Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Virginia, MN ranks #10,720 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 181 patents from 60 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Virginia, MN include 3M, Veeco Instruments, Nanocopoeia. That works out to 21.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 60 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Semra Colak Atan 3M 16
2 Scott Wayne Priddy Veeco Instruments 12
2 Tzehaw Chen Nanocopoeia 12
#4 John Thomas Bergman Mclaughlin Gormley King 11
#5 Chad Peters Cardinal Ig 8
#6 Brian K. Foner Parker-Hannifin 7
#6 Daniel T. Garman Aquadynamics 7
#6 Jeffrey E. Zander The Toro 7
#9 Matthew Boyer Boston Scientific Scimed 6
#9 Damion Scott Plymesser Trane International 6
#11 Jack M. Cavanaugh Rosemount 5
#12 Allen J. Lakosky 4
#12 Semra Colak 3M 4
#14 Natalia Kubantseva General Mills 3
#14 Peter Moeller The Toro 3
#14 Eric Musser Thoughtspot 3
#14 Frank J. Klima Unknown 3
#14 Peder A. Lindberg Design Ready Controls 3
#14 David A. Liebl Medamicus 3
#20 Andrew Artz Disney 2
#20 Jeffrey Jerome Cichoski 2
#20 Robert J. Menne, III 2
#20 Guy L. Milliren Fluoroware 2
#20 Erik D. Istre Department Of Veterans Affairs 2
#20 Abel Solorzano Cummins Power Generation 2
#20 Walter E. Welander 2
#20 Mark Tovar 2
#20 Jessica Derby Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#20 Hartley Emerson 2
#20 Stephen M. Bertling 3M 2
#20 Tanhia D. Gonzalez General Mills 2
#20 Anders Carl Wahlberg Optum 2
#20 Scott A. Miers 2
#20 Michael A. Lehman 2
#20 John A. Hoffmann 2
#20 Clark Bremer Ascend Communications 2
#37 Ahmed H. Daoud 1
#37 Paul H. Fuchs Stratasys 1
#37 Chris Colway Greatbatch 1
#37 Kyle H. Goldschmidt 1
#37 Blayne Field Nxn Tech 1
#37 Katherine M. Lean 1
#37 Ryan McArdle Ademco 1
#37 Wade Nolan SCHMELZER Cargill, Incorporated 1
#37 Darryl DROZDIK Moraine 1
#37 Peter Chatman Leuty Itt Manufacturing Enterprises 1
#37 Keith Edward Mitchell 1
#37 Ryan R. Windy G&K Services 1
#37 John F. Dinusson Orthocor Medical 1
#37 Dennis J. Peterson Newcon 1

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