Melvindale, MI ranks #19,530 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 69 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Melvindale, MI include Ford, Caterpillar, Capital One Services. That works out to 5.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somasundaram Subramanian | Ford | 16 |
| 2 | Clifford E. Miller | Caterpillar | 8 |
| 3 | Craig Brian Rogers | Ford | 7 |
| #4 | Courtney L'Arrivée | Ford | 4 |
| #4 | Salvatore Guerra | Ford | 4 |
| #6 | John Robert Dryden | Ford | 3 |
| #6 | Larry Damman | Capital One Services | 3 |
| #6 | Christopher Simon Owens | Umicore Ag & Co. Kg | 3 |
| #6 | Paul Bridgewater | — | 3 |
| #10 | Moses A. Olaniran | Ford | 2 |
| #10 | Mitchell Nicholas Williams | Ford | 2 |
| #10 | Danny P. Hunter | — | 2 |
| #10 | Brian D. Jeffery | Thoratec | 2 |
| #10 | Jamala Massenburg | Ford | 2 |
| #15 | Michael F. Szczepanik | — | 1 |
| #15 | Bernard Stiltner | — | 1 |
| #15 | Frederick M. Schmeisser | — | 1 |
| #15 | Kristiana K. Stiltner | — | 1 |
| #15 | Don Siekas | Kelsey-Hayes-Company | 1 |
| #15 | Jerry Wayne McDaniel | Ford | 1 |
| #15 | Terrie J. LaPalm | Lear | 1 |
| #15 | Otoniel Hinojosa | — | 1 |
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