Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Shoreview, MN ranks #470 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,887 patents from 657 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Shoreview, MN include Micron, Medtronic, 3M. That works out to 255.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 657 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph M. Jeddeloh Micron 236
2 Robert W. Stadler Medtronic 181
3 Michael F. Weber 3M 177
#4 Yinghong Yu Cardiac Pacemakers 173
#5 Michael Hoey Medtronic 157
#6 Xusheng Zhang Medtronic 153
#7 Qi An Cardiac Pacemakers 142
#8 Jiang Ding Cardiac Pacemakers 139
#9 Mark B. Knudson Enteromedics 131
#10 Paul A. LaBerge Micron 117
#11 Jian-Ping Wang University of Minnesota 101
#12 Saurav Paul St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 93
#12 John A. Hauck St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 93
#14 Jian Cao Imperception 89
#15 Joe M. Jeddeloh Micron 81
#16 Sunipa Saha Cardiac Pacemakers 80
#17 Yanting Dong Cardiac Pacemakers 71
#18 Mark McCaslin Forage Genetics International 70
#19 Daniel J. Horn Boston Scientific Scimed 69
#19 Viktoria A. Averina Cardiac Pacemakers 69
#21 Scott R. Stanslaski Medtronic 68
#22 Donald G. Peterson 3M 60
#23 Stephen J. Hahn Cardiac Pacemakers 59
#24 Guy D. Joly 3M 57
#25 Mary M. Morris Medtronic 55
#26 Dwight E. Nelson Medtronic 54
#27 Tommy D. Bennett Medtronic 53
#28 Kent D. Katterheinrich Target Brands 52
#29 Mina S. Fahim 51
#29 Catherine R. Condie Medtronic 51
#31 David J. Smith British Petroleum 49
#32 Richard E. Michaelson Igt 48
#33 Harry A. Puryear St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division 46
#34 John D. Wahlstrand Medtronic 45
#35 David H. Cheney Target Brands 44
#36 Robert J. Ziebol Icu Medical 42
#37 Julia A. Schraut St. Jude Medical 41
#38 Devon N. Arnholt Cardiac Pacemakers 40
#39 Dong-Wei Zhu 3M 38
#40 J. Edward Shapland Acorn Cardiovascular 37
#41 Christopher M. Lange Graco Minnesota 35
#41 Steven D. Solomonson 3M 35
#43 Michael J. Lyden Cardiac Pacemakers 34
#44 Emily S. Goenner 3M 33
#45 David J. Yarusso 3M 32
#46 David J. W. Aastuen 3M 31
#47 Steven P. Floeder 3M 30
#47 Doug M. Birkholz Cardiac Pacemakers 30
#49 Brian Joseph Perszyk 29
#49 Robert M. Jennings 3M 29

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