Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Winsted, MN ranks #28,216 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 36 patents from 18 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Winsted, MN include Walker Stainless Equipment, Sterner Lighting Systems Incorporated, Tylohelo. That works out to 16.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–18 of 18 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott J. Cray 7
2 John E. Theisen 5
2 Virgil J. Scherping Walker Stainless Equipment 5
#4 Arthur R. Guggemos Sterner Lighting Systems Incorporated 3
#5 Kenneth F. Guggemos Sterner Lighting Systems Incorporated 2
#5 Ralph Millerbernd 2
#7 Merle L. Painter 1
#7 Tracy Felder Tylohelo 1
#7 Anthony Michael Elke Rosemount 1
#7 Robert E. Kosek Sterner Lighting Systems Incorporated 1
#7 Larry P. Zimmerman Sterner Lighting Systems Incorporated 1
#7 Ronald A. Greeley 1
#7 Patrick A. Engle 1
#7 Joan M. Barrie-Daigle 1
#7 Gary J. Daigle 1
#7 Michael R. Specken Sterner Lighting Systems Incorporated 1
#7 Paul Martin Backer GE 1
#7 David G Panetti 1

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