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Dearborn, MI 2017

485 patents  ·  180 inventors  ·  4.4/1k pop.

Ranked #263 of 42,209 cities Top 1%

Dearborn, MI ranks #263 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 485 patents from 180 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dearborn, MI include Ford, Denso International America, Oakwood Energy Management. That works out to 4.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 180 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ross Dykstra Pursifull Ford 55
2 Joseph Norman Ulrey Ford 31
3 George Bucher Ford 20
#4 John Wayne Jaranson Ford 16
#5 Angel Fernando Porras Ford 13
#6 Robert Bruce Kleve Ford 12
#7 William Paul Perkins Ford 11
#7 Marvin Paul Kraska Ford 11
#9 Cary Horvath Denso International America 10
#9 Daniel A. Makled Ford 10
#9 Mohannad Hakeem Ford 10
#12 Timothy J. Potter Ford 8
#12 Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy Ford 8
#14 Keith Allen Godin Ford 7
#15 S. George Luckey, Jr. Ford 5
#15 Christopher Alan Lear Ford 5
#15 Daniel Miller Ford 5
#15 Eric Luehrsen Ford 5
#19 Walter Joseph Talamonti Ford 4
#19 Carol Louise Okubo Ford 4
#19 Richard F. Audi Oakwood Energy Management 4
#19 Kenneth J. Jackson Ford 4
#19 Wesley Edward Burkman Ford 4
#19 Mark Davison Ford 4
#25 Mahmoud A. Abou-Nasr Ford 3
#25 Timothy D. Zwicky Ford 3
#25 Kevin James Rhodes Ford 3
#25 Samuel J. Guido Ford 3
#25 Samer Abbas Ford 3
#25 Siqi Li University of Michigan 3
#25 Megan May Lovejoy Ford 3
#25 Giovanni Cavataio Ford 3
#25 Brian David Tillman Ford 3
#25 James E. Anderson Ford 3
#25 Joseph J. Berry Ford 3
#25 Eric Krengel Ford 3
#25 Matthew Majkowski Ford 3
#25 Christine Kay Lambert Ford 3
#25 Mark Allen Dearth Ford 3
#25 James Joseph Kornacki Visteon Global Technologies 3
#25 Ali Fawaz Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 3
#25 John P. Hogan Guardian Glass 3
#25 Timothy Noah Blatchley Ford 3
#44 Hassan Elnajjar General Motors 2
#44 Aric David Shaffer Ford 2
#44 Orest Alexandru Dziubinschi Hanon Systems 2
#44 Peter John Grutter Ford 2
#44 Steve Droste Ford 2
#44 Todd N. Clark Ford 2
#44 Jeffrey Charles Paddock Ford 2

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