Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Holland, MI ranks #442 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 292 patents from 138 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Holland, MI include Donnelly, Gentex, Bissell Homecare. That works out to 8.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 138 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Niall R. Lynam Donnelly 24
2 Thomas S. Wright Gentex 14
3 Steven L. Geerlings Gentex 13
#4 Kenneth Schofield Donnelly 9
#5 Nigel T. Lock Gentex 5
#5 Adam Luedke Bissell Homecare 5
#5 William L. Tonar Gentex 5
#5 Matthew P. Ebrom Whirlpool 5
#5 Joel Graham Van Faasen Whirlpool 5
#5 Jonathan E. Dorst Gentex 5
#11 Joel T. Pyper Standard Lifters 4
#11 Hamid Habibi Donnelly 4
#11 George A. Neuman Gentex 4
#11 Andrew D. Weller Donnelly 4
#11 Sean T. Eurich Access Business Group International 4
#11 Arne Dassen Haworth 4
#11 Jon H. Bechtel Gentex 4
#11 Rodger W. Eich Johnson Controls Technology 4
#11 Eric Smith Denso 4
#11 Ian A. McCabe Donnelly 4
#21 Mark L. Zeinstra Prince 3
#21 Frederick Jacobs Unknown 3
#21 Matthew Jacobs Unknown 3
#21 Punam Giri Gentex 3
#21 David K. Johnson Magna Mirrors Of America 3
#21 Robert R. Turnbull Gentex 3
#21 Ronald A. Bozio Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 3
#21 Robert L. Bingle Donnelly 3
#21 John W. Kramer Dow Global Technologies 3
#21 Michael F. Lisowski Gentex 3
#21 Rongguang Lin Gentex 3
#21 Darin J. Snider Magna Mirrors Of America 3
#33 Richard S. Kennedy Bandit Industries 2
#33 Michael Robert Catlin Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 2
#33 Leo Jason Baker Tennant 2
#33 Jeffrey A. Deyoung Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 2
#33 Christopher L. Hogg Bissell 2
#33 Sue F. Franz Gentex 2
#33 Craig D. Flowerday Johnson Controls Technology 2
#33 Michael V. Camarota Itc 2
#33 Steven C. Dupay Holland 2
#33 Adam M. Deck Donnelly 2
#33 Bradford L. Davis Industrial Woodworking 2
#33 Lee Karner Donnelly 2
#33 Thomas Scott Hodgson Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 2
#33 Gerald W. Hungerink Saf-Holland 2
#33 Tyler W. McCoy Little Caesar Enterprises 2
#33 James T. Hotary Faurecia Automotive Seating 2
#33 Brian K. Servis Bongiovi Acoustic 2
#33 Scott A. Hansen Johnson Controls Technology 2

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