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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Coloma, MI ranks #6,477 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 377 patents from 48 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Coloma, MI include Whirlpool, Gentex, Unknown. That works out to 257.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–48 of 48 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paul B. Allard Whirlpool 104
2 Robert C. Knapp Gentex 40
3 Paul Jan Friday Unknown 36
#4 Kenneth L. Williams Texas Instruments 22
#5 Robert C. Hoffman US Army 18
#6 Ryan M. Post Whirlpool 16
#7 Frederick Thomas Roderick Whirlpool 12
#8 Roger Donn Bentley Jenesis International 11
#9 Randy Bjorge International Plant Management 10
#9 Annette Bjorge International Plant Management 10
#11 Amy Cross Whirlpool 7
#11 Kurt Mitts General Motors 7
#13 Ali R. Buendia-Garcia 6
#13 David A. Weinkauf Whirlpool 6
#15 Roger Don Bentley Jenesis International 5
#15 Ryan K. Strain Whirlpool 5
#17 Gaylord J. Clark 4
#17 Kenneth W. Clark Bell Atlantic Network Services 4
#17 William R. Cubbage Packard Bell Nec 4
#17 Lesley J. Frakes Whirlpool 4
#17 Jonathan Shoemaker Freeosk 4
#22 LynRoy Palmer-Coleman Ausco Products 3
#22 Don E. Minor Shepherd Products U.S. 3
#24 Marc Raiser 2
#24 G. Clark 2
#24 RICHARD J. HUGHES Whirlpool 2
#24 Thomas Knapp Leco 2
#24 Robert Bruce Saltzman The Chardon Rubber 2
#24 Michael Ives Innocorp Manufacturing 2
#24 James M. Kehrer, II A. M. Todd 2
#24 Harry F. Geible 2
#24 James I. Friday 2
#24 Gregory Neumann Caltech 2
#24 Jeffrey W. Fjelstul Whirlpool 2
#35 Richard A. Biastock Mac Engineering And Equipment Company 1
#35 Theodore E. Hornus Ausco Products 1
#35 Rex Watkins 1
#35 Howard J. Childs 1
#35 Edward P. Povilaitis Leco 1
#35 Bruce A. Rzeszut 1
#35 Adam Thomas Needham Whirlpool 1
#35 Edward A. Trapp 1
#35 Brian W. Pack Leco 1
#35 James A. Khan 1
#35 Richard J. Schadel Atlantic Automotive Components 1
#35 William G. Pater 1
#35 Marilyn Theresa Tokarz 1
#35 Dennis S. Ulrich Mac Engineering And Equipment Company 1

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