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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dearborn Heights, MI ranks #1,594 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,102 patents from 429 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dearborn Heights, MI include Ford, Global Filtration Systems, Lear. That works out to 33.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 429 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Pietro Buttolo Ford 256
2 Imad Hassan Makki Ford 103
3 Franco Leonardi Ford 64
#4 Ali El-Siblani Global Filtration Systems 55
#5 Qingfeng Tang Lear 48
#6 Housan Dakroub Seagate Technology 36
#7 Shuitao Yang Ford 35
#8 Gregory A. Johnson 33
#8 Stephen Michael Cicala Ford 33
#10 Brendan Brockett Valenite 28
#11 Aladar O. Simko Ford 27
#11 Xiaoying Zhang Ford 27
#13 Robert E. Hetrick Ford 25
#14 Kevin Ronald Carlstrom Ford 24
#14 Paul Smith Applied Materials 24
#16 Faroog Ibrahim Visteon Global Technologies 23
#17 Valentin Avasiloaie Trico Products 22
#18 Robert D. Gaston Ford 20
#19 Matthew John Gerhart Ford 19
#20 Colin G. Neale Intier Automotive 18
#21 Bader M. Badreddine Ford 17
#22 Alexander Zaremba Ford 16
#22 Hussein F. Nasrallah Ford 16
#22 Dipanjan Ghosh Ford 16
#22 Andrew Maliszewski Warrior Sports 16
#26 Karen Marie Adams Ford 15
#27 Dante S. Giardini Ford 14
#27 Waleed Mahmoud Al-Mahshi Akebono Brake Industry Co. 14
#27 Bela V. Kovacs Ford 14
#27 Christopher Dillon J.S.T. 14
#27 Donald E. Bogard Unknown 14
#32 Warren Copple Ford 13
#32 Samuel R. Haire Ford 13
#34 Raymond David Trw Automotive U.S. 12
#34 Herschel B. Smartt Bechtel Bwxt Idaho 12
#34 Casimir R. Kiczek Dura Global Technologies 12
#37 Haysam M. Kadry Ford 11
#37 Mohammed Michael Baydoun Ford 11
#37 Gary D. Guichard Chrysler Group 11
#37 James W. Butler Ford 11
#41 Steve Cicala Ford 10
#41 Mark T. Lecznar Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 10
#41 Rahul Makwana Ford 10
#41 Duane J. Schmatz Ford 10
#45 Jacob Lucero May Mobility 9
#45 Glenn A. Zimlich Ford 9
#47 Zhesheng Li Visteon Global Technologies 8
#47 Sean Barrett Akebono Corporation (North America) 8
#47 Shengzhong Liu Qqc 8
#47 Edward Doemer Ford 8

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