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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Okemos, MI ranks #1,835 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,794 patents from 344 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Okemos, MI include Ford, Cardiac Pacemakers, Apa Optics. That works out to 71.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 344 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Baoming Ge Ford 69
2 Mohan Krishnan Cardiac Pacemakers 55
3 Anil K. Jain Apa Optics 49
#4 Michael J. Karagoulis General Motors 44
#5 John W. Frost Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 40
#6 John K. Lenneman Toyota 39
#6 Lawrence T. Drzal Michigan State University 39
#8 Mi Zhang BOE 37
#9 Robert Hickey Coskata 36
#10 Marcos Dantus Michigan State University 35
#11 Ramani Narayan Michigan State University 32
#12 Brock Walker Herman Miller 29
#13 Michael R. Pollard Mycogen 23
#13 Danrich Henry Demitroff Ford 23
#15 Ning Xi Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 22
#16 Kris A. Berglund Applied Carbochemicals 21
#16 Steven Bloembergen Ecosynthetix 21
#18 Gregory A. Marking Osram Sylvania 20
#18 Steven N. Furtwangler Home Box Office 20
#20 Vadim V. Lozovoy Michigan State University 19
#20 Parviz Soroushian Dpd 19
#20 Jian Ren Michigan State University 19
#20 Fang Peng Lockheed Martin 19
#20 Timothy A. Grotjohn Michigan State University 19
#25 Howard L. Ferguson Nellcor Puritan Bennett 17
#26 John B. Ohlrogge Michigan State University 16
#26 Tongtong Li Michigan State University 16
#28 Kyung-Hwan Han Michigan State University 14
#28 Premjeet Chahal RTX (Raytheon) 14
#30 J. Gregory Zeikus Michigan State University 13
#30 Subir Biswas Michigan State University 13
#30 Thomas W. Swasey 13
#30 Masomeh B. Sticklen Michigan State University 13
#30 Bernd Thommes Arcelormittal France 13
#30 Won-Chan Kim Samsung 13
#30 Aamrapali Chatterjee General Motors 13
#37 David Kramer Intel 12
#37 Qi Hua Fan Michigan State University 12
#39 Jue Lu Metna Co 11
#39 Weston E. Dickerson Hayes Lemmerz International 11
#39 Ray M. Fredericksen Spenco Medical 11
#42 Cheryl A. Kerfeld Michigan State University 10
#42 Natasha V. Raikhel Board Of Trustees Operating Michigan State University 10
#42 David A. Glassner Gevo 10
#45 Christopher M. Saffron Michigan State University 9
#45 Fathi M. Salam Clarity Technologies 9
#45 Ran Bachrach Westerngeco L.L.C. 9
#45 Richard L. Witter USDA 9
#45 George M. Garrity Namesforlife 9
#45 Roger E. Payne Dart Container 9

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