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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sparta, MI ranks #7,200 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 324 patents from 54 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sparta, MI include Eastman Kodak, Unknown, Steelcase. That works out to 76.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 54 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael Long Eastman Kodak 94
2 Timothy J. Warwick Unknown 58
3 Todd T. Andres Steelcase 41
#4 Jeffrey J. Kalis Ami Entertainment Network 16
#5 Kelly Day Bedloe Industries 12
#5 Rhonda J. Verploegen Dematic 12
#7 Charles W. Saur Lear Siegler 7
#8 Richard W. Gilman Flexible Steel Lacing 6
#8 Vernon L. Lamb, Sr. Fortifiber 6
#10 Alec D. Snavley Milwaukee Electric Tool 5
#11 Merritt J. Nelson Zin Plas 4
#11 Walter R. Deshaw Keelner Limited 4
#13 Anthony M. Nicolette 3
#13 Jerry L. Redmann, Jr. C. L. Frost & Son 3
#13 Gerald J. McCall 3
#13 Jack E. Spaans 3
#17 John Patrick Kozal Ufp Industries 2
#17 Kenneth E. Chettleburgh Dlp Limited 2
#17 Daniel Van Mullen 2
#17 Doris Van Mullen 2
#17 Gordon Love Quest Diagnostics Investments 2
#17 Ian R. Pettigrew Adac Plastics 2
#17 Scott Sovereign 2
#17 Wade R. Pennington 2
#17 James Medley Mannesmann Dematic Rapistan 2
#26 Stanley A. Helmer 1
#26 Robert N. Winegar 1
#26 Paul E. Kitchka Rowe International 1
#26 Vincent Paparella 1
#26 Kathleen L. Coalter 1
#26 Isiah Houston, Jr. 1
#26 Bryan D. Proctor Becmar 1
#26 Daniel P. Howell 1
#26 Rodney M. McDonald Unknown 1
#26 Jeffrey D. Brach Granco Clark 1
#26 Bryan K. VandenBosch Burke E. Porter Marchinery 1
#26 Daniel M. Armock Eaton 1
#26 William M. Warnock Tekton 1
#26 Timothy A. Warwick Unknown 1
#26 Westly S. Decker 1
#26 Ronald W. David Dematic 1
#26 Cal Von Linsowe Steelcase 1
#26 Nicholas R. Hankamp 1
#26 Darius L. Warne 1
#26 Edward C. Soderstrom Rapistan 1
#26 Larry W. Garn Steelcase 1
#26 Raymond R. Schuiling Sassy 1
#26 Gordon H. Slauter 1
#26 Alvin I. Hubert 1
#26 Thomas J. Walkons Industrial Resources Of Michigan 1

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