Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Temperance, MI ranks #3,694 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 795 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Temperance, MI include La-Z-Boy Incorporated, Guardian Industries, Federal-Mogul Ignition Gmbh. That works out to 86.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Larry P. LaPointe La-Z-Boy Incorporated 141
2 Philip J. Lingle Guardian Industries 85
3 James D. Lykowski Federal-Mogul Ignition Gmbh 76
#4 Matthew L. Roessle Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 34
#5 Karl Kazmirski Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 31
#6 Scott E. Blackburn Dana Limited 27
#7 Thomas E. Grime Champion Spark Plug 24
#7 Philip P. Swy Michigan Tube Swagers & Fabricators 24
#9 Daniel C. Perry Computer Aided Systems 21
#10 Kendrick Alden Harper Ford 18
#11 Thomas P. Mallin Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 17
#12 James Lowe Ford 15
#13 John E. Mitchell Nartron 14
#14 Thomas J. Nachtman New Waste Concepts 13
#15 James A. Yarnell Dana Limited 11
#15 Ian M. Thomas Owens-Illinois 11
#17 Matthew Schelosky Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 10
#18 Mitch McConnell Ford 9
#19 John M. Winkler American Motors 8
#19 Scott P. Smith Gt Technologies 8
#21 Phillip P. Swy Michigan Tube Swagers & Fabricators 7
#21 Thomas M. Lingle Surface Combustion 7
#21 James William Perry Ford 7
#24 Michael G. Gaines Monroe Auto Equipment 6
#24 Hans Thumm Kronos 6
#24 Sean James Sevrence Ford 6
#24 Anthony Horvath Trijicon 6
#24 Todd M. Brieschke Aries Engineering Company 6
#29 Ben M. Balestra Glasstech 5
#29 Andrew L. Nieman Dana Limited 5
#29 James Papke Toledo Molding & Die 5
#32 Thomas J. Marriott Dana Limited 4
#32 Shane R. Gamble La-Z-Boy Incorporated 4
#32 Alois F. Trendel Owens-Illinois 4
#32 Shari Morse Abbott 4
#32 Joshua S. Lynch Toyota 4
#32 Douglas H. Larrow Basf Se 4
#32 Anita L. Reynolds Parker-Hannifin 4
#32 Phil Lingle Guardian Glass 4
#40 Robert A. Schmall Midland-Ross 3
#40 John W. Winkler Caterpillar 3
#40 J. Thomas Schaffer Champion Spark Plug 3
#40 Jonathan Jean Guernsey Carlisle Fluid Technologies 3
#40 Curtis Michael Bauer Ford 3
#45 Gerard Olszewski Daimlerchrysler Ag 2
#45 Samuel J. Green Champion Spark Plug 2
#45 James F. Mowat, Jr. Monroe Auto Equipment 2
#45 Jason D. Stark Eaton 2
#45 Leo Adoline, Jr. 2
#45 James L. Howe Maumee Research & Engineering 2

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