Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Red Wing, MN ranks #4,385 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 632 patents from 107 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Red Wing, MN include 3M, Leeo, Hon Technology. That works out to 38.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 107 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy J. Nevitt 3M 102
2 Adam M. Gettings Leeo 43
3 David Charles Lyons Hon Technology 40
#4 Donato L. Ricci Unknown 38
#5 Brian J. Bischoff Healthsense 32
#6 Daniel P. Wilde Cirrus Logic 27
#6 J. Thomas Wolner D B Industries 27
#8 John F. Miller Conoco 26
#9 Gerald Pedersen Weatherford/Lamb 17
#10 Jeffrey J. Rooney Micron 13
#10 Robert L. Cahlander Restaurant Technology 13
#12 Philip K. Snider Graco Minnesota 12
#12 Ziqiang Lu Rockland Flooring 12
#14 Bruce H. Koerner 10
#15 Michael B. Larson 3M 9
#16 David A. Schlangen D B Industries 7
#16 Jack P. Blomgren 3M 7
#16 Martin A. Gardzinski Unknown 7
#16 Isaac M. Giesen Delaware Capital Formation 7
#16 Mark H. Fairbairn Thomas & Betts International 7
#21 Gregory A. Lawrence Restaurant Technology 6
#21 Charles E. Fanslow 6
#21 Nathan W. Safe 3M 6
#21 Joel Kent Wittenbraker Mactech 6
#21 Joseph C. Boetto Laird Technologies 6
#26 Rudolph O. Marohl Delaware Capital Formation 5
#26 Mara S. Celt 3M 5
#26 James T. Wolner D B Industries 5
#29 Merle Arvid Larson Cannon Equipment 4
#29 Charles L. Caverly Quantum 4
#29 John H. Anderes, Jr. 4
#29 Arnold M. Milbright International Telephone And Telegraph 4
#29 Kristen Bandurski Red Wing Shoe Company 4
#29 Matthew S. Stephenson 3M 4
#29 Charles M. Brown 4
#36 John H. Lawson Baxter International 3
#36 Jerry J. Barth 3M 3
#36 William J. Sweasy Foot Image Technology 3
#36 Christopher James Fangman Ecowater Systems 3
#36 Mara S. Reif-Wenner 3M 3
#36 Demetrius G. Jelatis Central Research Laboratories Limited 3
#36 Robert P. Sweet Cannon Equipment 3
#36 Richard J. Curtin 3
#36 Roy E. Neufeldt 3
#45 Adino S. Quiboloy 2
#45 Troy Allen Dicke 2
#45 Michael N. Milbright 3M 2
#45 David R. Swinnerton Red Wing Shoe Company 2
#45 Charles C. Bryant D B Industries 2
#45 Julie A. Bischoff 2

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