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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Alpena, MI ranks #12,887 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 135 patents from 61 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Alpena, MI include Besser, Ford, Razor Usa. That works out to 13.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 61 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Douglas Krentz Besser 8
2 Matt Gerow Ford 7
3 John A. Radtke Razor Usa 6
3 Jeffrey J. Konczak 6
3 Sandra Zinke Electronics For Imaging 6
#6 Keith Alexander Crfs Limited 5
#6 Frank P. Agius Irobot 5
#8 William Avent 4
#8 Duane A. Rondeau Besser 4
#8 Kingsley A. Doutt 4
#11 Brian Thomas Budnik Besser 3
#11 Lloyd Woytaszek Unknown 3
#11 David W. Mead ExxonMobil 3
#11 Matthew L. Gies Punching Concepts 3
#11 Matthew Gerow Ford 3
#11 Thomas E. St. Henry Basf Se 3
#11 Denelle Shultz Besser 3
#11 Li S. Nieh Center For Innovative Technology 3
#11 Mark Skiba 3
#20 Darrell E. Sims 2
#20 Kris D. Dziesinski 2
#20 William C. Kaschner Besser 2
#20 Thomas W. Springs Besser 2
#20 Philip JP Allen British Aerospace Public Limited 2
#20 Richard S. Stanifer Ford 2
#20 Peter R. Hunter 2
#20 Devin Kendziorski Besser 2
#20 Quade A. Kimball 2
#20 Christopher B. McCoy 2
#20 James W. DeWyre Besser 2
#31 Gregory Winter 1
#31 Arthur A. Kenjorski 1
#31 Stacy VanOrman 1
#31 Robert N. Cadarette 1
#31 Tucker J. Spranger 1
#31 Jeffrey L. Buchler 1
#31 Howard N. Lumsden Besser 1
#31 Charles E. Kennedy, II 1
#31 Donald Robert Andor Besser 1
#31 Dennis A. Schultz 1
#31 Lee F. Marzean Besser 1
#31 Michael Ponik Besser 1
#31 Alex Guzman Besser 1
#31 Mark SZCZEPANIK Api Intellectual Property Holdings 1
#31 Jerome H. Morris 1
#31 Samuel Saddler Besser 1
#31 Robert J. Spragg 1
#31 Sandra Keavey 1
#31 Abraham Salacata 1
#31 Nelson R. Herron Fiberchem 1

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