Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shakopee, MN ranks #1,357 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,470 patents from 404 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shakopee, MN include Commscope Technologies, Seagate Technology, Sabic Innovative Plastics B.V.. That works out to 56.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 404 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Marcouiller Commscope Technologies 100
2 Jonathan R. Kaml Commscope Technologies 80
3 Dennis Krampotich Commscope Technologies 77
#4 Kevin A. Gomez Seagate Technology 72
#5 Dean Zavadsky Commscope Technologies 63
#6 Brian D. Mullen Sabic Innovative Plastics B.V. 56
#7 Rodney C. Schoenfelder Commscope Technologies 47
#8 Ronald J. Scherer Anchor Wall Systems 45
#9 Jason Bryce Gadbois Seagate Technology 38
#10 Venkateswara Rao Inturi Seagate Technology 36
#11 Jae-Young Yi Seagate Technology 34
#12 Sarbeswar Sahoo Seagate Technology 33
#12 Thomas E. Broome Boston Scientific Scimed 33
#14 Peter Barnett Urotronic 32
#14 Thomas McPeak Covidien Lp 32
#16 Aaron J. Golle Safe Lites 30
#17 Anthony P. Sannino Seagate Technology 28
#18 David Scott Seekins Seagate Technology 26
#19 Eric S. Linville Seagate Technology 25
#20 Christopher S. Case Target Brands 23
#21 Chad M. McGuire Rosemount 21
#22 Philip G. Pitcher Seagate Technology 20
#22 Wade Leo Gehlhoff Eaton 20
#22 Vance D. Fiegel Embro 20
#22 Lealon R. McKenzie Seagate Technology 20
#22 Donald J. Link Skirts Plus 20
#22 Steven Douglas Granz Seagate Technology 20
#22 Darshana H. Mehta Seagate Technology 20
#29 Kimmo Antero Kyllonen Automated Assembly 19
#30 Vinod Pandey AT&T 18
#30 Dipeshkumar J. Purani Seagate Technology 18
#32 Roger A. Resh Seagate Technology 17
#33 Harikrishna P. Natarajan Starkey Laboratories 16
#33 Shawn A. Ruden Seagate Technology 16
#33 Robin Berg Adc Telecommunications 16
#33 George Michael Drake Cooper Technologies 16
#33 Cheng Bi Zte 16
#38 Dirk Willy Bauschke Rosemount 15
#39 Richard Esten Bohn Seagate Technology 14
#39 Chansy Phommachanh Adc Telecommunications 14
#39 Jason T. Steffens Entegris 14
#42 Thuc M. Dinh Msp 13
#42 Michael P. Nesnidal Rosemount Aerospace 13
#42 Jerry Edward Toms Adc Telecommunications 13
#42 Jason Gerold Acist Medical Systems 13
#42 Arthur J. Paulson Datacard 13
#42 Jon Wawra Entrust 13
#48 Allen A. Caldwell Core Distribution 12
#48 Daniel D. Dittmer Seagate Technology 12
#48 Michael Gunderson Commscope Technologies 12

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