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Franklin, MI All Time

824 patents  ·  110 inventors  ·  262.5/1k pop.

Ranked #3,580 of 112,640 cities Top 4%

Franklin, MI ranks #3,580 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 824 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Franklin, MI include General Motors, Ford, Corning Incorporated. That works out to 262.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Farzad Samie General Motors 160
2 Todd Allen Brown Ford 91
3 Paul G. Otanez General Motors 79
#4 Chandan Kumar Saha Corning Incorporated 43
#5 Samuel Zhao General Motors 34
#6 John N. Owens General Motors 28
#7 Gerhard A. Dage Ford 24
#8 Robert Henry Hammerle Ford 23
#9 Jacob M. Povirk Ford 21
#10 Paul Ewing Mott'S Llp 17
#11 Harry Owen Kaiser Optical Systems 15
#12 Gerhard A. Dage — 13
#13 Cian John Francis Brogan Faraday & Future 12
#14 Robert A. Pett Ford 11
#14 William David Guarino Ford 11
#16 Craig A. Rubin Hi-Tex 10
#16 Lawrence Burns Google 10
#16 Dean C. VANDENHEEDE Ts Tech Co. 10
#19 Randy B. Rubin Hi-Tex 9
#20 Richard A. Teague American Motors 7
#20 Scott A. Kliger Jingle Networks 7
#20 Christopher J. Twarog General Motors 7
#23 Robert Helfman — 6
#23 Jason B. Johnson Harman International Industries, Incorporated 6
#23 Milton H. Goldrath Bei Medical Systems 6
#26 Peter C. Bertelson — 5
#26 Saul S. Lee General Motors 5
#26 Bruce Gershenson — 5
#26 Stephen Bowyer Meridian 5
#26 Teck-Mun Soo K2M 5
#26 Lawrence David Burns Allstate Insurance 5
#26 Martin L. Abel Ferton Holding 5
#26 James P. McKeon Kelsey-Hayes-Company 5
#34 Ace Koua Kue Ford 4
#34 Samer Nasry — 4
#34 Yaroslav Stakhiv Big Time Investment 4
#34 Dayananda Narasimhaiah General Motors 4
#38 Reid James Steiger Ford 3
#38 Stuart Wooters Marel Power Solutions 3
#38 Walter Kasten X-Holding Gmbh 3
#38 Eric Chau General Motors 3
#38 Choll K. Jun Carboloy 3
#38 Howard Brown — 3
#38 Kipp D. Owen Daimlerchrysler Ag 3
#38 Lloyd D. Doigan Delta Faucet 3
#38 David Harnadek The Coleman Company 3
#47 Oleg G. Basin General Motors 2
#47 John L. Calene Lear 2
#47 Sung Kuk Soh — 2
#47 Robert E. Hojna Chrysler Group 2

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