Top Inventors in Dakota Dunes, SD

Dakota Dunes, SD ranks #8,400 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 258 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dakota Dunes, SD include Freezing Machines, Thurston Manufacturing, Zenith Data Systems. That works out to 64.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Eldon Roth	Freezing Machines	46
2	Ralph R. Rogers	Thurston Manufacturing	34
3	Anthony M. Olson	Zenith Data Systems	29
#4	James L. Kroening	Gateway Consultants Group	16
#5	Richard James Lawson	HP	12
#6	Todd J. Menkhaus	Nanopareil	10
#6	Joseph G. Richard	Wolf Pack Products	10
#8	Wade K. Jensen	Arthrex	8
#9	Seth A. Foster	Innovative Proteins Holding	7
#9	Rix S. Chan	Gateway Consultants Group	7
#9	Lawrence Volz	—	7
#12	Larry W. Fallin	Ibp	6
#13	Kenneth J. Cool	Acer Incorporated	5
#14	Steven Schneiderman	Nanopareil	4
#14	Dale F. Graham	Reg Synthetic Fuels	4
#14	Richard Bond	Anderson Instrument Co.	4
#17	James B. Stanek	Gateway 2000	3
#17	Douglas E. Clausen	V-T Industries	3
#17	Adam Pfeifer	Tyson Foods	3
#17	Jeffrey D. Zolnowsky	Gateway Consultants Group	3
#17	Jim Braunschweig	—	3
#22	Gary Rennerfeldt	Tyson Foods	2
#22	Julie K. Prochello	Eagle International	2
#22	Ralph F. Reeder, JR.	Custom Spine	2
#22	Theodore W. Waitt	Gateway 2000	2
#22	Ronald Yockey	Freezing Machines	2
#22	Paul Dalton Holder	Gateway Consultants Group	2
#22	Emily J. Wells	Gateway 2000	2
#29	Claire Therese Saltzman	—	1
#29	Robin D. Jordan	Gateway Consultants Group	1
#29	Vern n D. Ericks n	Gateway Consultants Group	1
#29	Robert F. Wilhelm	Tyson Fresh Meats	1
#29	Michelle A. MONTGOMERY	Gelita Ag	1
#29	Rajesh Sahadevan	South Dakota Board Of Regents	1
#29	D. Craig Arnold	Nanopareil	1
#29	Kathleen D. Saltzman	—	1
#29	Nyle Hedin	Nanopareil	1
#29	Sean I. Dorsett	Gateway 2000	1
#29	Rod J. Carter	Gateway Consultants Group	1
#29	Jerry Silliman Scott	Ibp	1
#29	William Lauren Mahl	Ibp	1
#29	Orie Taylor	—	1
#29	Shennen Sherman Callahan Saltzman	—	1
#29	Neal W. Westerndorf	Westendorf Manufacturing Co.	1
#29	Istvan Fekete	Gateway Consultants Group	1
#29	Theodore Sherman Callahan Saltzman	—	1
#29	Quentin John Durward	Custom Spine	1
#29	Vijay Zaver	Gateway Consultants Group	1

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