Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Grosse Pointe, MI ranks #2,551 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,218 patents from 143 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Grosse Pointe, MI include General Motors, Ford, Harman International Industries, Incorporated. That works out to 214.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 143 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alan L. Browne General Motors 298
2 Todd Willing Ford 204
3 Brendan Diamond Ford 145
#4 John C. Caswell Ford 54
#5 David Dixon Harman International Industries, Incorporated 34
#6 Robert F. Cusack Gte Valeron 28
#7 Craig W. White Automotive Systems Laboratory 24
#8 Roberto Romero Wayne State University 19
#9 Ryan McClellan Visualimits 18
#10 Carl Anderson Icosystem 16
#11 Charles L. Tazzia Basf Se 15
#12 Gerald J. Jerry Xylon 13
#13 Robert B. Powers American District Telegraph 12
#14 Tricia E. Morrow General Motors 10
#14 Robert J. Rumpf Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 10
#16 Gary Monteiro Lifecell 9
#16 Richard P. Doerer Van Dresser 9
#16 Q. Ping Dou University Of South Florida 9
#16 Ted E. Eikhoff Mckechnie Vehicle Components Usa 9
#20 Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart Energy Conversion Devices 8
#20 George A. Parsons New Venture Gear 8
#22 Joseph Lanzotti Sumitomo Wiring Systems 7
#23 Albert J. Gonas Voplex 6
#23 Charles R. Meldrum 6
#23 Thomas R. Carbone Chrysler Group 6
#26 Edgar F. Trombley Punch Products Usa 5
#26 David L. Burt Bendix Limited 5
#26 William Marc Schmidt Kdi Precision Products 5
#26 Ian J. Sutherland General Motors 5
#26 Aris G. Nichols John Deere 5
#26 Vincent C. Rabaut, III Norgren Automation Solutions 5
#26 James Parsons Sullivan Ford 5
#26 Peter J. Bills Freeescale Semiconductor 5
#26 William Brusilow 5
#35 Michael Thomas Kramer Ford 4
#35 Tomasz K Kietlinski Chrysler Group 4
#35 Alex Cougar 4
#35 Morgan Whitney Visteon Global Technologies 4
#35 Stanley E. Thorwaldsen Allis-Chalmers 4
#35 John M. Sohn Strattec Power Access 4
#35 Charles F. Weidig Ethyl 4
#35 Edward Rowady Trim Trends, Co. 4
#35 Leo A. Cooney 4
#35 Richard A. Romer Arvinmeritor Technology 4
#45 D. Michael Ledyard Lionel Trains 3
#45 Richard E. Feldborg 3
#45 GARY L. BRADDOCK Lab2Fab 3
#45 Carl S. Hardwicke Farley 3
#45 Gerald P. Vanneste 3
#45 Mark Basile 3

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