Brookings, SD ranks #3,648 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 31 patents from 23 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brookings, SD include Daktronics, University of Virginia, South Dakota State University. That works out to 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–23 of 23 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan J. Nielsen | Daktronics | 3 |
| 1 | Paul Rushton | University of Virginia | 3 |
| 3 | Nathan Lane Nearman | Daktronics | 2 |
| 3 | Ryan Hemiller | Daktronics | 2 |
| 3 | Omathanu P. Perumal | South Dakota State University | 2 |
| 3 | Jay Robert Hotchkiss | Pioneer (Corteva) | 2 |
| #7 | Mark Alan Messerli | The Marine Biological Laboratory | 1 |
| #7 | Eric S. Bravek | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Glenn P. Luke | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Brent A. Joffer | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Joshua Kindelspire | — | 1 |
| #7 | Brett David Wendler | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Xiangming Guan | Sanford Research | 1 |
| #7 | Matthew Ray Mueller | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Terry Anderson | Autonomous Tractor | 1 |
| #7 | Chandrahar Dwivedi | Sanford Research | 1 |
| #7 | Chad N. Gloege | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Roy A. Schut | — | 1 |
| #7 | Jordan Gab | Daktronics | 1 |
| #7 | Radhey S Kaushik | South Dakota State University | 1 |
| #7 | Andrew J. Stockholm | 3M | 1 |
| #7 | Ranjith Kumar Averineni | South Dakota State University | 1 |
| #7 | Zhengrong Gu | South Dakota Board Of Regents | 1 |
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