Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

L'Anse, MI ranks #9,010 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 233 patents from 8 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in L'Anse, MI include IBM, Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Certainteed Ceilings. That works out to 124.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–8 of 8 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert D. Miller IBM 216
2 Chris Lee Heikkinen Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 9
3 Chris W. Niemi Certainteed Ceilings 2
3 Jeremiah L. Shaffer Certainteed Ceilings 2
#5 Brian C. Lambert Lisle 1
#5 James S. Tollefson 1
#5 Jay A. Hansen 1
#5 Gary L Robillard 1

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