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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Newaygo, MI ranks #21,366 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 59 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Newaygo, MI include Ben Franklin Patent Holding, Lacks Industries, Adac Plastics. That works out to 23.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lee E. Olsen Ben Franklin Patent Holding 9
2 Shawn R. Gibson 8
3 Robert E. Shea Lacks Industries 4
3 Valerie A. Obenchain 4
3 Jim Larabel Adac Plastics 4
3 Brian R. Soules Patent Rights Protection Group 4
#7 Scott Faulkner The Boeing 2
#7 Barbara L. Ottinger Gerber Products 2
#7 Jeffrey H. TePastte 2
#7 Chad Blondeel Dura Global Technologies 2
#7 Cindee Wilcox Novartis Ag 2
#12 James Larabet Adac Plastics 1
#12 Louis A. Derwin 1
#12 John K. Karrip 1
#12 Michael D. Kaines 1
#12 LuAnn VanBuskirk 1
#12 Vince K. VanBuskirk 1
#12 Jason A. Bays Unknown 1
#12 Wayne M. Ford Unknown 1
#12 Jason Key 1
#12 Ronald Armstrong 1
#12 Donald E Marr 1
#12 Kim Choals 1
#12 Frank R. Gavinski 1
#12 Mark A. Carrier Illinois Tool Works 1
#12 Richard J. VanPopering Dlp Limited 1
#12 Sandra Arendsen 1

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