Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Kalamazoo, MI ranks #400 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 358 patents from 148 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalamazoo, MI include Stryker, Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies. That works out to 4.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 148 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu Stryker 24
2 Anish Paul Stryker 14
3 James E. McCarthy, Jr. Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 13
#4 Jeffrey Alan Kennedy Stryker 12
#4 Aaron Douglas Furman Stryker 12
#6 Graeme Andrew Jackson Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies 10
#6 Michael Joseph Hayes Stryker 10
#8 Daniel V. Brosnan Stryker 9
#9 Tim A. Fischell Ablative Solutions 7
#10 Connor F. St. John Stryker 6
#10 Christopher DeBoer Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies 6
#10 Beau Kidman Stryker 6
#10 Matthew A. Vance Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 6
#10 Ian Daniel McKenzie Detroit Diesel 6
#10 Christopher John Hopper Stryker 6
#16 Gregory S. Taylor Stryker 5
#16 Paul Joseph Dominowski Zoetis Services 5
#16 David L. Wadas Eaton 5
#16 Kyle Stephen Spieker Stryker 5
#20 James F. Ziech Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 4
#20 Thomas Alan Puvogel Stryker 4
#20 ERIC A. GALLAGHER Whirlpool 4
#23 Martin W. Stryker Stryker 3
#23 Glenn Robert Owens, JR. Flowserve Management 3
#23 Benjamin J. Purrenhage Stryker 3
#23 Christopher S. Hough Stryker 3
#23 David Stein PayPal 3
#23 Mark S. Feddema Whirlpool 3
#23 Stephen J. Reasoner Stryker 3
#23 Patrick Lafleche Stryker 3
#23 Donald Scott Herzog Stryker 3
#23 Jeffrey S. Dunfee, II Stryker 3
#23 Christopher Scott Brockman Stryker 3
#34 Peter Hong Google 2
#34 Richard F. Huyser Stryker 2
#34 Jason A. Vanderplas Stryker 2
#34 Brian C. Wolfe Bissell 2
#34 Sylvan J. Amos Whirlpool 2
#34 Paul Hoekstra Mako Surgical 2
#34 Wade Adams Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Arizona State University 2
#34 Melissa Sue Jacobson Mapa Gmbh 2
#34 Brian P. Dennis Ausco Products 2
#34 Douglas A. Staunton Stryker 2
#34 Rachel Maghas Whirlpool 2
#34 Christopher D. Pollack Gentex 2
#34 Savannah Walters Sunbeam Products 2
#34 Megan Marie Smutzer Zoetis Services 2
#34 Hanna Tsuhara Sanford 2
#34 Ross Michael Nave Stryker 2
#34 Rinku Patel Ford 2

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