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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Howell, MI ranks #1,125 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 121 patents from 85 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Howell, MI include General Motors, Ford, The Boeing. That works out to 12.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 85 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Shane M. McCutchen General Motors 4
1 Theodore Beyer Ford 4
3 Scott E. Coburn The Boeing 3
3 Christopher Whitt General Motors 3
3 Donald Graham Straitiff Android Industries 3
3 David L. Tognetti Belanger 3
3 Edward T. Heil General Motors 3
3 Mark R. Dobson Ford 3
3 Joel Colombo General Motors 3
#10 Jeffrey T. Root Ubicquia 2
#10 Allen Lehmen Ford 2
#10 Michael J. Paratore, Jr. General Motors 2
#10 Brent F. Lyons Inspectron 2
#10 Matthew Tennis Electronics For Imaging 2
#10 Jason R. Eastcott Personal Care Products 2
#10 Walter M. Lazar, II General Motors 2
#10 Todd Ekonen 2
#10 Thomas Larose, Jr. General Motors 2
#10 Steve L. Melby General Motors 2
#10 David J. Trzcinski General Motors 2
#10 Paul T. Fanson Toyota 2
#10 Kenneth A. Rienas Eaton 2
#10 David S. Mathews General Motors 2
#10 John P. Miller Pitney Bowes 2
#10 Todd P. Lindemann General Motors 2
#26 Brian Pietila Ford 1
#26 Tye Newman Perceptron 1
#26 Marsella L. White General Motors 1
#26 James L. Chesney Intier Automotive 1
#26 Steven A. Tervo General Motors 1
#26 Matthew W. Schnabelrauch Toyota 1
#26 Curtis Hargitt Ford 1
#26 Todd W. Rooney General Motors 1
#26 Kyle E. Crawford General Motors 1
#26 Jason Daniel Mullins General Motors 1
#26 Eric Myers Ford 1
#26 Dean Loebig Eotech 1
#26 John Gomez Adient Us 1
#26 Antony George Schepak Ford 1
#26 Russell H. Springborn Ufp Industries 1
#26 Scot A. Douglas General Motors 1
#26 William C. Stumphauzer Sirius Xm Radio 1
#26 Mark Thomas Linenberg Ford 1
#26 Barry Beaubien Unknown 1
#26 Daniel J. Casoli General Motors 1
#26 Jon K. Logan General Motors 1
#26 Anthony Golletti Hyundai America Technical Center 1
#26 James R. Reeder, Jr. General Motors 1
#26 James Timpa Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#26 William Hubert Schank Enevate 1

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