Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Windom, MN ranks #203 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 14,303 patents from 2,819 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Windom, MN include Mcscience, Stratasys, Medtronic. That works out to 2981.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,819 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Marshall S. Kriesel Mcscience 138
2 William J. Swanson Stratasys 115
3 Keith A. Miesel Medtronic 112
#4 Nusrallah Jubran Samsung 87
#5 Marina Brockway Cardiac Pacemakers 85
#6 Robert L. Assell Trans1 80
#7 David D. Jones Karsten Manufacturing 79
#8 Casey L. Carlson 3M 78
#9 Stanley Gresens Duracraft 72
#10 Michael Benton Free 3M 71
#11 John W. Forsberg The Lubrizol 70
#12 Gerald M. Benson 3M 65
#13 Patrick R. Gruber Cargill, Incorporated 62
#14 Brian Brockway Vivaquant 60
#15 Paul Huelskamp Cardiac Pacemakers 58
#16 Peter M. J. Mulier Medtronic 56
#17 Timothy A. Bachman Ultimed 55
#18 Clyde D. Calhoun 3M 52
#19 David M. LaCroix Keystone Retaining Wall Systems 49
#20 George V. D. Tiers 3M 48
#21 William P. Robbins Discovision Associates 47
#21 Byron E. Trotter 3M 47
#23 Karl E. Benson 3M 46
#24 David A. Olson 3M 45
#25 Edward E. Parsonage St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico 43
#26 Ernest L. Thurber 3M 42
#27 Louis Benoit Salomon S.A. 39
#27 Bernard A. Gonzalez 3M 39
#27 William A. Hendrickson 3M 39
#27 Larry Holmberg Unknown 39
#31 Catherine M. Verfaillie University of Minnesota 37
#31 Cristin E. Moran 3M 37
#33 Dean S. Milbrath 3M 36
#34 Timothy G. Badar Commscope Technologies 35
#35 Richard W. Molstad Imation 34
#36 Britton G. Billingsley 3M 33
#36 Craig Stolen Cardiac Pacemakers 33
#36 Todd D. Jones 3M 33
#36 Frank T. Sher 3M 33
#40 Scott A. Entenman Augustine Temperature Management 32
#40 Peter Anderson Honeywell 32
#40 Shaelyn D. Crutchley 3M 32
#43 Henry L. Carbone, II Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 31
#43 Leland R. Whitney 3M 31
#43 John S. Staral 3M 31
#43 John Quackenbush Rotation Medical 31
#43 James F. Pomroy Plastibec 31
#43 G. Kent Archibald Med Wave 31
#43 Paul J. Miller Boston Scientific Scimed 31
#50 Katherine R. Wittenberg Target Brands 30

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