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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Watertown, SD ranks #11,895 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 6 patents from 6 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Watertown, SD include Goodrich. That works out to 0.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–6 of 6 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jean C. Rodriguez Goodrich 1
1 Eric Tilberg 1
1 Collin C. PALMQUIST 1
1 Shannon Kruse 1
1 Quentin Grismer 1
1 Charles H. Raml 1

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