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Milford, MI All Time

2,591 patents  ·  501 inventors  ·  397.4/1k pop.

Ranked #1,298 of 112,640 cities Top 2%

Milford, MI ranks #1,298 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,591 patents from 501 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Milford, MI include General Motors, Ekstrom Industries, Visa. That works out to 397.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 501 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William R. Cawthorne General Motors 70
2 Darrell Robinson Ekstrom Industries 61
3 David William Wilson Visa 56
#4 Garlan J. Huberts Ford 45
#5 J. William Whikehart Ford 44
#6 Paul A. Adam General Motors 41
#7 Kevin Mozurkewich Ford 40
#8 Jordan Barrett Ford 38
#9 Diann Brei General Motors 36
#9 Scott Andrew Amman Ford 36
#11 Jason Blush Guardian Glass 34
#12 John R. Forsyth New Venture Gear 33
#13 Matthew Coburn Echostar Technologies L.L.C. 31
#14 Michael James Whitens Ford 30
#14 Daniel J. Declerck Motorola 30
#16 Richard J. MacLeod Tapco International 29
#17 Michael Hopka Ford 27
#17 Dennis Yee Ford 27
#19 Rebecca J. Darr General Motors 26
#20 Michael E. McGuire General Motors 25
#21 Charles A. Massoll General Motors 22
#22 Ian Fletcher Grass Valley Canada 21
#23 Todd R. Shupe General Motors 20
#24 John E. Marano General Motors 19
#24 David John McCarthy Johnson Controls Technology 19
#26 Philip F Rashid Phil Squared Roof Jack Systems 18
#26 Louis A. Avallone General Motors 18
#26 Sebastian Lienkamp General Motors 18
#29 Matthew Simonini Proterra Ag 17
#29 Carl E. Hunt Gte Valenite 17
#29 Robert D. Sims, III General Motors 17
#32 Michael Sturm Robert Bosch Gmbh 16
#32 Justin Warner Enginetics 16
#32 Brent D. Lowe General Motors 16
#35 Marshall L. Weingarden Enor 15
#35 Andrew E. Burt Ford 15
#37 Loren Christopher Dreier Zf Friedrichshafen Ag 14
#37 James F. Beck Cargill, Incorporated 14
#37 E. Bayne Carew — 14
#37 Scott W. Thorpe General Motors 14
#37 Tameem K. Assaf General Motors 14
#37 Jeffrey Bochenek Robert Bosch Gmbh 14
#43 Travis S. Garland Ford 13
#43 John H. Meyer Ford 13
#43 Filip Tomik Ford 13
#46 Charles Alan Rocco Ford 12
#46 Kurt Leon Kormos Ford 12
#46 Kyle Matthew Smith Performance Design 12
#46 Timothy F. O'Brien Magna International 12
#46 James D. Biebel Adient Us 12

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