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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dearborn, MI ranks #272 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 438 patents from 168 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dearborn, MI include Ford, Oakwood Energy Management, Guardian Glass. That works out to 4.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 168 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ross Dykstra Pursifull Ford 75
2 Joseph Norman Ulrey Ford 29
3 George Bucher Ford 16
#4 Marvin Paul Kraska Ford 11
#5 Robert Bruce Kleve Ford 8
#6 Mark Allen Dearth Ford 7
#6 James E. Anderson Ford 7
#6 Richard F. Audi Oakwood Energy Management 7
#6 Giovanni Cavataio Ford 7
#10 Mohannad Hakeem Ford 6
#10 Christine Kay Lambert Ford 6
#12 Steven Yellin Schondorf Ford 5
#12 Ali Ammar Ford 5
#12 Mark Daniel Bunge Ford 5
#12 Daniel A. Makled Ford 5
#16 Steve Droste Ford 4
#16 John P. Hogan Guardian Glass 4
#16 Keith D. Miazgowicz Ford 4
#16 John Wayne Jaranson Ford 4
#16 Eric Matthew Kurtz Ford 4
#16 Robert C. Baraszu General Motors 4
#16 Matthew Majkowski Ford 4
#16 Eric Krengel Ford 4
#24 Kenneth J. Jackson Ford 3
#24 Louis Tijerina Ford 3
#24 Mateusz M. Nowak General Motors 3
#24 Paul Mason Robert Bosch Gmbh 3
#24 Nitin Singh IBM 3
#24 William Paul Perkins Ford 3
#24 Hadi Elzein Ford 3
#24 Kevin James Rhodes Ford 3
#24 Vince Paul Solferino Ford 3
#24 Angel Fernando Porras Ford 3
#24 Joseph Szuba Ford 3
#24 Christopher Alan Lear Ford 3
#24 Michael Glenn Fodor Ford 3
#24 Aftab Ali Khan Lear 3
#24 Jason C. Marcath Ford 3
#24 Cary Horvath Denso International America 3
#24 Jeffery White Nordson 3
#24 Philip Michael Gonzales Ford 3
#42 Eric Luehrsen Ford 2
#42 Diana Brehob Ford 2
#42 Cynthia Mowery Flanigan Ford 2
#42 Carol Louise Okubo Ford 2
#42 Randall R. Frank Ford 2
#42 Dan A. Makled Ford 2
#42 Edward Vann Decker Ford 2
#42 Valerie Jean Allan Ford 2
#42 Kristin Marie Schondorf Ford 2

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