Top Inventors in Watertown, SD | Patent Leaderboard

Watertown, SD ranks #10,221 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 194 patents from 83 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Watertown, SD include Lsi, Goodrich, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 8.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 83 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	David Noeldner	Lsi	22
2	Jean C. Rodriguez	Goodrich	11
3	Robert W. Wakeman	Illinois Tool Works	10
#4	David Levasseur	Teradyne	8
#5	John P. Devine	—	7
#6	Ryan Mark Hansen	Daktronics	6
#6	Danny A. Heaton	—	6
#8	Todd Settergren	Tyco Electronics Co.	4
#8	Kenneth L. Norberg	—	4
#8	Matthew Brant Frey	—	4
#8	Keith W. Carlson	—	4
#8	Harold B. Henley	—	4
#13	Jimmy D. Holdahl	Tyco Electronics Co.	3
#13	Bruce A. Buhler	Illinois Tool Works	3
#13	Byron M. Dahl	Esco Group	3
#13	Wally Brownlee	—	3
#13	Charles A. Schulte	Delaware Capital Formation	3
#13	Charles H. Raml	—	3
#19	Nick Ksenych	—	2
#19	Rod Redlin	—	2
#19	Quentin Grismer	—	2
#19	Vincent Foley	Analog Devices	2
#19	Jay E. Grabow	—	2
#19	Angelo A. Polsinelli	—	2
#19	Les Robinson	—	2
#19	Eric W. Beutler	—	2
#19	Jay Christenson	Best Gen Modular	2
#19	Zachary FUNG	Terex South Dakota	2
#19	Arnold A. Koistinen	—	2
#19	Wendell E. Corbett	Unknown	2
#19	Charles T. Lanning	—	2
#19	John H. Holmquest	—	2
#19	Arne Ray Anderson	Clam	2
#19	Gregory L. Fischer	Clark Equipment	2
#19	Tom Devine	—	2
#19	Donald Burnell Rigdon	—	2
#19	David A. Abel	—	2
#19	Terrence P. Duggins	—	2
#19	Gary A. Foos	Illinois Tool Works	2
#40	Randall R. Peterson	Unknown	1
#40	Jonathan David Tesch	—	1
#40	Shannon Kruse	—	1
#40	Marvin P. Eggen	—	1
#40	Merle A. Bruner	—	1
#40	James S. Stadheim	—	1
#40	Eugene E. McManus	—	1
#40	Don Jellis	—	1
#40	Jackie Schaefer	—	1
#40	Glenn A. Sorlien	Fki Industries	1
#40	David S. Brandriet	—	1

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