Parma, MI ranks #14,562 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 111 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Parma, MI include Certainteed, Tenneco Automotive Operating Company, Aeroquip. That works out to 142.3 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 | Robert D. Shaw | Certainteed | 42 |
| 2 | Robert Shaw | Certainteed | 21 |
| 3 | William Adams | Tenneco Automotive Operating Company | 8 |
| #4 | Daniel J. Owen | Tenneco Automotive Operating Company | 6 |
| #5 | Joseph F. Reinker, Jr. | Aeroquip | 5 |
| #6 | Thomas A. Parrish | Eaton | 4 |
| #7 | Vernon King | Miller Edge | 3 |
| #8 | Dan Owen | Tenneco Automotive Operating Company | 2 |
| #8 | Ronald Hendrick | General Motors | 2 |
| #10 | Charles Coonce | — | 1 |
| #10 | Jonathan Gallas | — | 1 |
| #10 | Aris Bates | — | 1 |
| #10 | Tyler Bretes | — | 1 |
| #10 | Dennis Mellon | Tenneco Automotive Operating Company | 1 |
| #10 | Joseph Garrett | Unknown | 1 |
| #10 | Kevin M. Taylor | Borgwarner | 1 |
| #10 | James M. Vancalbergh | — | 1 |
| #10 | James E. Beeler | — | 1 |
| #10 | Paul Antony Inman | — | 1 |
| #10 | Mitchell R. Martz | — | 1 |
| #10 | Michael D. Kella | — | 1 |
| #10 | Devin Michael Cole | — | 1 |
| #10 | Joseph F. Kirkup | Mechanical Products | 1 |
| #10 | Tracy Gregory | Warner-Lambert Company | 1 |
| #10 | Lisa M. Shaw | Eaton Aeroquip | 1 |
| #10 | Peter Alderman | A.J. Rose Manufacturing | 1 |
| #10 | Kenneth D. Scholl | — | 1 |
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