Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Monroe, MI ranks #3,153 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 957 patents from 249 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Monroe, MI include Ortho Innovations, Ford, Basf Se. That works out to 46.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 249 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Robert L. Doubler Ortho Innovations 51
2 Sean Bayle West Ford 48
3 Michael J. Irby Ford 41
#4 Duane A. Heyman Basf Se 28
#5 Loren John Lohmeyer, III Ford 26
#5 David Nowak Illinois Tool Works 26
#7 Daniel Keil Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 23
#8 Kevin L. Newcomer Q.E.D. Environmental Systems 22
#9 Tchavdar V. Tchakarov Husqvarna Ab 21
#10 Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan Ford 20
#11 Gary W. Groves Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 19
#12 Steven L. Larson Guardian Industries 18
#13 Howard Churchwell Ford 17
#14 Robert F. Olsen Toledo Molding & Die 14
#15 David C. Reschly Detroit Stoker 13
#16 David Frankowski Motorola 12
#16 Michael Platt IBM 12
#18 Raymond J. Fritz Fasteners For Retail 11
#19 Joseph Michael Benvenuto Big Time Investment 10
#19 Michael A. Kopmanis Ford 10
#21 Norman N. Fender Graco Robotics 9
#21 Jeff Sean Boulton Ford 9
#21 John Morris Mayo Foundation 9
#21 Milko G. Guergov 9
#25 Michael R. Mero, Jr. La-Z-Boy Incorporated 8
#25 Chris George Oehring Ford 8
#27 Kevin A. Gustafson Ford 7
#27 Larry Sanders Ford 7
#27 Ty A. Henry Parker-Hannifin 7
#27 Dennis W. Wright La-Z-Boy Incorporated 7
#27 Homayoon Rahbari 7
#27 David B. Kelley Ford 7
#27 Rosa Lynda Nuno Ford 7
#34 Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer Ford 6
#34 Shinji Nishimoto Act 6
#34 David Westendorf Biofit Engineered Products 6
#34 Jason B. Hunt Fluid Equipment Development Company 6
#34 Theodore Thomas Geftos Ford 6
#39 Theodore J. Stokes Gammill 5
#39 Dale Rathbun, II AT&T 5
#39 Paul Lehmann Schneider (Europe) A.G. 5
#39 Robert D. Everett Hilgrave Incorporated 5
#39 Don Curtis Microsoft 5
#39 David L. Westerdale Midway Products Group 5
#39 Duane M. Perpich La-Z-Boy Chair 5
#39 Mark A. Brettschneider La-Z-Boy Incorporated 5
#39 Francis J. Wickenheiser Ford 5
#39 Jason Shaw Columbia Insurance 5
#39 Mark A. Eubank Ford 5
#50 John K. Hile Hilgrave Incorporated 4

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