Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Holland, MI ranks #371 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 8,485 patents from 1,299 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Holland, MI include Donnelly, Gentex, Denso. That works out to 246.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,299 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Niall R. Lynam Donnelly 636
2 Kenneth Schofield Donnelly 291
3 William L. Tonar Gentex 175
#4 Jon H. Bechtel Gentex 131
#5 George A. Neuman Gentex 123
#6 Robert R. Turnbull Gentex 121
#7 Hamid Habibi Donnelly 96
#8 Joseph S. Stam Gentex 94
#8 John S. Anderson Gentex 94
#10 Eric Smith Denso 81
#11 Ian A. McCabe Donnelly 78
#12 Steven L. Geerlings Gentex 75
#13 Frederick T. Bauer Gentex 74
#14 Thomas F. Guarr Gentex 73
#15 Joel T. Pyper Standard Lifters 66
#16 Matthew P. Ebrom Whirlpool 61
#17 Judson A. Bradford Bradford 59
#18 Robert L. Bingle Donnelly 58
#19 Glenn Cowelchuk Lear 55
#20 Darin J. Snider Magna Mirrors Of America 53
#20 Harold R. Wilson Haworth 53
#22 David W. Caldwell Touchsensor Technologies 52
#23 Mark L. Zeinstra Prince 51
#24 Kurt Dykema Prince 50
#25 Thomas S. Wright Gentex 49
#26 Andrew D. Weller Donnelly 48
#26 Sean T. Eurich Access Business Group International 48
#28 Sabina J. Houle Intel 44
#29 David L. Poll Gentex 43
#30 Megan M. Mathey Spring Meadow Nursery 42
#31 Adam Luedke Bissell Homecare 39
#32 Lee Karner Donnelly 38
#33 Cedric Ketels Faurecia Automotive Seating 37
#33 Nels R. Smith Prince 37
#35 Joel Graham Van Faasen Whirlpool 36
#35 Scott A. Hansen Johnson Controls Technology 36
#35 Kelvin L. Baumann Gentex 36
#35 David K. Johnson Magna Mirrors Of America 36
#39 Larry DeKraker Steelcase Development 35
#39 Nigel T. Lock Gentex 35
#41 Rick Mousseau Donnelly 34
#41 Richard J. Camarota Itc 34
#43 Daniel J. Fisher Donnelly 31
#44 John Matthai Herman Miller 29
#45 Konrad H. Marcus Prince 28
#45 Robert A. Roth Delphi Technologies 28
#45 Bryan R. Gingrich Haworth 28
#48 Todd Nykerk Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development 27
#48 Thomas Scott Hodgson Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. 27
#50 Wilbur E. Tolliver 26

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