Top Inventors in Kalamazoo, MI | Patent Leaderboard

Kalamazoo, MI ranks #420 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 7,566 patents from 1,283 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Kalamazoo, MI include The Upjohn, Ablative Solutions, Stryker. That works out to 102.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,283 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	John C. Sih	The Upjohn	250
2	Tim A. Fischell	Ablative Solutions	151
3	Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu	Stryker	135
#4	James E. McCarthy, Jr.	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	111
#5	Anish Paul	Stryker	81
#6	Jeffrey Alan Kennedy	Stryker	79
#7	Michael Joseph Hayes	Stryker	78
#8	Aaron Douglas Furman	Stryker	76
#9	Daniel V. Brosnan	Stryker	74
#10	James F. Ziech	Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group	69
#11	Gregory L. Wedel	Beloit	64
#11	Mark S. Feddema	Whirlpool	64
#13	Graeme Andrew Jackson	Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies	60
#14	Martin W. Stryker	Stryker	53
#15	Richard F. Huyser	Stryker	46
#16	Christopher John Hopper	Stryker	44
#17	Ian Daniel McKenzie	Detroit Diesel	43
#18	Jerry A. Culp	Stryker	41
#19	Michael S. Kopreski	Oncomedx	40
#19	Michael R. Barbachyn	—	40
#21	Peter Hong	Google	39
#21	Adam Darwin Downey	Stryker	39
#21	Patrick Lafleche	Stryker	39
#24	Paul H. Todd, Jr.	Kalamazoo Holdings	37
#25	Gary L. Bartley	Stryker	35
#25	Stefaan Van Den Broecke	Sanford	35
#27	Stephen J. Reasoner	Stryker	34
#27	Wendell Wierenga	The Upjohn	34
#29	Matthew A. Vance	Eaton Intelligent Power Limited	33
#29	Valerie A. Vaillancourt	—	33
#31	David Hershberger	Stryker	32
#31	David Stein	PayPal	32
#33	Matthew G. Czach	Traeger Pellet Grills	31
#34	Benjamin J. Purrenhage	Stryker	29
#34	Steven J. Carusillo	Stryker	29
#34	James A. Beverly	Dana Limited	29
#34	David L. Wadas	Eaton	29
#38	Alan C. Stine	Eaton	28
#38	Bruce Allen Pearlman	—	28
#38	Paul Joseph Dominowski	Zoetis Services	28
#38	Fredric Biddle	Steelcase	28
#38	George L. Wilson, IV	Moshun	28
#38	Richard C. Thomas	—	28
#38	Louis Grace, Jr.	Grace Engineering	28
#45	Richard Andrew Ewin	Zoetis Services	27
#45	Beau Kidman	Stryker	27
#47	Christopher DeBoer	Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies	26
#47	Gregory S. Taylor	Stryker	26
#47	Douglas A. Staunton	Stryker	26
#47	Brian P. Dennis	Ausco Products	26

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