Top Inventors in Waconia, MN | Patent Leaderboard

Waconia, MN ranks #3,528 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 838 patents from 161 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Waconia, MN include Perftech, Commscope Technologies, Adc Telecommunications. That works out to 64.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 161 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Jonathan E. Schmidt	Perftech	59
2	Ryan Kostecka	Commscope Technologies	46
3	Michael J. Wayman	Adc Telecommunications	34
#4	Craig M. Standish	Adc Telecommunications	31
#5	Ryan N. Ruzicka	—	28
#6	Douglas P. Riemer	—	27
#7	James Wolf	Corona Clipper	25
#7	David M. Costello	Covidien Lp	25
#9	Douglas Iddings	Donaldson Company	24
#10	Timothy A. Hjelsand	Stratasys	22
#11	Scott V. Johnson	Motorola	20
#12	Scott B. Olson	O.S. Designs	18
#12	John R. Ballard	Apple	18
#14	David Matthew Strei	Rosemount	17
#15	Michael Tiller	Seagate Technology	13
#16	Teresa C. Podtburg	—	12
#16	Joel N. Erdman	Johnstech International	12
#18	James R. Bostic	Nordictrack	11
#18	Susan L. Kamper	General Mills	11
#20	Eric M. Chinnock	3M	10
#20	Shane J. Van Sloun	—	10
#20	Douglas M. Johnson	Empak	10
#23	David S. Bedford	University of Minnesota	9
#23	Nicholas Aaron Wienhold	Rosemount	9
#23	Kevin Alstrin	Eaton	9
#26	Forrest Christopher Hach	GE	8
#26	Gary Willenbring	Rosemount Aerospace	8
#28	Michael Barto	Eaton	7
#28	Mark J. Strehlke	Amei Technologies	7
#28	Andrew J. Klosinski	Rosemount	7
#31	Donovan Raatz	Motorola	6
#31	Casey Murray	Starkey Laboratories	6
#31	Ferris T. Price, deceased	Unisys	6
#31	Angelo Natuzzi	Triple E Canada	6
#31	Myles L. Miller	Rosemount	6
#31	John Matthew LaHood	Clam	6
#31	Timothy I. Meehan	Eaton	6
#31	Dustin Degen	Starkey Laboratories	6
#39	G. Shawn Brown	Aeration Industries International, Llc.	5
#39	Charles Groepper	Mts Systems	5
#39	Matthew Guse	Seasonal Specialties	5
#39	Steve Bruesehoff	Medtronic	5
#39	Russell Manchester	Crest Ultrasonics	5
#44	Blake Rice	Kansas State University	4
#44	Craig Zimmerman	Bwt Holding Gmbh	4
#44	James Schmitz	A&E Incoporated	4
#44	Vada J. Larson	Unknown	4
#44	Charles J. Dahlke	Rosemount	4
#44	Leon Ricord	Mr Instruments	4
#44	Dennis Richard Mevissen	Nelson Global Products	4

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