Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Rockford, MI ranks #1,472 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,292 patents from 287 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Rockford, MI include Wolverine World Wide, Steelcase, Wolverine Outdoors. That works out to 373.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 287 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Manon Belley Wolverine World Wide 312
2 Gordon J. Peterson Steelcase 175
3 Ian M. Cobb Wolverine Outdoors 117
#4 Mary L. Schoenborn Wolverine World Wide 64
#5 Justin E. Sobecki Magna Mirrors Of America 60
#6 William Bennie Steelcase 54
#7 Scott A. Mollema Access Business Group International 51
#8 Kevin T. Downey Bissell Homecare 45
#9 Scott P. Crossman Ranir 43
#10 Charles A. Reed, Jr. Bissell Homecare 38
#11 Joshua B. Taylor Access Business Group International 36
#12 Shane Rogers W.L. Gore & Associates Gmbh 35
#13 Michael Hendrik DeGroot Laitram, L.L.C. 34
#13 James P. Johnson Emerson Power Transmission Manufacturing 34
#15 William C. Dykstra The Boeing 32
#16 Robert L. Knapp American Seating 30
#17 Andrew D. Engel Wolverine Outdoors 28
#17 Jonathan L. Miner Bissell Homecare 28
#19 Jacob Resch Bissell 27
#20 Ronald A. Dykstra Prince 26
#20 Bruce C. Bacon Bauer Products 26
#22 Michael W. Welsh Haworth 23
#22 Victor D. Hansen Display Pack 23
#22 Benjamin Hummel Odl, Incorporated 23
#25 Matthew Baker Nieco 21
#26 Aaron G. Lautenbach Unknown 20
#26 Robert G. Rajter, Jr. Wynalda Litho 20
#28 Hsiao-Che Wu Promos Technologies 17
#28 Gary P. Burns Eagile 17
#28 Kurt E. Ashbaugh Bissell Homecare 17
#31 Ernest H. Brumbaugh Access Business Group International 16
#31 Joseph S. Meinke Adac Plastics 16
#33 Jesse C. Leverett Access Business Group International 14
#33 Jeff Gibson Herman Miller 14
#35 Matthew R. Andree Unknown 13
#35 Michael Steven Feldmann GE 13
#35 Roy Clark The Boeing 13
#38 Robert R. Sutter, Jr. Gill Industries 12
#39 Thomas H. Triesenberg Dematic 11
#39 Frederick B. Hill, Jr. Benteler Automotive 11
#39 Christopher J. Loveder Wolverine World Wide 11
#42 Roger L. Huard Wolverine World Wide 10
#42 Brian R. Mulder Bard Peripheral Vascular 10
#42 Mark W. Herrema Flow-Rite Controls 10
#42 Brett A. Gorby Donnelly 10
#42 David B. Muyskens Sonoco Development 10
#47 Adam C. Bedford Steelcase Development 9
#47 Michael W. Welsh Steelcase Development 9
#49 Tyler Quincey Curtis Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 8
#49 Gary Gillis Tri-State Hospital Supply 8

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