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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Okabena, MN ranks #677 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,973 patents from 412 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Okabena, MN include Cardiac Pacemakers, 3M, Ecolab Usa. That works out to 24497.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 412 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Imad Libbus Cardiac Pacemakers 298
2 Allan C. Shuros Cardiac Pacemakers 186
3 Michael J. Kane Cardiac Pacemakers 168
#4 Naiyong Jing 3M 167
#5 Michael A. Haase 3M 156
#6 Randy Westlund Cardiac Pacemakers 100
#6 David D. McSherry Ecolab Usa 100
#8 Kenneth A. Epstein 3M 89
#9 Carl A. Stover 3M 84
#10 Matthew V. Leyden Bercom International 80
#11 Lili Liu Cardiac Pacemakers 75
#12 Brian Soltis Cardiac Pacemakers 70
#13 James G. Skakoon Medtronic 69
#14 Christopher S. Lyons 3M 67
#15 Ronald W. Ausen 3M 64
#16 Wayne S. Mahoney 3M 58
#17 Richard C. Gunderson Boston Scientific Scimed 52
#17 Brian E. Brooks 3M 52
#19 Negus B. Adefris 3M 50
#20 Jeffrey A. Schweitzer St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 47
#20 Christopher B. Walker, Jr. 3M 47
#22 Bryan D. Den Hartog Wright Medical Technology 46
#23 Albert Selden Benjamin Cardio Flow 42
#23 Chad M. Bogdan Target Brands 42
#23 Gregg D. Dahlke 3M 42
#26 Jeffrey T. Given Bercom International 41
#27 Jacob P. Vanderheyden Kohler 40
#28 James P. DiZio 3M 39
#28 Jacob Ryan Jepperson IBM 39
#28 David G. Freier 3M 39
#31 Robert S. Clough 3M 38
#31 Timothy G. Curran Med Wave 38
#31 Manoj Nirmal 3M 38
#34 John William Theis Ergotron 37
#35 Thomas R. Corrigan 3M 36
#36 Michael A. McCoy 3M 35
#37 Edwin Ryan Unknown 32
#38 Michael Kallok Medtronic 29
#39 Robert M. Emmons 3M 28
#39 David T. Amos 3M 28
#39 Theodore A. Johnson St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 28
#39 Daniel C. Duan 3M 28
#43 Alexander T. Ebertowski 3M 27
#44 Jeffrey A. Ness Ness Inventions 26
#44 Paul D. Wightman 3M 26
#46 Shawn C. Dodds 3M 25
#47 Jacob I. Laughner Boston Scientific Scimed 24
#48 Mario A. Davenport 3M 23
#48 William P. Atwood 3M 23
#50 Michael A. Schugt Medtronic 22

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