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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Three Rivers, MI ranks #672 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 196 patents from 80 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Three Rivers, MI include Whirlpool, Sanford, Leco. That works out to 24.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 80 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian P. Janke Whirlpool 10
1 Yifan Wang Whirlpool 10
3 Neomar Giacomini Whirlpool 7
3 Jessica R. McConnell Whirlpool 7
3 Christopher A. Gregory Whirlpool 7
#6 Yen-Hsi Lin Whirlpool 6
#6 Alberto R. Gomes Whirlpool 6
#6 Zachary A. Lownds Whirlpool 6
#6 Todd J. Tunzi Whirlpool 6
#6 Ejung Kim Sanford 6
#11 Daniel Chow Whirlpool 5
#11 Andrew D. Litch Whirlpool 5
#11 Kevin M. Chase Whirlpool 5
#14 ZhaoYi Yin Whirlpool 4
#14 David H. Chen 4
#14 Estela Duhart Whirlpool 4
#14 Kevin B. Ayers Whirlpool 4
#14 Christopher L. Carpenter Whirlpool 4
#14 Andrew M. Tenbarge Whirlpool 4
#14 Ronald M. Nowell, Jr. Whirlpool 4
#14 Michael R. Mackay Whirlpool 4
#22 Gordon C. Ford Leco 3
#22 Andrew James Grose Whirlpool 3
#22 Sayer J. Murphy Whirlpool 3
#22 Michael S. Richards Whirlpool 3
#26 Demetrius J. Schaaf Whirlpool 2
#26 Hua Liu Whirlpool 2
#26 Stephen D. Ostdiek Whirlpool 2
#26 Charles R. Cravens Whirlpool 2
#26 Corey M. Gooden Whirlpool 2
#26 Suzanne M. Berberet Kohler 2
#26 Daniel V. Clements Whirlpool 2
#26 Thomas D. Spicer Whirlpool 2
#26 Jon D. Strait Maytag 2
#26 Michael A. Kahwaji Whirlpool 2
#26 Kevin J. Fitzpatrick Whirlpool 2
#37 William Bouchonnet Whirlpool 1
#37 Ryan R. Bellinger Whirlpool 1
#37 Paul J. Neuman Whirlpool 1
#37 Patrick John McCann University Of Oklahoma 1
#37 Nancy E. Chandrasekaran Whirlpool 1
#37 Darpan Dinkar Patil Whirlpool 1
#37 Michael J. Bauman Whirlpool 1
#37 Daniel de Cavalcanti Whirlpool 1
#37 Nathan C. Wier Whirlpool 1
#37 Tom Stankevich Synergy Blue 1
#37 Prasath M. Thirukonda Whirlpool 1
#37 Dan Christian Barfus Whirlpool 1
#37 Paul Neuman Unisys 1
#37 Joseph Gresham, IV Hoshizaki America 1

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