Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plankinton, SD ranks #26,282 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 41 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plankinton, SD include Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota, Daktronics, South Dakota Board Of Regents. That works out to 52.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kelly D. Nordgaard Larson Manufacturing Company Of South Dakota 18
2 Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus Daktronics 15
3 Brian A. Logue South Dakota Board Of Regents 3
#4 Carl H. Bode Rockwell Collins 2
#5 Jason Heezen 1
#5 Daniel Paul Muzzey Daktronics 1
#5 Calvin L. Pulscher 1

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