Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Owosso, MI ranks #6,078 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 409 patents from 136 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Owosso, MI include Avm, Elster Electricity, General Motors. That works out to 27.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 136 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 George C. Ludwig Avm 21
2 William R. Stoody 17
3 Michael A. Murphy Elster Electricity 14
#4 Christopher H. Knieper General Motors 12
#4 Jason Bowles Webasto-Edscha Cabrio Gmbh 12
#4 Jeffrey L. Goins Lear Seating 12
#7 John L. King, Jr. Mwa & Co. 10
#7 Robert M. Gute Plasta Fiber Industries 10
#7 Joseph Ralph Metrologic Instruments 10
#7 Larry E. Isakson Midland-Ross 10
#11 Boris R. Teper Dürr Systems Ag 9
#12 Donald F. Gray Kurta 8
#12 Russell L. Hardy Hill-Rom Services 8
#12 Paul Heimnick 8
#12 Matthew Quincy Riley Pc Matic 8
#16 Thomas R. Soupal Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems 7
#17 Richard L. Holmes Marelco Power Systems 6
#17 Ronald Burgess The Boc Group Limited 6
#17 Daniel C. MacManus General Motors 6
#17 Kevin L. Huff Maurell Products 6
#21 Brian Dana 5
#21 Andrew Mellentine Lear 5
#21 Alvin Powell Ford 5
#21 Shawn Nageli Harman International Industries, Incorporated 5
#21 Gary D. Taphouse Hougen Manufacturing 5
#21 Robert J. Bartell Comcast 5
#21 George H. Henderson 5
#21 Ronald J. DeHaas 5
#29 Anthony Willard Pierce Android Industries 4
#29 Robert A. Colwell Magnetek Universal Electric 4
#29 Jeremy M. Zemla Steering Solutions Ip Holding 4
#29 Scott C. Mrdeza General Motors 4
#33 Anthony J. Seconsky Maurell Products 3
#33 Stuart E Collins Fca Us Llc. 3
#33 Wayne C. Nichols General Motors 3
#33 Richard R. Stoody, Jr. Chrysler Group 3
#33 Clyde J. Rugh Mwa & Co. 3
#33 Gregg Jones 3
#33 Thomas H. Cowell 3
#33 William F. Pakkala Delphi Technologies 3
#41 Thomas D. Capoferi 2
#41 Francis M. Tuttle Mwa & Co. 2
#41 Randall R. Arendt 2
#41 William E. Fritsche Midland Brake 2
#41 Dario Gross Midland Brake 2
#41 Donald E. Henning 2
#41 Carl L. Kuder The Upjohn 2
#41 James A. McFadden 2
#41 Richard L. Lucas Midland Brake 2
#41 David L. Gagnier 2

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