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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clinton Township, MI ranks #1,953 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,660 patents from 448 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clinton Township, MI include Ford, Siemens Canada Limited, Unknown.

Showing 1–50 of 448 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James J. Surman Ford 158
2 Murray F. Busato Siemens Canada Limited 50
3 David J. Crorey Unknown 39
#4 Rose A. Ryntz E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 26
#5 Ingrid A. Rousseau General Motors 25
#6 David W. Cummings IBM 23
#7 Paul Anthony Battiston General Motors 20
#8 Charles E. Neff Trw Limited 19
#8 Patrick J. O'Leary General Motors 19
#8 Dmitriy Bruder General Motors 19
#8 Shane Wilson Audiovox 19
#8 John H. Hart 3Com 19
#13 Michael Hopson Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings 18
#13 Richard Rieden Magna Electronics 18
#13 Kenneth W. Dudley RTX (Raytheon) 18
#16 Donald Robb Vonk Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 17
#17 Randall Paul Schmitt Masco Corporation Of Indiana 16
#17 John E. Klinkman Sportrack 16
#17 John F. Witt, Jr. Autoliv Asp 16
#20 Dale A. French Pitney Bowes 15
#20 Paul DeDecker Nupulse 15
#20 William Paruszkiewicz Lear 15
#20 David Grable 15
#24 Russell K. Steele General Motors 14
#24 Ryan Olejniczak General Motors 14
#26 Marcelo V. Lazarini General Motors 13
#27 William Mar Daimlerchrysler Ag 12
#27 Ralph L. SCHMITZ Fisher & Company, Incorporated 12
#29 Kenneth E. Keck, II Dura Operating 11
#29 William T Presley Daimlerchrysler Ag 11
#31 Gerald Fitzgerald Sika 10
#31 George J. Tilli Odyssey Tool 10
#33 Charles E. Beyer New Venture Gear 9
#33 Richard Wershe Unknown 9
#33 Paul N. Herrmann Eaton 9
#33 Richard R. Thibault 9
#33 Jamie Hamilton General Motors 9
#33 Dale E. Tauchen Tk Holdings 9
#33 Micah J. Kaiser Ford 9
#33 David T. Cooper Lucas Industries Public Limited 9
#41 Bruce Oermann Basf Se 8
#41 David P. Shock Idsc Holdings 8
#41 Daniel J. Strong Trw Limited 8
#41 Jason R. Traub General Motors 8
#41 Bruce Duncan American Axle & Manufacturing 8
#41 Nancy C. Evans General Motors 8
#41 John Louis Miklas Ford 8
#41 Howard Saxon Borgwarner 8
#49 Scott W. Otterson General Motors 7
#49 Robert A. Murawski Illinois Tool Works 7

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