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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Summerset, SD ranks #17,711 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 3 patents from 2 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Summerset, SD include Caterpillar, Lehigh Defense. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–2 of 2 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Cameron Eitel Graves Caterpillar 2
2 Justin T. Evans Lehigh Defense 1

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