Top Cities in South Dakota 2025

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Sioux Falls, SD 72 48
#2 Rapid City, SD 35 29
#3 Brookings, SD 22 13
#4 Spearfish, SD 13 8
#5 Mitchell, SD 10 7
#6 Brandon, SD 10 6
#7 Yankton, SD 10 9
#8 Volga, SD 9 4
#9 Salem, SD 6 2
#10 Dakota Dunes, SD 5 5
#11 North Sioux City, SD 4 3
#12 Hsinchu, SD 4 1
#13 Box Elder, SD 4 4
#14 Hartford, SD 4 4
#15 Riyadh, SD 3 1
#16 Greifensee, SD 3 1
#17 Hangzhou City, SD 3 1
#18 Cixi City, SD 3 1
#19 Watertown, SD 2 2
#20 Crooks, SD 2 2
#21 Vermillion, SD 2 2
#22 Harrisburg, SD 2 2
#23 Lo Wu, SD 2 1
#24 Madison, SD 2 2
#25 Beijing, SD 2 1

Top Inventors in South Dakota 2025

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Roger L. Lussenden Sioux Falls Monsanto Technology 11
2 Jordon Michael Pace Brookings Pioneer (Corteva) 5
2 Patrick W. Kelly Sioux Falls Sanford Health 5
#4 Jared Ernest Kocer Sioux Falls Raven Industries 4
#4 Christopher Michael Schaefer Volga Pioneer (Corteva) 4
#4 Samuel Minton Brandon Bnsf Railway 4
#7 Chad Johnson Salem Lippert Components 3
#7 Benjamin D. Johnson Salem Pressco Ip 3
#7 Dany Danelian Spearfish 3
#7 Vance M. Thompson Sioux Falls Tearoptix 3
#7 Hong Wei Sioux Falls Konami Gaming 3
#7 Brian R. Klock Mitchell Kustom Cycles 3
#13 Jan Simoni Rapid City Immutrix Therapeutics 2
#13 Matthew K. Rust Sioux Falls Raven Industries 2
#13 Michael L. Brown Volga Aquantia 2
#13 David Schiller Sioux Falls Bedford Industries 2
#13 John Berdahl Sioux Falls Unknown 2
#13 Michael Honermann Mitchell Quality Wood Designs 2
#13 Casey J. Hurney Brandon Berry Global 2
#13 Benjamin M. Hanson Yankton Vishay Dale Electronics 2
#13 Jonathan Eugene Mathews Rapid City Raven Industries 2
#13 Robert C. Dacar Spearfish 2
#13 Seth M. McGill Brookings Trane International 2
#13 Michael W. Kondratuk Brookings Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota 2
#13 John F. Moeller Rapid City Immutrix Therapeutics 2

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