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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Three Rivers, MI ranks #736 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 173 patents from 67 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Three Rivers, MI include Whirlpool, Maytag, Leco. That works out to 21.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 67 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jessica R. McConnell Whirlpool 19
2 ZhaoYi Yin Whirlpool 14
3 Leif A. Norland Whirlpool 12
#4 Yifan Wang Whirlpool 7
#5 Michael A. Kahwaji Whirlpool 6
#5 Mark M. Senninger Whirlpool 6
#5 Andrew D. Litch Whirlpool 6
#5 Brandon T. Mock Whirlpool 6
#9 Andrew M. Tenbarge Whirlpool 5
#9 John J. Vonderhaar Whirlpool 5
#11 Lindsey Ann Wohlgamuth Whirlpool 4
#11 Ginger Elayne Patera Whirlpool 4
#11 Alberto R. Gomes Whirlpool 4
#11 Kevin M. Chase Whirlpool 4
#15 Christopher A. Gregory Whirlpool 3
#15 Todd J. Tunzi Whirlpool 3
#15 Brian P. Janke Whirlpool 3
#18 Alexander L. Clayton Whirlpool 2
#18 Ali R. Buendia Garcia Whirlpool 2
#18 Zachary A. Lownds Whirlpool 2
#18 Jon D. Strait Maytag 2
#18 Anant Ravindra Karanjikar Whirlpool 2
#18 Gordon C. Ford Leco 2
#18 Roland W. Betker Hp Doors 2
#18 Christopher L. Carpenter Whirlpool 2
#18 Yen-Hsi Lin Whirlpool 2
#18 Demetrius J. Schaaf Whirlpool 2
#18 Darryl C. Bodine Whirlpool 2
#18 Gilius A. Gaska Whirlpool 2
#30 Stephen D. Ostdiek Whirlpool 1
#30 Michael S. Richards Whirlpool 1
#30 Joseph R. Peters Whirlpool 1
#30 Alexandre C. Azevedo Whirlpool 1
#30 Nicholas Wilson Honeywell 1
#30 Addison E. Foster Whirlpool 1
#30 Erik Thomas Pederson Mra Systems 1
#30 Ryan R. Bellinger Whirlpool 1
#30 Eric J. Dherde Whirlpool 1
#30 Michael J. Bauman Whirlpool 1
#30 Horacio Polli Whirlpool 1
#30 Andrew D. Ltich Whirlpool 1
#30 Beth Jackson Whirlpool 1
#30 David H. Chen 1
#30 Joshua Allen Slavens Leco 1
#30 Patrick John McCann University Of Oklahoma 1
#30 Timothy A. Mayberry Whirlpool 1
#30 KIRK W. GOODWIN Whirlpool 1
#30 Deborah L. Gregory Whirlpool 1
#30 Tao Gen Whirlpool 1
#30 Gordon L. Helm Unknown 1

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