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Royal Oak, MI All Time

6,542 patents  ·  1,428 inventors  ·  112.4/1k pop.

Ranked #507 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Royal Oak, MI ranks #507 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 6,542 patents from 1,428 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Royal Oak, MI include Fca Us Llc., Ford, General Motors. That works out to 112.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,428 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian H. Nielander Fca Us Llc. 115
2 Anthony Meyer Ford 109
3 Adrian B. Chernoff General Motors 82
#4 Gary W. Ruiz General Motors 79
#5 Brian M. Graichen Dayco Ip Holdings 74
#6 David E. Young Protectair Limited 63
#7 Deyan Ninov Fca Us Llc. 56
#7 Tyler L. H. Moffett General Motors 56
#9 Benjamin Chu SUNY Research Foundation 49
#10 Mark Kaski Ford 47
#11 Dewey M. Sims, Jr. Robert Bosch Gmbh 44
#12 Eugene R. Braun Eaton 42
#13 Christian Chimner Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies 41
#14 Eric T. Hosey General Motors 39
#14 Wonhee M. Kim General Motors 39
#14 Bregt Ectors Ford 39
#17 David Becker Schaeffler 37
#18 Debora Manther Schaeffler 36
#19 Derek Hartl Ford 35
#19 Adam D. Paquette Warrior Sports 35
#21 Michael Hier Lear 33
#21 Brian Malczewski General Motors 33
#23 Andrew J. Silveri Ford 31
#23 Nicolas R. Stone Fca Us Llc. 31
#25 Thomas Southworth Google 29
#25 James R. Salvador General Motors 29
#25 Erik J. Christen Ford 29
#25 Eric Michael Rademacher Ford 29
#29 Richard Plavetich Nissan Design America 28
#29 Tony Lowe Valenite 28
#29 Calahan B. Campton Borgwarner 28
#29 Rafat F. Hattar General Motors 28
#33 David Abdella Lear 27
#33 Randall B. Dlugoss General Motors 27
#35 James W. Forsyth AT&T 26
#35 Tyson W. Brown General Motors 26
#37 Donald A. Renkert Daimlerchrysler Ag 25
#38 Ronald H. Dybalski Delphi Technologies 24
#38 David H. Clifford General Motors 24
#40 Andrew M. Mance General Motors 23
#40 David Crist Gabriel Ford 23
#40 Raymond P. DeSantis Ptx-Pentronix 23
#40 Richard G. Reed, Jr. Chrysler Group 23
#40 Benjamin Wilkins General Motors 23
#45 Harry W. Trost Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group 22
#45 Kenneth S. Towers — 22
#47 Maxwell A. Sullivan General Motors 21
#47 Raphael M. Molina General Motors 21
#49 Michael Kuhn Molecular Probes 20
#49 Bradley J. Miller Norton 20

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