Top Inventors in Iron River, MI | Patent Leaderboard

Iron River, MI ranks #2,049 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,570 patents from 361 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Iron River, MI include Herman Miller, Donnelly, IBM. That works out to 522.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 361 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	James O. Kelley	Herman Miller	67
2	Todd W. Pastrick	Donnelly	56
3	Thomas A. Petersen	IBM	51
#4	Michael T. York	Visteon Global Technologies	43
#5	Matthew C. Gilmer	Dayco Ip Holdings	41
#6	Paul E. Miller	R.A. Miller Industries	39
#7	Thomas J. Johnson	Shape	35
#8	Jonathan T. Shibata	General Motors	33
#9	Eustace H. Mumford	Owens-Illinois	30
#9	Charles Osborn	Grand Haven Stamped Products Co. Div Of Jsj	30
#11	Mark F. Mettler	Access Business Group International	28
#12	John W. Juvinall	Owens-Brockway Glass Container	25
#13	Robert Anderson	Garrison Dental Solutions	23
#14	Ulrich A. Kuester	Gentex	22
#15	Wajdi B. Hamama	General Motors	21
#16	Mark E. Charpie	Illinois Tool Works	20
#16	Tom Edwards	Binx Health Limited	20
#18	Charles R. Jones	Dana Limited	18
#19	Patrick Duffy	Handylab	16
#19	Larry D. Bratton	Warner-Lambert Company	16
#21	John H. Gillen	Libbey-Owens-Ford	15
#21	Andrew W. Baur	General Motors	15
#23	Todd A. Sutton	Nustep	14
#23	Matt Gilmer	Dayco Ip Holdings	14
#23	Kenneth Harris	Cannon-Muskegon	14
#23	David W. Heatherington	Shape	14
#23	Eric R. Metzger	Bissell Homecare	14
#28	Gregory A. Miedema	Qualite Sports Lighting	13
#28	Donald A. Shepherd	Herman Miller	13
#30	John Russell Lane	Amazon	11
#31	Janice W. Bussard	—	10
#31	Gary L. Kruse	Oliver Products	10
#31	Paul James Kosch	J-Dan	10
#31	Kyle E. E. Schwulst	Ford	10
#35	Michael Strickler	Stryker	9
#35	Thomas D. Garrison	Garrison Dental Solutions	9
#35	Thomas A. McKenzie	Holland	9
#35	Mark J. Dinneweth	Steelcase	9
#35	Charles Terrell Williams	—	9
#35	Joel Thomas Pierce	Ford	9
#35	Steve Peterson	Smith International	9
#42	Benjamin C. Shade	Avl Test Systems	8
#42	Dennis V. Rupar	Shape	8
#42	Darius O. Riggs	Owens-Illinois	8
#42	Kenneth James McDonald	Toyota	8
#42	Charles R. Kenrick	Builder'S Best	8
#42	Troy Kantola	—	8
#42	Bret L. Buxton	Qualite Sports Lighting	8
#49	Brandon David Lint	Ford	7
#49	Robert E. Lawrie	Chrysler Group	7

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