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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brandon, SD ranks #8,188 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 10 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brandon, SD include Bnsf Railway, Poet Research. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ralph Soles 2
1 Samuel Minton Bnsf Railway 2
1 Ben Soles 2
#4 Steven G. Redford Poet Research 1
#4 Todd Peterson Poet Research 1
#4 Scott William Wickersham 1
#4 Nathan Thompson 1

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