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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Commerce, MI ranks #4,671 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 584 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Commerce, MI include General Motors, Oakwood Energy Management, Ovonic Battery Company.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Christopher E. Whitney General Motors 110
2 Donald Scott Smith Oakwood Energy Management 55
3 William Mays Ovonic Battery Company 33
#4 David Spencer Clement Clarke International 28
#5 Sai Vishnu Aluru General Motors 27
#6 Brian W. Whitmarsh General Motors 25
#7 Christopher P. Thomas Chrysler Group 23
#8 Gregory T. Weber Chrysler Group 21
#9 Junji Tanabe Honda Motor Co. 17
#10 Joshua Lee Varner Trijicon 15
#10 Nicholas Polcyn Denso International America 15
#12 Scott Snow Marine 1 11
#13 Steven J. Cochren Eaton 9
#14 Michael Sulkowski Fca Us Llc. 7
#15 Michael Robert Tinskey Ford 6
#15 Robert Chapman Basf Se 6
#15 John Evan Bunner Maxion Wheels U.S.A. 6
#15 Keith Albert Nagara Ford 6
#19 Greg Weber Cisco 5
#19 Sara James Ford 5
#21 John Jaynes Jervis B. Webb 4
#21 Steve Singleton Kongsberg Driveline Systems I 4
#21 Doug Carson Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing 4
#21 John S. Taylor 3M 4
#21 Jay Jamshid Khazaai Bourns 4
#26 Quintin A. Wilson General Motors 3
#26 Jennifer R. Schneider Koss 3
#26 Charles C. Blake Detroit Diesel 3
#26 Steven J. Shepherd General Motors 3
#26 E. Wynn Berry, Jr. 3
#26 Adam S. Kwiatkowski General Motors 3
#26 Steve Michell Ford 3
#26 Gerald Moilanen Johnson Controls Technology 3
#26 Frederick M. Marquardt General Motors 3
#26 Christopher Ryan Oliver MIT 3
#26 Dean Bowles Honda Motor Co. 3
#26 Travis Campbell Conagra Foods Rdm 3
#26 Yukiyo Yamada Nissan Motor Co. 3
#26 Fred M. Marquardt General Motors 3
#26 Craig A. Lundin 3
#41 Janie M. Vitek Automotive Systems Laboratory 2
#41 Michael A. LaMothe Eaton 2
#41 Joseph GASIEWICZ Ams-Osram International Gmbh 2
#41 Jerzy Kopiec Atoma International 2
#41 Nicolai Pavlov Harman International Industries, Incorporated 2
#41 Bradley Steven Gladstone 2
#41 Bryan John Wohlfeil 2
#41 Brad Rogers 2
#41 John J. Valuet Martin Engineering 2
#41 Peter John Marry 2

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