Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sioux Falls, SD ranks #1,048 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 121 patents from 69 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sioux Falls, SD include Monsanto Technology, Sanford Health, Tearoptix. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 69 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roger L. Lussenden Monsanto Technology 20
2 David Hoffman Monsanto Technology 8
3 Patrick W. Kelly Sanford Health 6
#4 Vance M. Thompson Tearoptix 4
#5 Douglas Samuel Prairie Case Gmbh 3
#5 James M. Geraets Poet Research 3
#7 Rachel L. Kloos Poet Research 2
#7 Andrew J. Manning Poet Research 2
#7 Stephen M. Lewis Poet Research 2
#7 John W. Lawton, Jr. Poet Research 2
#7 Randy Schall 2
#7 Yoshimi Kuroiwa Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. 2
#7 David Schiller Bedford Industries 2
#7 Jason Bootsma Poet Research 2
#7 Nicholas O. Michael Raven Industries 2
#7 Debra Kay Steiger Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#7 Jeffrey D. Tschetter Bedford Industries 2
#7 Kamesh Reddy Sirigireddy Merial 2
#7 John C. Sweeney Terex Usa 2
#7 Azzeddine Douiyssi Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 2
#21 John S. Prince, III Sonifi Solutions 1
#21 James L. Fenno Sonifi Solutions 1
#21 David Sturzenbecher Daktronics 1
#21 Steve S. Jensen Raven Industries 1
#21 Hiroaki Matsushita Chugai Pharmaceutical 1
#21 Julie A. Kluin Poet Research 1
#21 Christopher Michael Bieber Poet Research 1
#21 Mark D. Stowers Poet Research 1
#21 John Warrent Lawton, Jr. Poet Research 1
#21 Warren R. Stearns Standard Microsystems 1
#21 Brandon Bjerrum Dakota Manufacturing Company 1
#21 Eric Schuld Sioux Steel 1
#21 William C. Miller IBM 1
#21 Allen Rickenbaugh Amesbury Group 1
#21 Diane Miller Production Resource Group, L.L.C. 1
#21 Derin Michael Zerr Sonifi Solutions 1
#21 Lance Glammeier 1
#21 John M. Schulzetenberg Curt Manufacturing 1
#21 Richard R. Koopmann 1
#21 Reuben C. Setliff, III Entellus Medical 1
#21 Gary E. Tagtow Amesbury Group 1
#21 Chi Li Ford 1
#21 Mark West Raven Industries 1
#21 David Allan Swanson Sanford Health 1
#21 Leif Sedgewick Freeman Poet Research 1
#21 Mark Herbert Heupel Poet Research 1
#21 Jared Ernest Kocer Raven Industries 1
#21 Aaron J. Emerson Cega Innovations 1
#21 Steven T. Bly Poet Research 1
#21 Brandon McLellan Poet Research 1

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