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Detroit, MI All Time

4,974 patents  ·  1,512 inventors  ·  7.8/1k pop.

Ranked #675 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Detroit, MI ranks #675 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,974 patents from 1,512 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Detroit, MI include Unknown, Bayer Materialscience Ag, Sakti3. That works out to 7.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,512 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph J. Berke Unknown 86
2 Kurt C. Frisch Bayer Materialscience Ag 67
3 Ann Marie Sastry Sakti3 62
#4 Paul Campbell Ford 58
#5 Christopher Stevens Ford 57
#6 Vincent D. Cannella Energy Conversion Devices 50
#7 Martin B. Coons Ford 49
#7 Rahul Mital General Motors 49
#9 Eugenio Sellaro-Neto Fca Us Llc. 48
#10 Charles H. Winter Wayne State University 43
#11 Alexander Tannen Fca Us Llc. 39
#12 Alexander Kade General Motors 35
#13 Mazen Y. Kanj Saudi Arabian Oil 28
#13 Volker-Bernd Fiedler Bayer Healthcare 28
#13 Hussain Z. Tajmahal Ford 28
#16 Achyuta Achari Visteon Global Technologies 27
#17 David Alan Stephenson Ford 26
#18 Rex Bravo Dayco Ip Holdings 25
#18 George W. Goetz Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 25
#18 Saad Hasan General Motors 25
#18 Arthur P. Schaap Board Of Governors Of Wayne State University 25
#22 James M. Slicker Eaton 24
#23 Leonard D. Barry — 23
#23 Doron M. Elliott Ford 23
#23 Michael Lozano Denso International America 23
#26 Sylvia Martin Omi International 22
#26 Aditya Narayan Ford 22
#26 Donald H. Lucast 3M 22
#29 Robert L. Demick General Motors 21
#29 Elizabeth K. Steenwyk Rivian Ip Holdings 21
#29 Eric D. Thomas Detroit Diesel 21
#29 Joshua Greiner Ford 21
#33 E. Mark Haacke Magnetic Resonance Innovations 20
#33 Teymour S. El-Tahry Strong Force Vcn Portfolio 2019 20
#33 Paul Geyer Chrysler Group 20
#36 Matthew Swift — 19
#36 Charles Elwood Jones Rohm And Haas 19
#36 John A. McDougal Unknown 19
#36 Prabhakar Patil Ford 19
#40 Chih-Hung Chung American Axle & Manufacturing 18
#40 Gary Nola Ford 18
#40 Marvin L. Lynch Motorola 18
#43 Daniel W. Hazebrook Gkn Automotive Components 16
#43 Sonia J. Patterson Basf Se 16
#43 Ahmad Ahmadalkhorasani Ford 16
#43 Roland T. Richardson Chrysler Group 16
#47 Nabil M. Issa Chrysler Group 15
#47 Lawrence A. Schott Freedom Industries 15
#47 John L. Bell Burroughs 15
#47 Justin Panhans Ford 15

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