Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lansing, MI ranks #2,070 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 58 patents from 43 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lansing, MI include Centaurus Biopharma Co., Michigan State University, General Motors. That works out to 0.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–43 of 43 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hong Luo Centaurus Biopharma Co. 6
2 Emma Setterington Michigan State University 3
2 James L. Worthing General Motors 3
#4 Steven Murphy Alstom Transport Technologies 2
#4 Mohammad Sayyar Bidgoli Metna Co 2
#4 Aaron Matthew Hanson Ford 2
#4 Ming Gu Cerno Bioscience 2
#4 Hiroyuki Fukushima Canon 2
#4 Liya Wang A123 Systems 2
#10 Phillip McKinney Neogen 1
#10 Anton Khomenko General Photonics 1
#10 Eric Russell Clark, II General Motors 1
#10 Charles A. Otto IBM 1
#10 Steven Olson 1
#10 Michael Knox Xg Sciences 1
#10 Ian Fitzner Gates 1
#10 Bensheng Liu Michigan State University 1
#10 Nathaniel Banner Neogen 1
#10 Mahmoodul Haq Michigan State University 1
#10 Dong Chen Power Idea Technology (Shenzhen) Co. 1
#10 Brandon A. Gates RTX (Raytheon) 1
#10 M. Kagan Yaran Michigan State University 1
#10 Eliana Gonzales-Vigil Michigan State University 1
#10 Kerry A. Grann Access Business Group International 1
#10 Tanmay Janardhan Pathak Michigan State University 1
#10 Leonardo Da Costa Sousa Michigan State University 1
#10 David King Michigan State University 1
#10 Yining Xia Michigan State University 1
#10 Earnest Stuart R And A Synergy 1
#10 Charles K. Buehler Quantum Chemical 1
#10 Edward R. Romblom General Motors 1
#10 Xiao Zeng Michigan State University 1
#10 Serhat S. Bucak Apple 1
#10 Nizar Lajnef Michigan State University 1
#10 Samuel C. Medawar 1
#10 Aaron M. Dickert Centurion Medical Products 1
#10 Brent M. Smith Dart Container 1
#10 Howard McDonough 1
#10 Lucas D. Wood Certainteed 1
#10 Nikki J. Whitney Certainteed 1
#10 Dara Monajemi General Motors 1
#10 Ramakrishna Mukkamala Michigan State University 1
#10 Jae-Heung Ko Michigan State University 1

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