Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plymouth, MN ranks #261 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 11,685 patents from 1,545 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plymouth, MN include Inspire Medical Systems, Keystone Retaining Wall Systems, Interrad Medical. That works out to 144.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,545 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Rondoni Inspire Medical Systems 155
2 Robert A. MacDonald Keystone Retaining Wall Systems 142
3 Mark R. Christianson Interrad Medical 141
#4 Soumitri Kolavennu Honeywell 129
#5 David J. Emmons Ademco 118
#6 Daniel M. Lafontaine Scimed Life Systems 115
#7 James M. Olsen Medtronic 107
#8 Andrew T. Forsberg Interrad Medical 90
#9 Bryant J. Pudil Medtronic 89
#10 Ronald D. Jesme 3M 86
#11 John J. Chen Boston Scientific Scimed 84
#12 Wei Ren GE 82
#13 Matthew D. Bonner Medtronic 80
#14 Bruce D. Gunderson Medtronic 73
#15 Bernhard H. van Lengerich General Mills 69
#16 Kenneth C. Gardeski Medtronic 67
#17 Hongyue Liu Seagate Technology 66
#18 Xianbo Zhang Veritas Technologies 64
#18 Mustafa A. Ergun Ergotron 64
#20 Kai Kroll St. Croix Medical 63
#21 Harry Hongyue Liu Seagate Technology 62
#21 Daniel Gregorich Boston Scientific Scimed 62
#21 Jonathan S. Stinson Boston Scientific Scimed 62
#24 Daniel S. Savage Lockdowel 61
#25 Aravind Padmanabhan Honeywell 60
#25 Paul Wacker Honeywell 60
#27 Sang-Hyun Oh Sk Hynix 59
#28 Chad Shapiro King Show Games 58
#28 Alex A. Peterson St. Jude Medical Atg 58
#30 Christopher L. Pulliam Medtronic 56
#30 Timothy L. Johnson Nonin Medical 56
#32 Steve Huseth Honeywell 55
#32 Michael R. Klardie Medtronic 55
#34 Steven T. Deininger Medtronic 54
#34 Carl Anderson Anderson-Cook 54
#36 James M. Poplett Cardiac Pacemakers 53
#37 Jeffrey J. Nelson Gyrus Acmi 52
#38 Michael Ray Elgersma Honeywell 51
#39 David J. Domingues General Mills 49
#39 Lev A. Koyrakh Covidien Lp 49
#41 Kenneth P. Hoyme Cardiac Pacemakers 48
#42 Paul Hindrichs Conventus Orthopaedics 46
#42 Shan Wan Johnson & Johnson 46
#44 Brent Chian Honeywell 45
#45 Jeremy D. Dando St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 44
#46 Andrew K. Palmer Biomet Manufacturing 43
#46 Reinhold Henke Arc Suppression Technologies 43
#48 Karl D. Nelson Honeywell 42
#48 David J. Johnsen Adc Telecommunications 42
#50 Joel T. Eggert Boston Scientific Scimed 41

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