Brookings, SD ranks #3,600 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 35 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brookings, SD include Pioneer (Corteva), Larson Manufacturing, Amesbury Group. That works out to 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay Robert Hotchkiss | Pioneer (Corteva) | 4 |
| 2 | Allen E. Lee | Larson Manufacturing | 3 |
| 2 | Douglas John Criddle | Amesbury Group | 3 |
| 2 | Bryan P. Zacher | Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota | 3 |
| 2 | Adam Howard | Bauer Compressors | 3 |
| 2 | Michael W. Kondratuk | Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota | 3 |
| #7 | Ryan Hemiller | Daktronics | 2 |
| #7 | Paul Rushton | University of Virginia | 2 |
| #7 | Sunny Kumar | University of California | 2 |
| #10 | Keith Bruinsma | Novita Nutrition | 1 |
| #10 | Somshuvra Bhattacharya | — | 1 |
| #10 | Mostafa Tazarv | South Dakota Board Of Regents | 1 |
| #10 | Trent Sorbe | Metabank | 1 |
| #10 | Jordon Michael Pace | Pioneer (Corteva) | 1 |
| #10 | Jordan Gab | Daktronics | 1 |
| #10 | Nathan Lane Nearman | Daktronics | 1 |
| #10 | Ryan J. Nielsen | Daktronics | 1 |
| #10 | Shaswat Anand | — | 1 |
| #10 | Donald Endres | Novita Nutrition | 1 |
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