Brookings, SD ranks #7,155 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 14 patents from 14 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brookings, SD include Daktronics, Buehler Ag, South Dakota Board Of Regents. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–14 of 14 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Jon Neyens | Daktronics | 1 |
| 1 | Roger Wade Debates | — | 1 |
| 1 | Dustin Kjelden | — | 1 |
| 1 | David Leon Brandt | Buehler Ag | 1 |
| 1 | Arlyn Douglas Wadsworth | — | 1 |
| 1 | Pratik Muley | South Dakota Board Of Regents | 1 |
| 1 | Trent Sorbe | Metabank | 1 |
| 1 | Paul Rushton | University of Virginia | 1 |
| 1 | Michael W. Kondratuk | Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota | 1 |
| 1 | Cedric Neumann | Forensic Science Service Limited | 1 |
| 1 | Scott Perlenfein | Sandia | 1 |
| 1 | Doug Metcalf | — | 1 |
| 1 | Vanny Cahyadi | — | 1 |
| 1 | Hemachand Tummala | South Dakota Board Of Regents | 1 |
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