Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Pontiac, MI ranks #3,136 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 962 patents from 283 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Pontiac, MI include Visteon Global Technologies, Sure Alloy Steel, Denso International America. That works out to 15.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 283 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jeyachandrabose Chinniah Visteon Global Technologies 48
2 Rickey E. Wark Sure Alloy Steel 45
3 Kyle Golsch Denso International America 43
#4 Gary L. Smith Bissell Homecare 42
#5 Gregg R. Kittinger General Motors 26
#6 Leonard W. Behr Automotive Systems Laboratory 19
#6 James D. Davidson Sears Brands, L.L.C. 19
#8 James Travis University Of Georgia 17
#9 Kerrie K. Gath Ford 15
#10 James R. Osborne Ti Group Automotive Systems 14
#10 Jon D. Sparham Jac Products 14
#12 Daniel Tabar Automotive Systems Laboratory 13
#12 David A. Gattuso Energy Conversion Devices 13
#14 Abdi R. Lawassani RTX (Raytheon) 11
#14 Patricia Yulkowski Td Ip Holdco. 11
#16 Robert A. McArthur Siemens Automotive 10
#16 Alan D. Picken Clarion Technologies 10
#18 Michael W. Stowe Industrial Magnetics 9
#18 David J. Brooks General Motors 9
#20 James C. Elmslie General Motors 8
#20 Jeffrey Maxwell Gage Products 8
#20 Thomas R. Hendrickson Quikcoup 8
#20 Wesley Pack Comcast 8
#24 Henry D. Taylor Vickers 7
#24 George Dolan Ford 7
#24 Harold Barrett Tele Tracking Technologies 7
#24 Rickey L. Stratton Automotive Systems Laboratory 7
#24 Jeremy A. Panasiewicz Daimlerchrysler Ag 7
#24 Robert A. Hair Trw Limited 7
#24 Mark W. Sullivan Medco Health Solutions 7
#24 Arie Alexiou Borgwarner 7
#24 John H. Waltman 7
#33 Kevin Dean Ovonic Battery Company 6
#33 Dennis W. Crawford Masco Corporation Of Indiana 6
#33 Sachin Patel Tata Consultancy Services Limited 6
#33 Jerry L. Bell Bernal Rotary Systems 6
#33 Barry Groves Axletech International Ip Holdings 6
#33 Jason Monroe Fca Us Llc. 6
#33 Michael A. Davis General Motors 6
#33 Peter Henning Lectron Products 6
#41 John Kittridge 5
#41 Theodore U. Warrow 5
#41 Edward E. Vollenweider, II 5
#41 Joseph A. Schultz Hougen Manufacturing 5
#41 Sazzadul Haque GE 5
#41 Benson D. Martin 5
#41 David M. Misaras Textron Automotive Company 5
#41 Kenneth B. Bly General Motors 5
#41 Adam Kollin Rhk Technology 5
#41 Howard Schmidt Mccord Winn Textron 5

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