Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Howell, MI ranks #1,031 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 129 patents from 83 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Howell, MI include Ford, General Motors, Lumigen. That works out to 12.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 83 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Antony George Schepak Ford 5
1 Brandon C. Pennala General Motors 5
1 Edward T. Heil General Motors 5
#4 Michael G. Petrucci General Motors 4
#4 Hashem Akhavan-Tafti Lumigen 4
#6 Ryan Goode General Motors 3
#6 Theodore Beyer Ford 3
#6 Donald Graham Straitiff Android Industries 3
#6 Todd P. Lindemann General Motors 3
#6 Michael J. Paratore, Jr. General Motors 3
#6 Todd Ekonen 3
#12 Reid Alan Baldwin Ford 2
#12 Frank Eric Klein Neogen 2
#12 Marsella L. White General Motors 2
#12 Brian W. Lizotte Ford 2
#12 Curtis Hargitt Ford 2
#12 David Gotwals Hyundai America Technical Center 2
#12 Christopher Whitt General Motors 2
#12 Nicholas J. Hainer General Motors 2
#12 Kenneth M. Clark Johnson Controls Technology 2
#12 Mark Thomas Linenberg Ford 2
#12 Mason Pike Adient Luxembourg Holding S.A.R.L. 2
#12 John Ryan Clark Micrel 2
#12 Allen Lehmen Ford 2
#12 Mark Alan Hickey Bestop 2
#12 Michael Robert Christy Resinate Materials Group 2
#12 David J. Nowaczyk Wallace Computer Services 2
#28 William C. Stumphauzer Sirius Xm Radio 1
#28 Brian Bauer Ford 1
#28 Jeffrey A. White Amazon 1
#28 Donald F. Schmanski Fca Us Llc. 1
#28 Jevon Kennell General Motors 1
#28 Peter Kula Kelsey-Hayes-Company 1
#28 Eric John Carlson Gibbs Technologies Limited 1
#28 John William Boughner General Motors 1
#28 Edward Wiley Infineon Technologies Ag 1
#28 Brian Seggie Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services 1
#28 John W. Pennala Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#28 Brian J. Deurloo Ford 1
#28 Kevin Martus A123 Systems 1
#28 Steve Tripp Denso International America 1
#28 William Hubert Schank Enevate 1
#28 James N. Nelsen General Motors 1
#28 Jeffrey T. Root Ubicquia 1
#28 Todd PIETILA Materialise N.V. 1
#28 Craig J. Hawkins General Motors 1
#28 Russell H. Springborn Ufp Industries 1
#28 Scot A. Douglas General Motors 1
#28 Marlon Dean Anderson Srg Global 1
#28 Matt Pedigo 1

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