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Saline, MI All Time

3,190 patents  ·  509 inventors  ·  356.5/1k pop.

Ranked #1,067 of 112,640 cities Top 1%

Saline, MI ranks #1,067 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,190 patents from 509 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Saline, MI include Ford, Trimble Navigation Limited, 3M. That works out to 356.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 509 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard E. Soltis Ford 110
1 Mark Edward Nichols Trimble Navigation Limited 110
3 John C. Schultz 3M 93
#4 Jack Marchlewski Ford 87
#5 Walter Joseph Ortmann Ford 85
#6 Michael R. Boyd US Dept of Health & Human Services 78
#7 Daniel Laurent Conception Et Developpement Michelin S.A. 62
#8 Gene Parunak Handylab 58
#9 Paul Andrew Edwards Electronics For Imaging 48
#10 Jonathan R. Young Toyota 46
#10 Ethan D. Sanborn Ford 46
#12 Alexander James Bridges Warner-Lambert Company 45
#13 Ryan C. Harris Toyota 42
#14 Steven Wooldridge Ford 37
#15 John Muldoon Toyota 36
#16 Xudong Fan University of Michigan 34
#17 Jingyu Lao Guardian Industries 31
#18 Todd Anthony Rumpsa Ford 30
#19 Benjamin Piya Austin Toyota 29
#20 Timothy Gerard Offerle Ford 28
#21 Edwin Mitchell Sayers Visteon Global Technologies 26
#22 Sean L. Helm Toyota 22
#22 Paul W. Firehammer A123 Systems 22
#22 Gregory William Endres Cayman Chemical Company 22
#25 Robert L. Mosingo Extang 21
#25 Leland L. Davis Davco Manufacturing 21
#25 James Wilhelm Heaton Ford 21
#25 Joseph Supina Ford 21
#29 Kevin Andrew Gady General Motors 20
#29 Mark A. Lucak Rockwell Automation 20
#31 Wan-Thai Hsu Discera 19
#31 James T. Embach General Motors 19
#33 David Michael Whitton Visteon Global Technologies 18
#33 Scott J. Hollister University of Michigan 18
#33 Clinton J. Williams Toyota 18
#33 Walt Ortmann Ford 18
#37 Nelson William Morrow Ford 16
#37 Sundus Kubba Mobius Microsystems 16
#37 Daniel E. Wilkosz Ford 16
#37 James Robert McBride Ford 16
#37 Thomas Junior Luckett Ford 16
#42 James A. Lathrop Ford 15
#42 William S. Jack, III Microsoft 15
#44 Timothy W. Skszek Magna International 14
#44 John Francis ICI 14
#44 Pratima Addepalli First Solar 14
#44 Todd Irgang Rebo Lighting & Electronics 14
#44 Mark D. Clauser Toyota 14
#44 Richard D. Koski Magnetek Controls 14
#44 Michael R. Grimes General Motors 14

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