Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Winona, MN ranks #3,394 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 878 patents from 171 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Winona, MN include Ravin Crossbows, Herman Miller, Hill-Rom Services. That works out to 33.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 171 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Craig Thomas Yehle Ravin Crossbows 53
2 William E. Stumpf Herman Miller 46
3 Stanton Hopkins Breitlow Hill-Rom Services 32
#4 Robert A. Pape Watlow Electric Manufacturing 30
#5 David W. Eastep Ticona 29
#6 Aaron H. Johnson Ticona 27
#7 Larry E. Tiedemann Watlow Electric Manufacturing 26
#8 William Bohlinger Watlow Electric Manufacturing 23
#8 Ronald Clare Hawley Integrated Composite Products 23
#10 Timothy A. Regan Ticona 21
#11 Thomas Robert Pfingsten Watlow Electric Manufacturing 19
#12 Bruce R. Kline Simmonds Precision Products 17
#12 Carolyn M. Dry Unknown 17
#14 James Hentges Watlow Electric Manufacturing 16
#15 Dominique Ponsolle Cytec Technology 15
#15 John J. McCauley Peerless Chain 15
#15 Jeremy J. Quandt Watlow Electric Manufacturing 15
#18 Martin Choate Isola Usa 14
#18 Kevin Willmorth Kim Lighting 14
#18 Timothy L. Tibor Ticona 14
#21 Sherri M. Nelson Ticona 11
#21 Mark L. G. Hoven Watlow Electric Manufacturing 11
#21 Craig Dennis Watlow Electric Manufacturing 11
#24 Edward W. S. Bryant Eaton 10
#24 Richard J. Renk Unknown 10
#26 Randy Peterson Ashley Furniture Industries 9
#26 Tim Regan Microsoft 9
#28 Leon J. McNutt Watlow Electric Manufacturing 8
#28 James H. Kreisel Durex International 8
#28 Richard M. Ebert Unknown 8
#28 Daniel Scott Amundson 8
#32 Mark Ellinghuysen Unknown 7
#32 David Blankenship Peerless Chain 7
#32 Gerald P. Lawson Ford 7
#32 John Bergen Watlow Electric Manufacturing 7
#32 Joshua M. Cherry 7
#37 George E. Boller Unknown 6
#37 Douglas Paul Pozanc Wagner Spray Tech 6
#37 Ron Carl Schimmelpfenning Abl Ip Holding 6
#37 Steve Napieralski Oz Lifting Products 6
#37 Donald W. Dingfelder IBM 6
#37 Robert D. Jensen Peerless Chain 6
#37 Keith Laken Watlow Polymer Technologies 6
#37 Dustin A. Barwald 6
#45 Robert Borgen Colorado Tripod Company 5
#45 David Arnold Flying Null Limited 5
#45 Christopher Glen Popp Digi International 5
#45 Bret Wadewitz Watlow Electric Manufacturing 5
#49 Ronald E. Papenfuss Watlow Polymer Technologies 4
#49 Tim Tibor Southwire Company 4

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