Top Inventors in Brookings, SD | Patent Leaderboard

Brookings, SD ranks #4,067 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 699 patents from 175 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brookings, SD include Pioneer (Corteva), Metabank, Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota. That works out to 29.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 175 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Jay Robert Hotchkiss	Pioneer (Corteva)	89
2	Trent Sorbe	Metabank	34
2	Michael W. Kondratuk	Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota	34
#4	Jordon Michael Pace	Pioneer (Corteva)	26
#5	Bryan P. Zacher	Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota	24
#6	Brett David Wendler	Daktronics	22
#7	Nathan Lane Nearman	Daktronics	21
#8	Paul Rushton	University of Virginia	20
#9	Allen E. Lee	Larson Manufacturing	17
#10	Eric S. Bravek	Daktronics	14
#11	Douglas John Criddle	Amesbury Group	13
#12	Donald Endres	Novita Nutrition	12
#12	Chad N. Gloege	Daktronics	12
#12	Keith Bruinsma	Novita Nutrition	12
#15	William Gibbons	South Dakota State University	10
#15	Sunny Kumar	University of California	10
#15	Ryan J. Nielsen	Daktronics	10
#18	Terry Anderson	Autonomous Tractor	9
#18	Matthew Ray Mueller	Daktronics	9
#20	Randy S. Uehran	Daktronics	7
#20	Seth M. McGill	Trane International	7
#20	Brent A. Joffer	Daktronics	7
#20	Ryan Hemiller	Daktronics	7
#24	Bruce Thomas	Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota	6
#24	Thomas R. Mittan	Daktronics	6
#24	Richard L. Luetzow	Mtr Holdings	6
#24	Omathanu P. Perumal	South Dakota State University	6
#28	Glenn P. Luke	Daktronics	5
#28	Bradley Jon VanderTuin	Douglas Machine	5
#28	Sara Wermers	Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota	5
#28	Vernon P. Voelzke	Daktronics	5
#28	Adam Howard	Bauer Compressors	5
#28	Cedric Neumann	Forensic Science Service Limited	5
#28	Erich J. Grebel	Daktronics	5
#35	Vernon D. Olson	Larson Manufacturing	4
#35	Russell D. Mileham	—	4
#35	Russell Jon Neyens	Daktronics	4
#35	Reece Alan Kurtenbach	Daktronics	4
#35	Paul L. Guss	USDA	4
#35	Jordan Gab	Daktronics	4
#35	Brian Frederick Seda	Pioneer (Corteva)	4
#35	David Leon Brandt	Buehler Ag	4
#43	Jason C. Warne	Daktronics	3
#43	Jon Settingsgard	Daktronics	3
#43	Kole Kramer	Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota	3
#43	Robert E. Seeley	Daktronics	3
#43	Laura Bartle Martin	Glaxosmithkline Biologicals Sa	3
#43	Lane A. Munson	Daktronics	3
#43	Ranjith Kumar Averineni	South Dakota State University	3
#43	Eugene T. Butler, III	—	3

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