Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Saint Paul, MN ranks #571 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,952 patents from 620 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Saint Paul, MN include 3M, Ecolab Usa, Ergotron.

Showing 1–50 of 620 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrew J. Ouderkirk 3M 234
2 Victor Fuk-Pong Man Ecolab Usa 219
3 Carter M. Silvernail Ecolab Usa 178
#4 Steven E. Lentsch 136
#5 Junzhong Li Ecolab Usa 131
#6 Erik C. Olson Ecolab Usa 124
#7 Richard Staub Ecolab Usa 120
#8 Mark Levitt Ecolab Usa 85
#8 Charles Allen Hodge Ecolab Usa 85
#10 Terrence P. Everson Ecolab Usa 75
#11 Amanda Ruth Blattner Ecolab Usa 71
#11 Ashish Dhawan Ecolab Usa 71
#13 David J. Prince Ergotron 69
#14 Yvonne Marie Killeen Ecolab Usa 68
#15 Christian Richard Trifilio Chemistry Design Werks 62
#16 Philip E. Watson X Development 55
#17 John D. Norton Medtronic 52
#18 Kaustav Ghosh Whirlpool 51
#19 Derrick Richard Anderson Ecolab Usa 46
#20 Robert E. Kolb 3M 44
#20 Daniel E. Pedersen Ecolab Usa 44
#22 Janel Marie Kieffer Ecolab Usa 42
#23 Colin M. O'Donnell Bedford Industries 41
#23 Steven S. Kantner 3M 41
#23 James Segermark Ev3 41
#26 Peter J. Fernholz Ecolab Usa 40
#26 Robert J. Ryther Ecolab Usa 40
#28 Brandon Herdt Ecolab Usa 39
#29 Gregory G. Griese Ecolab Usa 38
#30 Steven J. Lange Ecolab Usa 37
#30 David C. Koskenmaki 3M 37
#30 David Dotzauer Ecolab Usa 37
#30 Paul Frazer Schacht Ecolab Usa 37
#34 Joseph R. Wegner Ecolab Usa 36
#34 Neil A. Krueger Honeywell 36
#36 John Mansergh Ecolab Usa 35
#36 Kyle Harish Srivastava Boston Scientific 35
#38 Kun Xiong Ecolab Usa 34
#39 Altony Miralles Ecolab Usa 33
#40 Lee J. Monsrud Ecolab Usa 32
#40 Daniel Sigg Medtronic 32
#42 Keith M. Kotchick 3M 31
#42 Catherine Hanson Ecolab Usa 31
#42 Brian G. Linehan Carlson Pet Products 31
#42 Daniel D. Anderson Ecolab Usa 31
#46 Jay Reimer 30
#46 Lisa M. Sanders Ecolab Usa 30
#48 Thomas J. Hamlin Xerox 29
#48 Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian Ecolab Usa 29
#50 Michael Charles DeNoma Ecolab Usa 28

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