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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dowagiac, MI ranks #12,952 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 134 patents from 39 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dowagiac, MI include Whirlpool, Unknown, Ausco Products. That works out to 23.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–39 of 39 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Matthew Parsons Whirlpool 17
2 David P. Cooper Whirlpool 15
3 Guy M. Kazmierzak Whirlpool 10
3 Mark Alexander Unknown 10
3 Kenneth A. Dodd Ausco Products 10
#6 Erik P. Oosterwal Whirlpool 6
#6 Fred Bournay, Jr. Whirlpool 6
#6 Nancy L. Leonard Ausco Products 6
#9 Donald D. Lyons Lyons Industries 5
#9 William L. Stevens Unknown 5
#11 Timothy Glynn Akamai Technologies 4
#11 Lance Dale Lyons Lyons Industries 4
#13 Philip W. Caviness 3
#13 Paul William Emerson Lyons Industries 3
#15 Wayne Snyder Wright Tool 2
#15 Markam R. Alexander Special-Lite 2
#15 Richard A. Meisterheim Kawneer Company 2
#15 Wayne Harvey Snyder 2
#15 Leo J. Stilwell 2
#20 Dean Ennesser 1
#20 Dana G. Knapp 1
#20 Dan Kuruzar 1
#20 Rodney A. Dunn 1
#20 Thomas L. Ison 1
#20 Brian Opfer Morryde International 1
#20 James Lace 1
#20 Gary Kuseske 1
#20 Phillip W. Caviness 1
#20 John J Zepeda 1
#20 Laurel B. Jaeger Whirlpool 1
#20 Nicolett Marie Bisnett Lyons Industries 1
#20 Randall C. Schlipp 1
#20 Jerry O. Bounds 1
#20 Bernard A. Peterson, III Modine Manufacturing 1
#20 David R. Galati 1
#20 David Poplewski Zenith Data Systems 1
#20 Thomas J. Tallis Clark Equipment 1
#20 Daniel R. Mott 1
#20 Andy R. Faher 1

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