Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Brighton, MI ranks #1,217 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 116 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Brighton, MI include Toyota, Guardian Industries, Ford. That works out to 15.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Scott L. Frederick Toyota 10
1 Willem den Boer Guardian Industries 10
3 Aaron Halonen Ford 4
3 Mark J. Ferrel Ford 4
#5 Kyle Gleason Bio-Rad Laboratories 3
#5 Ronald J. Czajka Ginko 3
#5 Robert H. Dietze General Motors 3
#5 Leonard Cech Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition 3
#9 Shelby L. Brown Toyota 2
#9 David R. Hartman Nsk Americas 2
#9 Yuri Anatoly Karpenko Ford 2
#9 Caleb Bauer Toyoda Gosei Co. 2
#9 Ming H. Pi 2
#9 Mark T. Riefe General Motors 2
#9 Ronald J. Lewarchik Morton International 2
#9 Jeremy M. Frenznick Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 2
#9 Richard Howard Ford 2
#9 Daniel Mark Schaffer Ford 2
#19 Jonathan Roberts Tyco Electronics Uk 1
#19 William J. Weber Nissan North America 1
#19 Michael Garver Mathread 1
#19 Andrew Blowers Radiant Vision Systems 1
#19 Gary Butzke Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 1
#19 Jeremy Koscielny Denso International America 1
#19 Paul J. Leibold Chrysler Group 1
#19 Sheldon Spurrell Bmc Software 1
#19 Raymond J. Haka General Motors 1
#19 Christopher Lee SCHARASWAK 1
#19 Scott WARNECKE Nissan North America 1
#19 Adam Matthew Selthofer Ford 1
#19 Charles Gavin McGee Ford 1
#19 Michael J. Bourke, III Tsi Technologies 1
#19 Dale Butterworth Nissan North America 1
#19 David P. Quigley General Motors 1
#19 Harold J. Schock Michigan State University 1
#19 Michael P. Fannin General Motors 1
#19 Jon Rathbun Itc 1
#19 Kris W. Winowiecki The Standard Products 1
#19 Aaron Perdue Globus Medical 1
#19 James C. Gibbs General Motors 1
#19 Michael E. O'Boyle Automotive Systems Laboratory 1
#19 William Day Harman International Industries, Incorporated 1
#19 Howard McMillan 1
#19 Brian Carroll Analog Devices 1
#19 Randall S. Beikmann General Motors 1
#19 Ian Cattermole Ford 1
#19 Adam Hedgcock 1
#19 Loretta Ann Walbeck Bmc Software 1
#19 Scott E. Malinowski Nifco America 1
#19 Dave Letteer Hanon Systems 1

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