Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Birmingham, MI ranks #638 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,269 patents from 851 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Birmingham, MI include Ford, General Motors, Ascion. That works out to 241.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 851 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joel Piaskowski Ford 259
2 Wende Zhang General Motors 114
3 Martin B. Rawls-Meehan Ascion 108
#4 Mrdjan J. Jankovic Ford 101
#5 Eric Stoddard Ford 74
#6 Jeffrey Scott Hepburn Ford 72
#7 Axel Nix Magna Electronics 70
#8 Diana Yanakiev Ford 68
#9 Rahul Arora Ford 61
#9 Douglas R. Hamburg Ford 61
#11 Ivan Vukovic Ford 52
#11 Charles W. Wampler, II General Motors 52
#13 Lyle H. Shuert Shuert Technology 51
#14 Eleftherios M. Logothetis Ford 50
#15 Gregory P. Prior General Motors 45
#16 John J. Borzym 43
#17 Masatsugu Izu Energy Conversion Devices 41
#17 James E. Miller National Technology & Engineering Solutions Of Sandia 41
#19 Bob R. Powell, JR. General Motors 40
#20 Gianfranco Gabbianelli Magna International 39
#21 Jason Wu ExxonMobil 38
#22 Leonard M. Niebylski Ethyl 35
#22 Fred Monroe Trading Technologies International 35
#22 John H. Brems F. Jos. Lamb 35
#22 Stanley T. Hirozawa Basf Wyandotte 35
#26 William D. Myers Baker Hughes Holdings 34
#27 Andrea Di Buduo Ford 33
#28 Lyle O. Hoppie Eaton 32
#28 Larry R. Erickson Magna Exteriors 32
#30 Julie R. Bartholomew Cosmetic Technologies, L.L.C. 30
#31 Mark R. Claywell General Motors 29
#31 Clive E. Catchpole Unisys 29
#33 Amiram Dotan Karamba Security 27
#33 Reymin De Leon General Motors 27
#33 Abraham R. Liboff Life Resonances 27
#33 Stephen Lash Michelin 27
#37 Robert Corbly McCune Ford 26
#38 Curtis J. Bailey Whirlpool 25
#38 Yves J. Kemper Vadetec 25
#40 Gene Hirs Amsted Industries Incorporated 24
#41 Jon Weaver Pilot Games 23
#41 Brian V. Castillo General Motors 23
#41 Fred C. Porter New Venture Gear 23
#41 Christopher David Young Starkey Laboratories 23
#41 Lawrence C. Kennedy General Motors 23
#41 Ray A. Dickie Ford 23
#47 Arik Anderson Covidien Lp 22
#47 John E. Crain Chrysler Group 22
#47 Gary Sinelli Smr Patents S.À.R.L. 22
#50 Margherita Zanini-Fisher Ford 21

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