Yankton, SD ranks #6,098 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 16 patents from 12 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Yankton, SD include Poet Research, Kolberg-Pioneer, Masaba. That works out to 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–12 of 12 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Charles Carlson | Poet Research | 3 |
| 2 | Joe Rust | Kolberg-Pioneer | 2 |
| 2 | Benjamin M. Gerdes | Poet Research | 2 |
| #4 | Christopher Bradley Gukeisen | Kolberg-Pioneer | 1 |
| #4 | Daniel W. Brinkman | Masaba | 1 |
| #4 | Darek Blow | Vishay Dale Electronics | 1 |
| #4 | Joseph J. Healy | Shur-Co | 1 |
| #4 | Jason E. Anderson | Shur-Co | 1 |
| #4 | Robert Herman Frohreich | Kolberg-Pioneer | 1 |
| #4 | Chad Ekroth | — | 1 |
| #4 | Gary Engel | Kolberg-Pioneer | 1 |
| #4 | Benjamin M. Hanson | Vishay Dale Electronics | 1 |
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