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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Three Rivers, MI ranks #669 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 211 patents from 96 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Three Rivers, MI include Whirlpool, Kohler, Michigan State University. That works out to 26.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 96 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yifan Wang Whirlpool 15
2 Brandon T. Mock Whirlpool 13
3 Nicholas Hill Schutte Whirlpool 7
#4 Aaron McNabb Evans Whirlpool 6
#4 Giulia Marinello Whirlpool 6
#4 Gustavo Frattini Whirlpool 6
#4 Kevin B. Ayers Whirlpool 6
#8 Muhammad Khizar Whirlpool 5
#8 Sayer J. Murphy Whirlpool 5
#8 Eric J. Dherde Whirlpool 5
#8 Alberto R. Gomes Whirlpool 5
#8 Darryl C. Bodine Whirlpool 5
#13 Timothy A. Mayberry Whirlpool 4
#13 Alexander Halbleib Whirlpool 4
#15 Subrata Shannigrahi Whirlpool 3
#15 Alexander L. Clayton Whirlpool 3
#15 Suzanne M. Berberet Kohler 3
#15 Vikas C. Mruthyunjaya Whirlpool 3
#15 Jiannong Zhang Whirlpool 3
#15 Rishikesh Vinayak Kulkarni Whirlpool 3
#15 Paul J. Neuman Whirlpool 3
#15 Neomar Giacomini Whirlpool 3
#15 Andrew M. Tenbarge Whirlpool 3
#24 Andrew Adkins Whirlpool 2
#24 Joel R. Shinaberry Whirlpool 2
#24 Kapil Ayyawar Whirlpool 2
#24 Christopher L. Carpenter Whirlpool 2
#24 Matthew M. Gregory Michigan State University 2
#24 Shrawan Kumar Whirlpool 2
#24 Aaron Edward Showers Whirlpool 2
#24 Kevin M. Chase Whirlpool 2
#24 Tom Stankevich Synergy Blue 2
#24 Gabriel A. Marshall Polaris Industries 2
#24 ZhaoYi Yin Whirlpool 2
#24 Jason R. Savage Whirlpool 2
#24 Richard A. Spletzer Whirlpool 2
#24 Michael A. Kahwaji Whirlpool 2
#24 Rafael D. Nunes Whirlpool 2
#24 Tao Geng Whirlpool 2
#24 Ariana M. Bruno Whirlpool 2
#24 Victor H. Manrique Whirlpool 2
#24 Sarah Galea Whirlpool 2
#43 Christopher James Carlson Cloudfit Software 1
#43 Michele Harpring Johnson Whirlpool 1
#43 E C. Pickles Whirlpool 1
#43 Gregory R. Andres American Axle & Manufacturing 1
#43 Katie Remaly Whirlpool 1
#43 Todd J. Tunzi Whirlpool 1
#43 Jeffrey M. Parmerlee Whirlpool 1
#43 Eric J. Vasko Whirlpool 1

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