Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Niles, MI ranks #3,669 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 801 patents from 188 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Niles, MI include Tyler Refrigeration, Whirlpool, Gentex. That works out to 66.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 188 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Fayez F. Ibrahim Tyler Refrigeration 42
2 Wyatt A. Cline Whirlpool 41
3 Alan R. Watson Gentex 38
#4 Robert W. Jorgensen Hubbell Incorporated 37
#5 Brian S. J. Blagg University Of Kansas 34
#6 Peter J. W. Melsa Tellabs Operations 23
#7 Timothy J. Albert Robert Bosch Gmbh 20
#8 Fayez F. Abraham Tyler Refrigeration 18
#9 Robert J. Grabon Intermec Ip 17
#10 Thomas G. Pratt University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 16
#11 Robert B. Edwards, II Corpak 15
#12 Kwok Kwong Fung Carrier 14
#13 William John Penninger Robert Bosch Gmbh 13
#13 James E. Smous Bayer Healthcare 13
#15 George S. Wieger Honeywell 12
#15 Jeffrey Beckner Whirlpool 12
#17 Arthur Perez Tyler Refrigeration 11
#17 Ryan Mason Dell Products 11
#17 Roger Fleming HP 11
#20 S. Eugene Hubbard Kawneer Company 9
#20 Douglas D. Hall Abb Vetco Gray 9
#20 Ronald E. Redman Kawneer Company 9
#23 William A. Williamson Bellsouth 8
#23 Larry G. Lohraff Bendix Limited 8
#23 G. Emerson Brown Allied Consulting 8
#26 Ronald A. Vanderboegh Amstore 7
#27 Tom Kennedy Kennedy Associates 6
#27 Robert Lanier 6
#27 Edward E. Bowman Tyler Refrigeration 6
#27 Doyle W. Rausch National Standard 6
#27 Craig J. Reske Actuant 6
#27 Derek L. Crites Cts 6
#27 Shawn Oltz Whirlpool 6
#27 Carol Tanner University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 6
#27 Dietmar Spindler Mahle International Gmbh 6
#27 Steven Ruggiero University Of Notre Dame Du Lac 6
#27 Raymond Kosarski, Jr. Robert Bosch Gmbh 6
#27 Ryan M. Hurlbutt Robert Bosch Gmbh 6
#27 Edward H. Mark 6
#27 Gary A. Valencourt Honeywell 6
#27 Robert J. Guyser Unknown 6
#42 Donna Laboda Honeywell 5
#42 Gregory K. Harrison Allied Consulting 5
#42 Jon R. Dodson 5
#42 Esaw Harris 5
#42 Dennis Wilkinson RTX (Raytheon) 5
#42 Charles E. Rhodes 5
#48 Nelson Sigman Slavik Integrated Medical Technologies 4
#48 Paul D. Van Belle 4
#48 Tyler Douglas Mathews Whirlpool 4

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