Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Zimmerman, MN ranks #5,851 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 432 patents from 80 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Zimmerman, MN include Graco Minnesota, Apothecary Products, Medtronic. That works out to 69.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 80 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Harold D. Johnson Graco Minnesota 36
2 Daniel Darst Apothecary Products 35
3 Jeffrey J. Clayton Medtronic 32
#4 Mark W. Weber Honeywell 30
#4 Richard C. Mattison Scimed Life Systems 30
#4 Michael J. Baade Medtronic 30
#7 Daniel P. Welch Wilson Wolf Manufacturing 23
#8 Ty Joseph Caswell Enhance Product Development 16
#9 William J. Nepsha Hoffman Enclosures 11
#10 Steven Smith Roebic Laboratories 10
#10 Michael Dahlin Google 10
#10 Thomas E. Pauly Graco Minnesota 10
#13 Elizabeth Jung Circulite 7
#13 Lisa Marie Wark Prudential Insurance Company Of America 7
#13 James D. Muchow Cisco 7
#16 Dan Welch Wilson Wolf Manufacturing 6
#16 Steven Nicholas Kisch Bercom International 6
#16 Larry Villeneuve Mate Precision Tooling 6
#19 Jon W. Jungers 5
#19 Collette M. Vanelzen Medtronic 5
#19 John R. Lindemeier Brunswick 5
#19 Kurt Robideau Ademco 5
#23 Keith T. Strang Precision Planting 4
#23 Kevin D. Batko Adc Telecommunications 4
#23 Paul Richard Anderson Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies 4
#23 Mark A. Neilson Intech Industries 4
#27 Mark Jenson Micron 3
#27 David J. Lorden Graco Minnesota 3
#27 Anders M. Ruikka 3
#27 Fabio Lopez C.R.F. Societa' Consortile Per Azioni 3
#27 Larry R. Johnson Anderson & Middleton 3
#27 Brian Akre 3
#27 David Gruhlke 3
#27 Lawrence J. Ebert 3
#35 Michael Lidbom Anchor Wall Systems 2
#35 Daniel K. Workman Brady Worldwide 2
#35 Brian Ruether 2
#35 Joseph R. Lacher 2
#35 Alan T. Miller 2
#35 Tina Roach Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#35 Phillip E. Lambert 2
#35 Mary A. McGauley General Mills 2
#35 Eric E. Furan 2
#35 Corey Tillman Boston Scientific Scimed 2
#35 Rodney J. Haberle Medtronic 2
#35 Denise May Broderick Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 2
#35 Thomas Michael Stierns Colder Products 2
#35 Michael D. Vangstad Graco Minnesota 2
#49 Andrew Dean Peterson Erdman Automation 1
#49 Wayne O. Broste 1

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