Canton, SD ranks #22,971 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 52 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Canton, SD include Copper John, Amesbury Group, Avery Outdoors. That works out to 17.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors
| Rank | Inventor | Primary Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric C. Springer | Copper John | 11 |
| 2 | Murray A. Rowe | — | 8 |
| 3 | Ewald R. Ulmer | — | 6 |
| #4 | Gary J. Marshik | Amesbury Group | 5 |
| #5 | Eric Larsgaard | Avery Outdoors | 3 |
| #5 | Robert Sandnes | Pearson Incorporated | 3 |
| #7 | Norman J. Kaarre | Mccord Heat Transfer | 2 |
| #7 | Kevin Kent Stahlecker | Behr Heat Transfer Systems | 2 |
| #7 | Dale Lewis Kroger | Behr Heat Transfer Systems | 2 |
| #10 | Thomas M. Lease | Mccord Heat Transfer | 1 |
| #10 | Jerry Chaon | — | 1 |
| #10 | Peter Bendorf | Unknown | 1 |
| #10 | Robert George Sandness | — | 1 |
| #10 | Stanley Olson | — | 1 |
| #10 | John Robert Lease | — | 1 |
| #10 | Dean L. Libra | — | 1 |
| #10 | Darrell R. Kaarup | — | 1 |
| #10 | Kevin Duane Jensen | — | 1 |
| #10 | Tom Schorn | — | 1 |
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