Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Howell, MI ranks #1,071 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,165 patents from 595 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Howell, MI include General Motors, Lumigen, Pitney Bowes. That works out to 314.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 595 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael J. Paratore, Jr. General Motors 102
2 Hashem Akhavan-Tafti Lumigen 97
3 John P. Miller Pitney Bowes 77
#4 Dominic Daunter Alsons 62
#5 James W. Hendry Incoe 54
#6 Melissa Koenig Borgwarner 53
#7 Reid Alan Baldwin Ford 52
#8 Edwin T. Grochowski General Motors 43
#9 Todd Ekonen 38
#9 Allen V. Pruehs Ekstrom Industries 38
#9 Sidney T. Smith Baxter International 38
#12 Barney J. Bauer Trw Vehicle Safety Systems 36
#13 David S. Mathews General Motors 35
#14 Stephen C. Bruck 34
#15 Robert D. Schmidt General Motors 33
#15 David L. Tognetti Belanger 33
#17 Christopher Whitt General Motors 32
#18 Thomas Larose, Jr. General Motors 31
#18 Frank Venegas, Jr. Unknown 31
#20 Paul A. Gilmore Toyota 30
#20 Jack R. Lorraine Siemens Automotive 30
#20 William C. Stumphauzer Sirius Xm Radio 30
#23 Jeffrey A. White Amazon 27
#23 Allen Lehmen Ford 27
#25 Vladimir Segal Honeywell 26
#25 Scot A. Douglas General Motors 26
#25 Theodore Beyer Ford 26
#28 William Hubert Schank Enevate 22
#28 Paul T. Fanson Toyota 22
#30 John Gomez Adient Us 21
#30 Edward T. Heil General Motors 21
#32 Eric Myers Ford 20
#32 Donald Graham Straitiff Android Industries 20
#34 Stuart R. Smith General Motors 19
#34 Jeffrey T. Root Ubicquia 19
#36 Tye Newman Perceptron 18
#36 Jason Daniel Mullins General Motors 18
#38 Russell H. Springborn Ufp Industries 17
#38 Antony George Schepak Ford 17
#40 Kenneth M. Clark Johnson Controls Technology 16
#40 Craig J. Hawkins General Motors 16
#40 Douglas Christopher Sarsen General Motors 16
#43 Louis D DeLellis Chrysler Group 15
#43 Michael A. West Magna International 15
#43 Brian D. Brasier Magna Electronics 15
#43 Dan Coffey General Motors 15
#47 Mark Thomas Linenberg Ford 14
#47 James N. Nelsen General Motors 14
#47 David J. Nowaczyk Wallace Computer Services 14
#47 Timothy B. Clise Express Scripts Strategic Development 14

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