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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plankinton, SD ranks #12,903 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 5 patents from 3 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plankinton, SD include Daktronics, South Dakota Board Of Regents, Rockwell Collins. That works out to 6.4 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 Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus Daktronics 3
2 Brian A. Logue South Dakota Board Of Regents 1
2 Carl H. Bode Rockwell Collins 1

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