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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Howell, MI ranks #882 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 145 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Howell, MI include General Motors, Ford, Toyota. That works out to 14.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher Whitt General Motors 7
2 Theodore Beyer Ford 6
3 Craig J. Hawkins General Motors 5
3 Paul T. Fanson Toyota 5
#5 Thomas Larose, Jr. General Motors 4
#5 Joel Colombo General Motors 4
#5 Michael J. Paratore, Jr. General Motors 4
#8 William C. Stumphauzer Sirius Xm Radio 3
#8 John Ryan Clark Micrel 3
#8 Douglas Christopher Sarsen General Motors 3
#8 Brian J. Deurloo Ford 3
#8 Lee R. McKenzie Intrinsic Medical Imaging 3
#8 John P. Miller Pitney Bowes 3
#8 Scot A. Douglas General Motors 3
#8 Scott Kapelanski Delta Faucet 3
#8 Melissa Koenig Borgwarner 3
#17 Steven Ward Majors General Motors 2
#17 David J. Trzcinski General Motors 2
#17 Steve L. Melby General Motors 2
#17 Dan Coffey General Motors 2
#17 Reid Alan Baldwin Ford 2
#17 Donald B. Hibbard, Jr. General Motors 2
#17 Mark R. Dobson Ford 2
#17 Christopher C. Fleming Gii Acquisition 2
#17 Allen Lehmen Ford 2
#17 Matthew J. Snider General Motors 2
#17 Eric Myers Ford 2
#17 Antony George Schepak Ford 2
#17 Stuart R. Smith General Motors 2
#17 Travis James Trippel General Motors 2
#17 Dean Pennala Ford 2
#17 Matthew Ryan Pedigo 2
#17 Matthew Tennis Electronics For Imaging 2
#34 Brian Vinson Arvinmeritor Technology 1
#34 Sabin Oana Harman International Industries, Incorporated 1
#34 Jon Holt Texas Instruments 1
#34 James T. McEvoy Johnson Controls Technology 1
#34 Daniel Adam Honda Motor Co. 1
#34 Kenneth M. Clark Johnson Controls Technology 1
#34 Kiyomi Monro Ipg Photonics 1
#34 Dennis S. Rumps Tk Holdings 1
#34 Marsha E. Nottingham Delphi Technologies 1
#34 Shane M. McCutchen General Motors 1
#34 Robert Amundson Lear 1
#34 Mark C. McKenzie Intrinsic Medical Imaging 1
#34 Corey Simone General Motors 1
#34 Kevin A. Shipley General Motors 1
#34 Eric Scott Hilbert 1
#34 Eric Highum Federal-Mogul Worldwide 1
#34 Derek Westerbur 1

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