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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rochester, MI ranks #1,227 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 114 patents from 66 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rochester, MI include General Motors, Magna Exteriors, Magna Electronics. That works out to 8.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 66 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Zachary K. Parkinson General Motors 7
2 Jing Gao General Motors 6
3 Jeffrey B. Manhire Magna Exteriors 5
3 Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen Magna Electronics 5
3 Frederick B. Frontiera The Boeing 5
#6 Eduardo Jose Ramirez Llanos Continental Autonomous Mobility Us 4
#6 Brian T. Ignaczak Norma U.S. Holding 4
#8 Keyur R. Patel Steering Solutions Ip Holding 3
#8 Ali Ghaffari General Motors 3
#8 Brian J. Winden Magna Electronics 3
#11 Martin L Hilderth Fca Us Llc. 2
#11 Michael J. Hiltunen Continental Structural Plastics 2
#11 Katy Stephanie Almonte Cortes Aptiv Technologies Ag 2
#11 Stephen Horton Fca Us Llc. 2
#11 Jeffrey S. Piasecki General Motors 2
#11 Tristen Kyle Pierson Voxx International 2
#11 Anno Yoo Lsis Co. 2
#11 Jeffrey C. Gale Fca Us Llc. 2
#11 John M. Perraut Faurecia Automotive Seating 2
#11 Adrian Nania Ford 2
#11 Werner Eckardt 2
#11 David J. Davis Unknown 2
#11 Eric A. Mathieson General Motors 2
#24 Carlos N. Czirmer General Motors 1
#24 Scott Burns Aristocrat Technologies 1
#24 Sowjanya Balabhadrapatruni Schaeffler 1
#24 Cory Peterson Western Digital Technologies 1
#24 Lirong Zhou Dow Global Technologies 1
#24 Michael W. Crane Magna International 1
#24 Jason Bares Borgwarner 1
#24 Stan H. McClosky Fanuc Robotics North America 1
#24 Gang Lou Akebono Brake Industry Co. 1
#24 Jeffery Tew Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1
#24 Lou L. Gasevski Fca Us Llc. 1
#24 Aaron James de Chazal 1
#24 Besi Rrumbullaku General Motors 1
#24 Paul David Huch Unknown 1
#24 Robert Kokx National Railroad Passenger 1
#24 Nathanael Biester Schaeffler 1
#24 Michael F. Donoughe Chrysler Group 1
#24 James Nagle A. Raymond Et Cie 1
#24 Mark O. Neal General Motors 1
#24 Wesley G. Zanardelli General Motors 1
#24 Matt Neely General Motors 1
#24 Dalong Gao General Motors 1
#24 Jeffrey A. Bozeman General Motors 1
#24 James G. Gobart General Motors 1
#24 Stephen William Tillotson Honeywell 1
#24 Gregory P. Hlatky, II Hi-Lex Controls 1
#24 Ljubomir Erakovic General Motors 1

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