Pine City, MN ranks #15,635 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 99 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pine City, MN include Cardiac Pacemakers, Boston Scientific Scimed, Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations. That works out to 31.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dana Sachs | Cardiac Pacemakers | 27 |
| 2 | Daniel Shuey | Boston Scientific Scimed | 16 |
| 3 | Steve Wilson | Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations | 15 |
| #4 | Andrew Novak | Cummins Power Generation | 10 |
| #5 | Steven K. Wilson | Kx Technologies | 8 |
| #6 | David A. Crawford | Cardiac Pacemakers | 3 |
| #7 | Glen J. Harmon | — | 2 |
| #7 | Scott Roisum | Schwing America | 2 |
| #7 | Paul R. Shuey | L & M Radiator | 2 |
| #7 | Hadley Bloomquist | — | 2 |
| #7 | Christine Bloomquist | — | 2 |
| #12 | Colin Hollingsworth, Jr. | — | 1 |
| #12 | Frank W. Lilja | Unitedhealth Group Incorporated | 1 |
| #12 | William Walter Paulson, Jr. | Artemis Kautschuk-Und Kunstoff-Technik Gmbh | 1 |
| #12 | Ryan Alvar | — | 1 |
| #12 | Iver Peterson | — | 1 |
| #12 | Michael B. Giguere | — | 1 |
| #12 | Richard A. Herzog | — | 1 |
| #12 | Dennis D. Long | Sperry | 1 |
| #12 | Robert G. Horner | — | 1 |
| #12 | Rod Greder | — | 1 |
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