Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Savage, MN ranks #1,415 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,366 patents from 354 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Savage, MN include Commscope Technologies, Seagate Technology, Adc Telecommunications. That works out to 72.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 354 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott C. Kowalczyk Commscope Technologies 110
2 James Gary Wessel Seagate Technology 84
3 Ponharith Nhep Commscope Technologies 73
#4 Philip M. Wala Adc Telecommunications 70
#5 David Schultz Honeywell 64
#6 Chad Sjodin Adc Telecommunications 63
#7 Brent M. Augustine Augustine Biomedical + Design 62
#8 Gary T. Schultze Regalo International 46
#8 Aaron J. Chalekian 46
#10 Keith D. Lokkesmoe 45
#11 Myron Buer Broadcom 43
#12 James A. Johnson Lockheed Martin 40
#13 Todd Anthony Ell Rosemount Aerospace 39
#14 Jeffrey C. Sherry Johnstech International 36
#15 Scott Franzen Seagate Technology 32
#16 Steven J. Brandt Commscope Technologies 29
#16 Steven J. Seme K2M 29
#18 Timothy Neeser Minnesota Valley Engineering 25
#18 Ladislav R. Pust Seagate Technology 25
#20 Steven R. Wedan Imricor Medical Systems 24
#20 Hong Ying Wang Seagate Technology 24
#22 Larry R. Nepsund Donaldson Company 23
#22 Bradley D. Schulz Mts Systems 23
#22 Benjamin M. Wernberg Tricam Industries 23
#25 Bradley Jay Ver Meer Seagate Technology 22
#26 Brian William Karr Seagate Technology 20
#26 Joshua Ward Christensen Seagate Technology 20
#28 Jamie Brandt Milestone Av Technologies 19
#28 Daniel J. Benjamin Seagate Technology 19
#28 David J. Scherbring The Toro 19
#28 Daniel K. Tomaschko Boston Scientific Scimed 19
#32 Jaime Sly Rosemount Aerospace 18
#32 Stephen Armstrong Gennum 18
#32 Loi T. Truong Colder Products 18
#35 Andrew DeMiglio Cardinal Ig 17
#36 Paul E. Hopkins Stratasys 16
#36 Dennis M. Burroughs Adc Telecommunications 16
#36 James E. Angelo Seagate Technology 16
#39 Steven R. Peterson Gnb Technologies 15
#39 Andrew Drenner Reconrobotics 15
#41 Shawn Filipek Robert Bosch Gmbh 14
#42 Wade Mosset Donaldson Company 13
#42 Paul Holtan Dane Technologies 13
#42 Jon DCamp Honeywell 13
#42 Julie Marquardt Ecolab Usa 13
#42 Eric J. Wendel Atrato 13
#47 Patrick C. Cronin Entrust Datacard 12
#47 Gerald L. Brown Unisys 12
#47 Alan A. Oppenheimer General Mills 12
#47 John O. Hurst The Toro 12

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