Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sioux Falls, SD ranks #990 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 147 patents from 95 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sioux Falls, SD include Monsanto Technology, Poet Research, Sanford Health. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 95 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roger L. Lussenden Monsanto Technology 11
2 Stephen M. Lewis Poet Research 5
3 Patrick W. Kelly Sanford Health 4
3 Vance M. Thompson Tearoptix 4
3 David Schiller Bedford Industries 4
#6 John Berdahl Unknown 3
#6 Jared Ernest Kocer Raven Industries 3
#6 Gary E. Tagtow Amesbury Group 3
#6 Jeffrey Allen Van Roekel Raven Industries 3
#6 Eric Aasen GE 3
#6 Alex Pearson Pearson Incorporated 3
#6 Cory J. Sarks Poet Research 3
#13 Tracy Lammers Amesbury Group 2
#13 Therese M. Downey Alumend 2
#13 Joshua H. Pulford Sonifi Solutions 2
#13 Alexander T. McCurdy Poet Research 2
#13 Nicholas O. Michael Raven Industries 2
#13 Roy Olson Pearson Incorporated 2
#13 Daniel S. Smith Curators Of The University Of Missouri 2
#13 Derek Joel Mazula Integrated Composite Products 2
#13 Steven T. Bly Poet Research 2
#13 David D. Bushong Poet Research 2
#13 Jeffrey D. Tschetter Bedford Industries 2
#13 Phillip Busby 2
#13 Tom Koch Fisher Controls International 2
#13 Christopher Paul Wollmann Sonifi Solutions 2
#13 Derin Michael Zerr Sonifi Solutions 2
#28 Amir Krdzalic 1
#28 Kris Breien 1
#28 Matthew Christopher Zerfas Sonifi Solutions 1
#28 Tyler REMUND Sanford Health 1
#28 Frank Joseph Hood 1
#28 Mark Greer Laser Band 1
#28 Shawn Michael Vuong 1
#28 Andrew Joseph Pierson Raven Industries 1
#28 James Owen Steelcase 1
#28 Matthew D. Reiners Poet Research 1
#28 Joshua Wesley DeWitt 1
#28 Azzeddine Douiyssi Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 1
#28 Blake Sandnes Pearson Incorporated 1
#28 Glenn Fuerstenberg 1
#28 Charles Kevin Jepson 1
#28 Michael Popelka Kws Saat Se & Co. Kgaa 1
#28 Hiroaki Matsushita Chugai Pharmaceutical 1
#28 Alex T. McCurdy Poet Research 1
#28 Zachary WOOD Diamond Mowers 1
#28 MICHAEL G. MCERLEAN 1
#28 Scott Sletten Jds Industries 1
#28 Travis Steen Amesbury Group 1
#28 Bradley M. Heggeseth Poet Research 1

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