Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sioux Falls, SD ranks #1,194 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 114 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sioux Falls, SD include Monsanto Technology, Pioneer (Corteva), Amesbury Group. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roger L. Lussenden Monsanto Technology 17
2 Gerhard P Weber Pioneer (Corteva) 10
3 Gary E. Tagtow Amesbury Group 6
#4 Patrick W. Kelly Sanford Health 4
#4 Debra Kay Steiger Pioneer (Corteva) 4
#6 Tracy Lammers Amesbury Group 3
#6 Craig N. Hansen Hansen Engine 3
#6 Allen Rickenbaugh Amesbury Group 3
#9 Jeffrey D. Tschetter Bedford Industries 2
#9 Nicholas O. Michael Raven Industries 2
#9 Jason Bootsma Poet Research 2
#9 Jared Ernest Kocer Raven Industries 2
#9 Brian Gramm 2
#9 Mark West Raven Industries 2
#9 Chi Li Ford 2
#9 Greg May Tstm 2
#9 Vance M. Thompson Tearoptix 2
#18 Austin Hemmingsen Amesbury Group 1
#18 Yuyu Sun University Of Texas System 1
#18 Scott A. Weishaar Poet Research 1
#18 Therese M. Downey Alumend 1
#18 Yoshimi Kuroiwa Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. 1
#18 Chris Wielenga 1
#18 Stuart J. Uken Amesbury Group 1
#18 Chad Weber Target Brands 1
#18 Jesse Lee Wagers Raven Industries 1
#18 John W. Lawton, Jr. Poet Research 1
#18 Kelby R. Kleinsasser Raven Industries 1
#18 Kevin D. Benson Illumina 1
#18 Angus Macdonald Davis Tellme Networks 1
#18 Alison Robey 1
#18 Tom Brzica 1
#18 Subhash Chauhan 1
#18 Daren Davoux 1
#18 Murali Mohan Yallapu 1
#18 Shanta Menon Messerli The Marine Biological Laboratory 1
#18 Kevin J. Vaska Alumend 1
#18 Greg Alvine Unknown 1
#18 Daniel S. Smith Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#18 Brandon McLellan Poet Research 1
#18 David Schiller Bedford Industries 1
#18 Eric Aasen GE 1
#18 Hiroaki Matsushita Chugai Pharmaceutical 1
#18 Diane Miller Production Resource Group, L.L.C. 1
#18 Derin Michael Zerr Sonifi Solutions 1
#18 Aaron John Maguire 1
#18 John S. Prince, III Sonifi Solutions 1
#18 James L. Fenno Sonifi Solutions 1
#18 Randy Cowan Goldman Sachs 1
#18 Steve S. Jensen Raven Industries 1

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