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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carleton, MI ranks #8,445 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 256 patents from 57 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carleton, MI include Draw-Tite, Ford, Rivian Ip Holdings. That works out to 110.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 57 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jacob S. Belinky Draw-Tite 39
1 Jonathan Diedrich Ford 39
3 Timothy Thivierge, Jr. Ford 16
#4 Brian Gase Rivian Ip Holdings 14
#5 Tom Smith Bioness 13
#6 James Pizzimenti Ford 8
#6 Patricia Tucker Guardian Glass 8
#6 Gerald A. Greca 8
#9 Terry G. Feldpausch Ford 7
#9 John M Gaynier Daimlerchrysler Ag 7
#11 Chad Stateler La-Z-Boy Incorporated 5
#11 Aaron M. Jones Bastian Solutions 5
#11 Jacqueline A. Lymburner Ford 5
#11 Jeff Todd Baxter Ford 5
#11 Joseph Sherman Kimmel Ford 5
#16 Daniel Aaron Zajac Ford 4
#16 James K. Kelley Awi Licensing 4
#16 Ernest Dean Beatty 4
#16 Jeffrey T. Baxter Ford 4
#20 Gerard Kapolnek General Motors 3
#20 Frank Victor Bonello Ford 3
#20 David R. Kosa 3
#20 Timothy Brian DeBorde Ford 3
#24 Terry Vandenbrink Ford 2
#24 Michael R. Heulitt 2
#24 Michael John Chubb J-Dan 2
#24 Randall Pirkle 2
#24 Gregory Alan Lymburner Lear 2
#24 John David Jorgensen Ford 2
#24 Robert Tolliver 2
#24 Randy Tolliver 2
#24 James Martin Bishop 2
#24 Daniel Ryan Malwitz Kelsey-Hayes-Company 2
#34 David L. Haveman National Steel 1
#34 Bryan Trythall Calsonic Kansei North America 1
#34 Aaron Nunn Ford 1
#34 Jon Diedrich Michigan State University 1
#34 Shawn McGrath Ford 1
#34 Paul Theodore Momcllovich Ford 1
#34 Kenneth C. Hoyt La-Z-Boy Incorporated 1
#34 David L. Cousino Ford 1
#34 Daniel P. Cousino Ford 1
#34 David Adelmard Domingue Ford 1
#34 David B. Boyle Visteon Global Technologies 1
#34 John Lockwood Kalich 1
#34 Robert T. Elgin 1
#34 Ronald V. Lebeck Ford 1
#34 Jim Pizzimenti Ford 1
#34 Richard Grubke Ford 1
#34 Daniel Kleinow Ajf 1

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