Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Midland, MI ranks #153 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 18,384 patents from 2,814 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Midland, MI include Dow Corning, AT&T, Dow Global Technologies. That works out to 432.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 2,814 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chi-Long Lee Dow Corning 100
2 James A. Walker AT&T 93
3 Jerzy Klosin Dow Global Technologies 92
#4 David D. Devore Dow Global Technologies 84
#5 Aleksander J. Pyzik Dow Global Technologies 81
#6 Francis J. Timmers 79
#7 David R. Wilson Dow Global Technologies 76
#8 Ritchie A. Wessling 75
#9 Loren A. Haluska Dow Corning 72
#10 Dimitris Katsoulis Dow Corning 71
#11 Michael J. Johnson IBM 70
#12 Donald A. Tomalia 66
#13 Bizhong Zhu Dow Corning 64
#13 R. Garth Pews 64
#15 Daniel David Lecloux E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 63
#16 John R. Briggs Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology 62
#16 Donald T. Liles Dow Corning 62
#18 Keith W. Michael Dow Corning 61
#18 John N. Argyropoulos Dow Global Technologies 61
#18 Donald L. Schmidt 61
#21 Pak-Wing S. Chum 60
#21 Edmund P. Woo 60
#21 Timothy T. Wenzel Univation Technologies 60
#24 Gary Roth Dow Agrosciences 59
#24 Duane Krzysik Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 59
#24 Zenon Lysenko 59
#27 Steven Swier Dow Corning 57
#27 Theodore W. Selby Tannas 57
#29 Andrzej Malek Dow Global Technologies 56
#30 Ian A. Tomlinson Dow Global Technologies 55
#31 Randall Schmidt Dow Corning 54
#31 Daniel Graiver Dow Corning 54
#33 Steven J. Martin Cisco 53
#34 Jerry E. White 52
#34 Peter N. Nickias 52
#36 Duane R. Romer Dow Global Technologies 51
#36 David L. Malotky Dow Global Technologies 51
#38 Robert G. Bowman 49
#38 Gary E. LeGrow Dow Corning 49
#38 William James Schulz, Jr. Dow Corning 49
#41 Ravi B. Shankar 48
#41 Richard E. Campbell, Jr. 48
#43 Robert F. Harris 47
#44 H. Craig Silvis 46
#44 Mark F. Sonnenschein Dow Global Technologies 46
#46 Donald N. MacLaughlin Vercon 45
#47 David A. Smith 44
#47 Ray E. Drumright Dow Global Technologies 44
#49 Paul Foley Dow Global Technologies 42
#50 Daniel J. Halloran Dow Corning 41

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