Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Niles, MI ranks #6,031 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 15 patents from 12 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Niles, MI include Integrated Medical Technologies, University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, Honeywell. That works out to 1.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–12 of 12 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Nelson Sigman Slavik Integrated Medical Technologies 2
1 Carol Tanner University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 2
1 Steven Ruggiero University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 2
#4 Donna Laboda Honeywell 1
#4 Eric R. Renken Exaktime Innovations 1
#4 Brian S. J. Blagg University Of Kansas 1
#4 Roger Fleming HP 1
#4 Toni Lee Owen Barstis University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 1
#4 Eric Hechtl Honeywell 1
#4 Peter J. W. Melsa Tellabs Operations 1
#4 Dietmar Spindler Mahle International Gmbh 1
#4 Thomas G. Pratt University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 1

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