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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brandon, SD ranks #8,958 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 9 patents from 8 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brandon, SD include Bnsf Railway, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Poet Research. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–8 of 8 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Samuel Minton Bnsf Railway 2
2 Ralph Soles 1
2 Christy K. Lewis Lester Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
2 Todd Peterson Poet Research 1
2 Ben Soles 1
2 Steven G. Redford Poet Research 1
2 Matt Halbersma Amesbury Group 1
2 John L. Sternick US Dept of the Interior 1

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