Park Rapids, MN ranks #17,195 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 85 patents from 28 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Park Rapids, MN include Lipper International, Unknown, Dana Limited. That works out to 20.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–28 of 28 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Hertaus | Lipper International | 35 |
| 2 | Donald W. Wilkening | Unknown | 7 |
| 2 | Alvin Stanley Rost | Dana Limited | 7 |
| #4 | David Filkins | Schott Ag | 6 |
| #5 | Jeffry M. Irish | Micro-Trak Systems | 2 |
| #5 | Gary Beeman | — | 2 |
| #5 | Rodney C. Boos | — | 2 |
| #5 | Richard L. Bogaard | University of Minnesota | 2 |
| #5 | Larry A. Sundsrud | — | 2 |
| #5 | Brian S. Grey | — | 2 |
| #11 | Wesley Benjamin | — | 1 |
| #11 | Keith H Ballenger | Gtat | 1 |
| #11 | Walter L. Vry | — | 1 |
| #11 | Gerald Martin | — | 1 |
| #11 | Jonathan S. Waldner | Unknown | 1 |
| #11 | Calvin A. Moe | — | 1 |
| #11 | Thomas J. Beriou | — | 1 |
| #11 | Virgil Blanchard | — | 1 |
| #11 | Donald J. Lydell, deceased | — | 1 |
| #11 | by Hilda Lydell, executor | — | 1 |
| #11 | Benjamin Kading | University Of North Dakota | 1 |
| #11 | Gregory C. Kuehn | Vermeer Manufacturing | 1 |
| #11 | Timothy Moore | — | 1 |
| #11 | Kellan Pauly | Imation | 1 |
| #11 | Isaac Landrus | Team Industries | 1 |
| #11 | Jason S. Koskela | Team Industries | 1 |
| #11 | Raymond E. Engelhart | — | 1 |
| #11 | Wayne Vautrin | — | 1 |
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