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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Spring Valley, MN ranks #17,449 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 83 patents from 13 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Spring Valley, MN include Donaldson Company, Mayo Foundation, IBM. That works out to 33.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–13 of 13 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kevin Schrage Donaldson Company 53
2 Harold R. Bergen, III Mayo Foundation 7
3 Neil R. Davie IBM 6
#4 Michael Allen Weed IBM 3
#5 Robert G. Baarsch Herdstar 2
#5 Farrell J. Lloyd Mayo Foundation 2
#5 Charles L. Emig, II IBM 2
#5 Harold S. Bergen, III Mayo Foundation 2
#5 Peter Stier Gemu Gebr. Mueller Apparatebau Gmbh & Co. Kommanditsgesellschaft 2
#10 Ellen Theobald 1
#10 Kenneth A. Fetterly Mayo Foundation 1
#10 Wayne R. McNamara 1
#10 Robert Dean Gehrking 1

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