Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

St. Peter, MN ranks #11,495 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 162 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in St. Peter, MN include Dixie Consumer Products, Agilent Technologies, Derner Technologies. That works out to 13.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Patrick J. Smith Dixie Consumer Products 31
2 Dwight Robert Stoll Agilent Technologies 10
3 Eric Derner Derner Technologies 8
#4 Beverly Gustafson AT&T 7
#4 Shane Fetters AT&T 7
#6 Anthony H. Giang Reconrobotics 6
#6 Dan Dhuyvetter Ridley Usa 6
#8 Wesley C. Marcus Johnson Outdoors 5
#8 Paul L. Ardison Hiniker 5
#10 Russell Baker 4
#10 Richard E. Jensen 4
#10 Leslie Brey Cambria Company 4
#10 Gregory Keith Anderson Drone Racing League 4
#10 William A. Soderlund, Jr. Pharmaceutical Solutions 4
#10 Richard B. Derner Derner Technologies 4
#10 Brian P. Derner Derner Technologies 4
#17 Carl Gruber 3
#17 Blaine E. Alderks 3
#17 Craig Tolzman Cambria Company 3
#17 Roger S. Hogue 3
#17 Rogenald J. Keller Unknown 3
#17 Donald Gardner 3
#17 Nihad E. Daidzic 3
#17 Eric Moreau Adc Telecommunications 3
#25 Chad William Myers Buhler Ag 2
#25 Patrick Soderlund 2
#25 Lee Stephen Boyum Jarraff Industries 2
#25 Medea Myhra Coloplast A/S 2
#25 Mark A. Stennes 2
#25 J. Ellis Bell Sloan Kettering Institute For Cancer Research 2
#25 Ben Whittier Illinois Tool Works 2
#32 Ronald D. Veith 1
#32 James Balcik Unisys 1
#32 Charles T. M. Suns 1
#32 Thomas Charles Hausenbauer 1
#32 Marcia Renee Coonrod Optum 1
#32 Joseph C. Hammer Illumina 1
#32 Joe Thornblad 1
#32 Benjamin K. Wenner 1
#32 Daniel Baston Johnson Outdoors 1
#32 Terry Dale Pankratz 1
#32 JD Carsten Mtu Onsite Energy 1

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