Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Okemos, MI ranks #1,821 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 72 patents from 46 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Okemos, MI include Ford, Arcelormittal France, Coskata. That works out to 2.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–46 of 46 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Danrich Henry Demitroff Ford 5
1 Bernd Thommes Arcelormittal France 5
3 Robert Hickey Coskata 4
3 Mi Zhang BOE 4
#5 Michael J. Karagoulis General Motors 3
#5 Steven N. Furtwangler Home Box Office 3
#7 George M. Garrity Namesforlife 2
#7 Brock Walker Herman Miller 2
#7 Jeffri J. Narendra 2
#7 Lawrence T. Drzal Michigan State University 2
#7 Steven Bloembergen Ecosynthetix 2
#7 Mark D. Skowronski University of Florida 2
#7 Kyung-Hwan Han Michigan State University 2
#7 David Kramer Intel 2
#15 Kris A. Berglund Applied Carbochemicals 1
#15 Timothy A. Grotjohn Michigan State University 1
#15 Thomas W. Swasey 1
#15 Changlai Yang Equistar Chemicals, Lp 1
#15 Tongtong Li Michigan State University 1
#15 A. Ronald Detweiler Michigan State University 1
#15 Ben F. Lucker Michigan State University 1
#15 Dirk Schweitzer Amyris 1
#15 David R. Knop Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 1
#15 Blaine F. Severin Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 1
#15 Patricia Santos Michigan State University 1
#15 Yasodenkshna Boddeti 1
#15 Jue Lu Metna Co 1
#15 Srinivasan Arjun Tekalur Eaton 1
#15 Mohan Krishnan Cardiac Pacemakers 1
#15 Jian Ren Michigan State University 1
#15 Junghoon Yeom University Of Illinois 1
#15 Anagi Manjula Balachandra Metna Co 1
#15 Clark Radcliffe Sri Sports Limited 1
#15 David Tomanek Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 1
#15 Ilsoon Lee Michigan State University 1
#15 Robert Zegarac Michigan State University 1
#15 Aamrapali Chatterjee General Motors 1
#15 Darrel R. Sand 1
#15 Babak Borhan Michigan State University 1
#15 Xiaobo Tan Michigan State University 1
#15 Ning Xi Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 1
#15 Won-Chan Kim Samsung 1
#15 Guoliang XING Michigan State University 1
#15 Alvin J. M. Smucker Michigan State University 1
#15 Qi Hua Fan Michigan State University 1
#15 Laura G. KRUGER 1

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