 9
#18 James K. Elfstrand Donaldson Company 8
#18 Neil W. Loeding 3M 8
#20 Robert K. Sander University of California 7
#20 Thomas Secord Medtronic 7
#22 Greg J. Van Lith H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing 6
#22 Todd Schaefer Medtronic 6
#22 Richard Guertin The Toro 6
#22 Dan Hunt 6
#26 Gerald J. Maciona Unisys 5
#26 Donald R. Olson Micro Control 5
#26 Daniel D. Gillett Cummins Power Generation 5
#29 Eugene A. Koll Champion International Corporation Limited 4
#29 Andrew C. Walseth Cummins Power Generation 4
#29 Krishna Sridharan Cardiac Pacemakers 4
#29 Ernest Lawrence Tell Automated Media Services 4
#29 David S. Warwick Thermo King 4
#29 John M. Zupfer Cargill, Incorporated 4
#35 A K M Masud Medtronic 3
#35 James E. Leslie Cardiac Pacemakers 3
#35 Craig Burlingame Imperva 3
#35 Terri McLernon Danaher 3
#35 John D. Kroeger Boston Scientific Scimed 3
#35 Mark T. McAuliffe RTX (Raytheon) 3
#41 Daniel Eppinger Honeywell 2
#41 Frank T. Greenwald Medtronic 2
#41 Peter T. Stampfle Milwaukee Electric Tool 2
#41 Paul T. Tinetti 2
#41 Brian Thomas Bustrom 2
#41 Steve L. Fedor Cardiac Pacemakers 2
#41 Ryan J. Nesler 2
#41 Peter M. Hawkins Onan 2
#41 James G. Hogenson Eastman Kodak 2
#41 Mark Timothy Johnson Boston Scientific Scimed 2

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