Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Frankenmuth, MI ranks #4,851 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 557 patents from 98 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Frankenmuth, MI include Steering Solutions Ip Holding, Delphi Technologies, Dow Corning. That works out to 111.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 98 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric D. Pattok Steering Solutions Ip Holding 44
2 Steven J. Collier-Hallman Delphi Technologies 34
3 Brett Lee Zimmerman Dow Corning 26
#4 Timothy W. Kaufmann Delphi Technologies 25
#5 Ratko Menjak Delphi Technologies 24
#6 Brian J. Magnus Delphi Technologies 22
#6 William I. Harris 22
#6 Richard P. Nash Steering Solutions Ip Holding 22
#9 Leland N. Olgren General Motors 21
#9 Jeffrey E. Beyerlein Steering Solutions Ip Holding 21
#11 Gail M. Sylvester Delphi Technologies 17
#12 Zdravko Menjak Delphi Technologies 15
#13 Diane M. Landers Delphi Technologies 14
#14 Kathryn L. Pattok Delphi Technologies 13
#15 Scott Lee Emc 12
#15 Damir Menjak Delphi Technologies 12
#15 Travis L. Palmer Steering Solutions Ip Holding 12
#18 Jeffrey P. Courville Steering Solutions Ip Holding 10
#19 Tyler M. Reno Steering Solutions Ip Holding 9
#19 James J. Shavrnoch Steering Solutions Ip Holding 9
#21 Donald L. Dzioba General Motors 8
#21 Christopher J. Waites Plastics Research 8
#23 Dennis W. Isken, II Ford 7
#24 Terence Lee Horstman Hemlock Semiconductor 6
#24 Bryan L. Faist Steering Solutions Ip Holding 6
#24 Robert C. Farrell General Motors 6
#27 Garrold A. DeGrace General Motors 5
#27 Dan R. Kimberlin General Motors 5
#27 Marc William Heinzman Delphi Technologies 5
#27 Gerald A. Gaeth General Motors 5
#27 Kevin J. Haubenstricker Steering Solutions Ip Holding 5
#32 Steven R. Burk Steering Solutions Ip Holding 4
#32 Bryce Reinert Ford 4
#32 John F. Yonker General Motors 4
#32 Tony Dodak Hl Mando 4
#36 Richard A. Patyk Dow Global Technologies 3
#36 Anthony M. Kueffner Walbro 3
#36 Kevin H. Marseilles Delphi Technologies 3
#36 Maroun Gregory Maroun 3
#36 Benjamin J. Kolhagen Steering Solutions Ip Holding 3
#36 Donald E. Lemke Siemens Energy & Automation 3
#42 William Zehnder, Jr. 2
#42 John P. Sutorik General Motors 2
#42 Alan D. Holzhausen General Motors 2
#42 Donald L. Tuckey 2
#42 James K. Schoenow General Motors 2
#42 Eric P. Sherwood 2
#42 Donald W. Botimer 2
#42 Glen D. Traubenkraut General Motors 2
#42 Ronald Hansen Delphi Technologies 2

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