Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Roseville, MN ranks #807 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,187 patents from 611 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Roseville, MN include Comcast, Cisco, Cardiac Pacemakers. That works out to 115.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 611 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bin Ma Comcast 205
2 Shantanu Sarkar Cisco 173
3 David J. Ternes Cardiac Pacemakers 142
#4 Terry L. Smith 3M 135
#5 Robert F. Wilson Acist Medical Systems 104
#6 H. Toby Markowitz Medtronic 94
#7 Mieczyslaw H. Mazurek 3M 83
#8 James K. Carney Medtronic 79
#9 Ronald W. Heil, Jr. Cardiac Pacemakers 76
#10 Chad Fertig Honeywell 48
#11 William G. Howard Medtronic 43
#12 Wayne O. Duescher Keltech Engineering 41
#12 Jon D. Kittelsen Bite Tech 41
#14 Mark A. Gogins Donaldson Company 40
#15 Wendy L. Thompson 3M 36
#16 Chung I. Young 3M 34
#17 Glen W. Davidson Graco Minnesota 33
#17 Thomas Ohnstein Honeywell 33
#19 Zoltan Zansky Network Appliance 31
#19 Perry A. Mills Transoma Medical 31
#21 Warren Young Blu Dot Design & Manufacturing 30
#21 Lawrence Kane Greatbatch 30
#21 David J. Rowe 3M 30
#24 Robert T. Sawchuk Medtronic 28
#25 John J. Stradinger 3M 27
#26 Eric M. Moore 3M 26
#26 Kenneth J. Wilson US Air Force 26
#28 Jeffrey Popowski Tenacious Holdings 25
#28 Mary M. Byron Cardiac Pacemakers 25
#30 Zhiqun Zhang 3M 24
#31 Joel Morris 23
#31 Yi He 3M 23
#31 Jadin C. Jackson Medtronic 23
#34 Terry L Lyon HP 22
#34 Jiyan Liu Acist Medical Systems 22
#34 Arthur A. Beisang Genetic Laboratories 22
#37 Stanlee W. Meisinger Fastest 21
#37 Timothy J. Callaghan Honeywell 21
#39 John D. Haas 3M 20
#39 John A. Murphy Johnny Rhymes With Connie 20
#39 Matthew Johnson Navico Holding As 20
#39 Eric Stemen Cardiac Pacemakers 20
#39 David Raab Boston Scientific Scimed 20
#44 Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota 19
#44 Robert W. Shannon 3M 19
#44 Robert K. Galkiewicz 3M 19
#44 Janet A. Venne 3M 19
#48 Bruce L. Hill Honeywell 18
#49 Daniel J. Cooke Cardiac Pacemakers 17
#49 Cheisan Yue Honeywell 17

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