Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Orono, MN ranks #3,020 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,004 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Orono, MN include Pacesetter, Once Innovations, Scimed Life Systems. That works out to 120.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark W. Kroll Pacesetter 384
2 Zdenko Grajcar Once Innovations 101
3 Matthew M. Burns Scimed Life Systems 60
#4 Anthony Nichol Flex Lighting Ii 48
#5 Thomas A. Westling Rotation Medical 45
#6 Klein L. Johnson Vixar 33
#7 Jay N. Turkbas Shock Doctor 30
#8 Robert T. Fayfield Banner Engineering 28
#9 Douglas B. Beaudet Eastman Kodak 27
#9 Lance G. Laing Celcuity 27
#11 Brian Hedeen Laser Aiming Systems 16
#12 Loren Schoenzeit Electronics For Imaging 13
#13 S. Asim Gul Mamac Systems 11
#13 Bill Best Shock Doctor 11
#15 Todd Martin Schaible Astec International Limited 10
#15 Michael B. Pierce Allen Medical Systems 10
#17 Andrew A. Thoreson Becton, Dickinson And 9
#17 Richard C. Gage Municipal Parking Services 9
#19 Steven M. Koehler Awol Outdoors 8
#20 William Best Shock Doctor 7
#20 David Healy Windage 7
#22 John L. Shannon, Jr. Incisive Surgical 6
#22 William L. Tenney Interpolymer 6
#24 David H. Narum Fei 5
#24 Nicholas Todd Mann Prototype And Production Systems 5
#24 Lois J. Sonstegard 5
#27 Mark Summers Airbus Operations Limited 4
#27 Michael D. Huddy Louisiana-Pacific 4
#27 Kevin Olsen Aspen Compressor 4
#27 Andrew Howard SCHMIDT Acumed 4
#27 William Robert Keefe Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments 4
#27 Chris W. Bollis 4
#33 Darrell W. Blauer 3
#33 Robert Nelson Biovascular 3
#33 Marshall S. Stanton Medtronic 3
#33 L. Pearce McCarty, III 3
#37 Samuel JOHNSON 2
#37 Kelly M. Roscoe 3M 2
#37 Brian G. Ehalt Seagate Technology 2
#37 Van-Ba Huynh North Carolina State University 2
#37 Raoul J. Paver Express Scripts Strategic Development 2
#37 Mark D. Strobel Primera Technology 2
#37 Ronald G. Hornbaker 2
#37 Jerad J. Hahn AMD 2
#37 Todd P. Messal Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#46 Gerald T. McCourtney United States Surgical 1
#46 Christopher MANDY Danaher 1
#46 Anthony L. Palesotti 1
#46 Laurie Shekels 1
#46 Allonzo Baron Seran, III Graco Minnesota 1

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