Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Vermillion, SD ranks #14,908 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 107 patents from 33 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Vermillion, SD include Gateway Consultants Group, Gateway 2000, The University Of South Dakota. That works out to 9.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–33 of 33 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vernon D. Erickson Gateway Consultants Group 18
2 Timothy G. Gilbert Gateway 2000 12
3 Haoran Sun The University Of South Dakota 9
#4 Roger Widner Bby Solutions 8
#5 Gary Marshall AT&T 6
#5 Philip S. Johnson The Procter & Gamble 6
#5 Michael Rucks Delphi Technologies 6
#8 Taylor Clark Whirlpool 5
#9 Lowell R. Macy Merial 4
#9 Tze-Chuen Toh Gateway Consultants Group 4
#11 Grigoriy Sereda South Dakota Board Of Regents 3
#12 Jonathan Allender-Zivic 2
#12 Victor Huber South Dakota Board Of Regents 2
#12 Khosrow Rezvani South Dakota Board Of Regents 2
#12 Steven W. Widner Bby Solutions 2
#16 Randy J. Walsh 1
#16 Tim Gilbert Gateway Consultants Group 1
#16 Arnold B. Layne 1
#16 Ella L. Layne 1
#16 Genping Yang Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#16 Dongming Mei South Dakota Board Of Regents 1
#16 Zoran Ristic Pioneer (Corteva) 1
#16 Douglas K. Rose Wagner Spray Tech 1
#16 Jerad Higman 1
#16 Zhenqiang Wang South Dakota Board Of Regents 1
#16 Norm Kaufman 1
#16 Tanner E. Mart 1
#16 Jeff Zolnowsky Acer Incorporated 1
#16 Andrew Owens 1
#16 Kelene Fercho South Dakota Board Of Regents 1
#16 Harold D. Sealey 1
#16 Irene Iverson 1
#16 Dave Hertz 1

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