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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Linden, MI ranks #4,521 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 24 patents from 12 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Linden, MI include Lear, Magna Electronics, General Motors. That works out to 5.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–12 of 12 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 David Menzies Lear 8
2 Joel S. Gibson Magna Electronics 4
3 Daniel J. Wilson General Motors 3
#4 Richard A. Weaver Contour Fabricators 1
#4 Kirt Bennett Chrysler Group 1
#4 Russell Senior Ford 1
#4 Paul Schweitzer 1
#4 Michael Sack Bedford Systems 1
#4 Thomas D. Hallman General Motors 1
#4 Thomas McGettrick Atoma International 1
#4 Wesley Rieves Haney General Motors 1
#4 Michael Colby Sefcik General Motors 1

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