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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Ferndale, MI ranks #1,804 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 74 patents from 36 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Ferndale, MI include Ford, Illinois Tool Works, General Motors. That works out to 3.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–36 of 36 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joshua Henry Ford 13
2 Adam Riccobelli Ford 7
3 Dominik Froehlich 6
#4 Gregory George Buczynski Illinois Tool Works 4
#4 Michael Bastanipour Ford 4
#6 Derek Board Ford 3
#7 David Andrés Pérez Chaparro General Motors 2
#7 Gurminder Bhandal Ford 2
#7 Benjamin G. Wroblewski General Motors 2
#7 Kelley Maria Adams-Campos Ford 2
#7 Justin Carmen Campanaro Ford 2
#7 Michael Orr Eaton 2
#7 Jonathan Sullivan Ford 2
#14 Mario Alejandro Adams-Campos Ford 1
#14 James C. Malloy Kolene 1
#14 Andrea Jane Orr Ford 1
#14 Nathan Rinderer Ford 1
#14 Christopher Welch Intier Automotive 1
#14 Zachary Klima 1
#14 Kenan Kurtovic Toyota 1
#14 Frank Thomas Brown Ford 1
#14 Jordan Gruber Ford 1
#14 Walied Deeb 1
#14 Eric David Vrabel Resinate Materials Group 1
#14 Quinn Chintis Whirlpool 1
#14 Emily Perkins-Harbin Fca Us Llc. 1
#14 Ryan Jackson Ricoh Company 1
#14 Alan D. Hejl Ford 1
#14 James Kelly Cufer Asset Ltd. L.L.C. 1
#14 Emily Obert Ford 1
#14 Ryan Calkin General Motors 1
#14 Kelly M. Putnam 1
#14 Liam E. West Ford 1
#14 Daniel STEPHENS Denso International America 1
#14 Matthew Braun Rivian Ip Holdings 1
#14 Amy Kaus Tesa Se 1

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