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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Watertown, SD ranks #17,450 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 3 patents from 3 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Watertown, SD include Analog Devices, Daktronics. That works out to 0.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–3 of 3 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vincent Foley Analog Devices 1
1 Ryan Mark Hansen Daktronics 1
1 Jonathan David Tesch 1

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