Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Adrian, MI ranks #4,185 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 673 patents from 185 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Adrian, MI include Olin, Tecumseh Products, Agc Automotive Americas. That works out to 32.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 185 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ming-Tung Shen Olin 38
2 Edwin L. Gannaway Tecumseh Products 34
3 David W. Lahnala Agc Automotive Americas 24
#4 Kevin Gaydosh Mid-America Machining 20
#5 Mark Anthoney Henry, Jr. Adrian Steel 18
#5 Robert L. Morse Tecumseh Products 18
#7 Gary W. Gray True Fitness Technology 17
#8 Walter L. Magee Stauffer Chemical 16
#9 Gregory T. Hall Mid-America Machining 15
#10 Amitabha Mitra BOE 14
#11 Duane Potes Hoover Universal 12
#11 Lester D. Bennington Loctite 12
#13 Michael W. Bowen E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 9
#13 Robert G. Godette L&P Property Management 9
#13 Richard C. McAfee Sws Silicones 9
#16 Ricardo Sandoval PepsiCo 8
#16 Al Vanover Mid-America Machining 8
#16 William J. Gilmore Acco Industries 8
#16 John C. Getson Wacker Silicones 8
#16 Alan D. Foster Silicon Graphics 8
#21 Andrew W. Paczuski Tecumseh Products 7
#21 Joshua J. Parker Cgs Group 7
#21 Joshua Merle Rogers Adrian Steel 7
#21 Paul A. Manis Sws Silicones 7
#21 Richard K. Rangler Amcor Limited 7
#26 Phillip Tomell Tecumseh Products 6
#26 Jason Oliver Intel 6
#26 James Franklin Essinger, Jr. 6
#26 Ronald L. Muntz Sws Silicones 6
#26 Gregg Hugh Crawford 6
#26 James R. Adkins Sws Silicones 6
#32 Jerry E. Seel Camp International 5
#32 Elizabeth Elaine Willnow Adrian Steel 5
#32 Donald E. Nelson Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta 5
#32 Edward A. Cooksey Tecumseh Products 5
#32 Ronny Shafer Tecumseh Products 5
#32 Milan Virsik Brazeway 5
#38 Patrick T. Muldoon Chrysler Group 4
#38 James L. Douglas Tecumseh Products 4
#38 Todd Grubbs Asc Regenity Limited 4
#38 Jeffrey A. Tripp Sws Silicones 4
#38 Wendell Collins, Jr. Sws Silicones 4
#38 William C. Schuch Agc Automotive Americas R&D 4
#38 Michael L. Coffey Wacker Chemical Ag 4
#38 Michael J. Maertens Tecumseh Products 4
#38 Elizabeth Robbins Tecumseh Products 4
#38 Jacob Winkler Novo Nordisk Biochem North America 4
#38 Ronald R. Wisner Tecumseh Products 4
#38 Kathleen Beekel Wacker Chemie Ag 4
#38 Stephen S. Maples 4

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