Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sioux Falls, SD ranks #1,217 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 112 patents from 72 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sioux Falls, SD include Monsanto Technology, Pearson Incorporated, Tearoptix. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 72 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Roger L. Lussenden Monsanto Technology 7
2 Roy Olson Pearson Incorporated 5
2 Alex Pearson Pearson Incorporated 5
#4 Vance M. Thompson Tearoptix 4
#4 Jason Bootsma Poet Research 4
#4 Patrick W. Kelly Sanford Health 4
#7 Stephen M. Lewis Poet Research 3
#7 Brad James Moutray Hexagon Technology As 3
#7 Steven T. Bly Poet Research 3
#7 Michael Hurley Hurco Technologies 3
#11 David Schiller Bedford Industries 2
#11 John Berdahl Unknown 2
#11 Gary E. Tagtow Amesbury Group 2
#11 Alex T. McCurdy Poet Research 2
#11 Alex John Weidenbach Raven Industries 2
#11 Tracy Lammers Amesbury Group 2
#11 Chad Weber Target Brands 2
#11 Joseph R. Nesbitt 3M 2
#11 Cory J. Sarks Poet Research 2
#20 Monte Lutz 1
#20 Ty A. White Cega Innovations 1
#20 Christopher Paul Wollman Sonifi Solutions 1
#20 John C. Keeler Poet Research 1
#20 Kenneth Parker Lawley Daktronics 1
#20 Benjamin Arnold JPMorgan Chase 1
#20 Steven R. Rosencrans 1
#20 Travis Burgers Raven Industries 1
#20 David D. Bushong Poet Research 1
#20 Derin Michael Zerr Sonifi Solutions 1
#20 Jeffrey D. Tschetter Bedford Industries 1
#20 Matthew D. Reiners Poet Research 1
#20 Blake Sandnes Pearson Incorporated 1
#20 Derek Lee Coover Raven Industries 1
#20 Kristin M. Calar Poet Research 1
#20 Maggie Smither South Dakota Board Of Regents 1
#20 Azzeddine Douiyssi Syngenta Crop Protection Ag 1
#20 Joshua Wesley DeWitt 1
#20 Paola VERMEER Sanford Health 1
#20 James Owen Steelcase 1
#20 Vince Lubben 1
#20 Donna Syrovatka Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#20 Mark D. Johnson Master Lock Company 1
#20 Brandon McLellan Poet Research 1
#20 Jason L. Martin Honda Motor Co. 1
#20 Angus Macdonald Davis Tellme Networks 1
#20 Bruce G. Pierson Poet Research 1
#20 Aaron J. Emerson Cega Innovations 1
#20 Derek Joel Mazula Integrated Composite Products 1
#20 Tony A. Hagen 1
#20 Joel Quentin Quanbeck Raven Industries 1

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