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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Howell, MI ranks #1,706 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 79 patents from 55 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Howell, MI include Belanger, General Motors, Ford. That works out to 7.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 55 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David L. Tognetti Belanger 6
2 James N. Nelsen General Motors 4
2 Allen Lehmen Ford 4
#4 David J. Nowaczyk Wallace Computer Services 3
#4 William C. Stumphauzer Sirius Xm Radio 3
#4 Todd Ekonen 3
#7 Glenn Pietila General Motors 2
#7 Brent F. Lyons Inspectron 2
#7 Douglas Christopher Sarsen General Motors 2
#7 Donald Graham Straitiff Android Industries 2
#7 Tye Newman Perceptron 2
#7 Russell H. Springborn Ufp Industries 2
#7 Eric Myers Ford 2
#14 Joseph Michael Szerszen 1
#14 Antony George Schepak Ford 1
#14 Robert Pendygraft Bosch Automotive Service Solutions 1
#14 Lisa M. Marcella-O'Leary General Motors 1
#14 Paul T. Fanson Toyota 1
#14 Matt Pedigo 1
#14 Brian D. Brasier Magna Electronics 1
#14 Robert D. Schmidt General Motors 1
#14 Alexander M. Allan General Motors 1
#14 Mert Dieter Pese University of Michigan 1
#14 John Gomez Adient Us 1
#14 Todd P. Lindemann General Motors 1
#14 Paul Schrems 1
#14 Curtis Hargitt Ford 1
#14 Michael Poniewierski Ford 1
#14 Frank Eric Klein Neogen 1
#14 Anna Schroeder Nissan North America 1
#14 Gary A. Vrsek Ford 1
#14 Steven E. Dawdy Magna Mirrors Of America 1
#14 Gregory Arthur LeBlanc 1
#14 Trygve Burchardt 1
#14 Darin Joseph Bremmer Ford 1
#14 Scott SARGEANT Daimler Ag 1
#14 Peter Kula Kelsey-Hayes-Company 1
#14 Glenn W. Nausley, Jr. 1
#14 David T. De Carteret General Motors 1
#14 William Hubert Schank Enevate 1
#14 Thomas J. McDade, Jr. General Motors 1
#14 John Koenig General Motors 1
#14 Grant W. Brady General Motors 1
#14 Mark Thomas Linenberg Ford 1
#14 Barry Beaubien Unknown 1
#14 Devon Marie Ross Toyota 1
#14 Michael J. Paratore, Jr. General Motors 1
#14 Sabin Oana Harman International Industries, Incorporated 1
#14 Dennis P. Laakso Ford 1
#14 Christopher Whitt General Motors 1

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