Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dexter, MI ranks #982 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 139 patents from 50 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dexter, MI include Imra America, Ford, Tenneco Automotive Operating Company. That works out to 30.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 50 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Martin E. Fermann Imra America 15
2 Dennis Craig Reed Ford 13
3 Michael Golin Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 11
#4 Mark Meinhart Ford 9
#5 Jesus Gedde Agc Automotive Americas R&D 5
#5 Brian J. Herron Drew Technologies 5
#7 Daryl R. Kipke Neuronexus Technologies 4
#7 Bradley G. Hochrein Ford 4
#7 Paul Snowwhite Dsm N.V. 4
#7 Michael Drew Drew Technologies 4
#7 Michael Hart Broadcom 4
#12 Gary L. Hunter Avl Powertrain Engineering 3
#12 Kevin Michael Bullister Ford 3
#12 Steve Moore Cascade Maverik Lacrosse 3
#12 Robert P. Benjey Eaton 3
#12 Fred Lawrence Ciske Cayman Chemical Company 3
#17 Michael Edward Brewer Ford 2
#17 Simon Read Rolls-Royce Plc 2
#17 Bruce James Mitchell, Jr. Balance Technology 2
#17 Scott Simon Ford 2
#17 Christopher J. Plott Medtronic 2
#17 Predrag Lazic 2
#17 Brandon R. Masterson Ford 2
#17 Glenn E. Green University of Michigan 2
#17 Richard H. Harrington College Park Industries 2
#17 Chris Mackey 2
#17 Ronald W. Sarver, JR. Neogen 2
#17 Salvatore F. Nati Imra America 2
#29 Pankaj Kumar PepsiCo 1
#29 Paul M. Schliebe Kelsey-Hayes-Company 1
#29 Alexander Phillip McDonnell Ford 1
#29 Steve Telesco Havis 1
#29 Leon Cribbins General Motors 1
#29 Marc Anthony Fecker 1
#29 Stephen Telesco Havis 1
#29 Scott P. Robison Toyota 1
#29 Rachael Batcheler Kasper Unknown 1
#29 Stephen Warren Hunt, III University of Michigan 1
#29 Robert M. Kennedy Vestaron 1
#29 Andrew Feldkamp Sierra Nevada Company 1
#29 Benjamin J. Hoffman 1
#29 Roshan Rodrigues Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 1
#29 Neil M. Cole Nustep 1
#29 John E. Novak General Motors 1
#29 Cameron Philip Williams Rivian Ip Holdings 1
#29 Gary Moody Cybernet Systems 1
#29 Andrew Matusko Ford 1
#29 Brian F. VanderHaagen Ford 1
#29 Steven Meisner Ford 1
#29 Ian Kelly 1

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