Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brandon, SD ranks #12,536 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 141 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brandon, SD include Poet Research, US Dept of the Interior, Metabank. That works out to 12.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven G. Redford Poet Research 23
2 John L. Sternick US Dept of the Interior 14
3 Troy Larson Metabank 12
#4 Samuel Minton Bnsf Railway 11
#5 Todd Peterson Poet Research 9
#6 Ralph Soles 8
#6 Richard P. Loevinger Trn Business Trust 8
#8 Poothappillai Kasinathan Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co. 7
#9 Gregory J. Grote Abb Power T&D Company 5
#10 Ben Soles 4
#10 Shon Erron Van Hulzen Poet Research 4
#12 Matt Halbersma Amesbury Group 3
#12 Nathan Thompson 3
#14 Scott William Wickersham 2
#14 James M. Schwarz Poet Research 2
#14 Kelly Nelson Wright 2
#14 Casey J. Hurney Berry Global 2
#14 Mary Tinant Novartis Ag 2
#19 Christy K. Lewis Lester Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1
#19 Mike Snoozy 1
#19 Gregory Devaney 1
#19 David L. Wooters Citibank, N.A. 1
#19 TJ Cameron 1
#19 Steven R Bonino 1
#19 James Vermeer 1
#19 Stephen J. Frazer 1
#19 Berndard Dale Stoltenberg Luverne Truck Equipment 1
#19 Larry V. Ottoson 1
#19 Blake B Hoffman 1
#19 Larry R Franke 1
#19 James W. Bennington 1
#19 James V. Ver Meer 1
#19 JOHN REEDY 1
#19 Brian Pelletier Lodgenet Entertainment 1
#19 Curtis A. Van Oort Citibank, N.A. 1
#19 Herman Wipf Renew Energy Maintenance 1
#19 Jeffery McClure 1
#19 Marvin B. Sharkey 1

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