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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Big Rapids, MI ranks #1,792 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 68 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Big Rapids, MI include Monsanto Technology, Fca Us Llc., Unknown. That works out to 8.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 L. John Frederickson Monsanto Technology 8
2 Nicholas Vardis Fca Us Llc. 5
3 Jeffrey P. Schmelzer 4
3 Craig Wieland Unknown 4
3 Ryan A. Floyd Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 4
#6 Dean Schneider Gates 3
#6 Jeremy Rolfs Fca Us Llc. 3
#8 George Hallman Mp Acquisition 2
#8 Kevin B. Rober General Motors 2
#8 Matthew Jason Michalski Tapco International 2
#8 Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University 2
#8 Robert J. Scheuerman General Motors 2
#8 Bryan John Galloup 2
#14 Matthew M. Kunz General Motors 1
#14 Cynthia J. Hasbany 1
#14 Kenneth A. Strom General Motors 1
#14 Geoffrey C. O'Brien 1
#14 Nathan H. Coy Marshall Excelsior 1
#14 Joseph P. Fannon General Motors 1
#14 Timothy James Nixon Transnav 1
#14 Edgar H. Schlaps Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 1
#14 Mark E. Whalon Michigan State University 1
#14 Patricia L. O'Brien 1
#14 John Gaiser Key Safety Systems 1
#14 Glenn E. Clever General Motors 1
#14 Robert T. Gazda General Motors 1
#14 John Spetz Trw Automotive U.S. 1
#14 Hung Van Tran Global Technology Co. 1
#14 Vytautas K. Virskus 1
#14 Leo IOPPOLO Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft 1
#14 Cory Erickson Haworth 1
#14 Scott Hofmann Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska By And Behalf Of The University Of Nebraska Medical Center 1
#14 Jeremy Jackson Haworth 1
#14 Steven L. Lambert Ford 1
#14 Karl Andrew Sime General Motors 1
#14 Krzysztof Wroblewski Lear 1
#14 Adam Saldana 1
#14 Lloyd Walker Rogers, Jr. General Motors 1

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