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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Augusta, MI ranks #10,492 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 187 patents from 40 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Augusta, MI include Stryker, Smartsynch, Eaton. That works out to 216.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–40 of 40 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jerald A. Trepanier Stryker 33
2 Mark E. Rodgers Smartsynch 17
2 Brian Karl VanDeusen Eaton 17
#4 Fred C. Kresky Atoma International 15
#5 Dennis Meyer Stryker 11
#6 Eric Yankovic Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 10
#6 Patrick Jeffery Condon Dragonfish Technologies Llc. 10
#8 James W. Lauderdale Thorn Biosciences 8
#9 Robert L. Garlick The Upjohn 5
#9 Hugh C. Acton American Seating 5
#11 Charles T. Stocker General Foods Limited 4
#11 Herbert H. Tackett Clyde Union 4
#13 Nicholson Hirzel Kellogg 3
#13 Frederick A. Bowman Kellogg 3
#13 Charles Ganske Eaton 3
#13 Grace S. Emley 3
#13 Ronald R. Hutchinson 3
#13 Hugh L. Trenk General Foods Limited 3
#13 Don Barnes Kellogg 3
#20 James E. Bowers 2
#20 Jeffrey Webster Harris 2
#20 Brian K. Van Deusen Eaton 2
#20 Dan Karalash 2
#20 William M. Moseley 2
#20 Dalyn C. Hoffman The Upjohn 2
#26 Jeffrey A. Fleming The Upjohn 1
#26 Ralph E. Stacey Green Bay Packaging 1
#26 Thomas M. Boersma The Upjohn 1
#26 Peggy B. Reitenour 1
#26 Nathan Okrasinski Kellogg 1
#26 Joshua T. Lizer Zoetis Services 1
#26 Michael R. Hanson S. C. Johnson & Son 1
#26 Constance Jo Enevold Kellogg 1
#26 Tom Martuch Altivity Packaging 1
#26 Joseph P. Doman Eaton 1
#26 John J. Steve 1
#26 Alan P. Morrissey 1
#26 William H. Claflin 1
#26 Kira Kay Hamelink 1
#26 Penelope Brooks Qomplx 1

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