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Trenton, MI All Time

835 patents  ·  141 inventors  ·  45.0/1k pop.

Ranked #3,542 of 112,640 cities Top 4%

Trenton, MI ranks #3,542 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 835 patents from 141 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Trenton, MI include Ford, Korrus, Engelhard. That works out to 45.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 141 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Michael Kerns Ford 131
2 David Oshinsky Ford 70
3 Joshua Wheeler Ford 36
#4 Gary Vick Korrus 30
#5 Michael William Danyo Ford 22
#5 Edward N. Balko Engelhard 22
#7 Bari W. Brown Basf Se 21
#7 Christopher Carl Dowdey Michigan Vehicle Solutions 21
#9 Eva Thanasiu Ford 20
#10 Robert G. Kelly Norton 15
#11 Kevin D. Moran Visteon Global Technologies 14
#11 Elaine C. Beckwith Ford 14
#13 Raymond E. Bergeron — 13
#13 Jimmy L. Patterson Basf Se 13
#15 James E. Black, Jr. Thrall Car Manufacturing 12
#15 Walter R. White, III Basf Se 12
#15 Eric J. Lind Nalco Chemical 12
#18 Theodore Joseph Filippi Ford 11
#18 Daniel F. Prone Guardian Industries 11
#20 Christopher M. Tanguay Basf Se 10
#20 Stephen Doncov Asc Regenity Limited 10
#20 Rollie M. Fisher Motorola 10
#20 Edward J. Panek Basf Wyandotte 10
#20 Robert Arthur G.A.W. 10
#25 Douglas E. Brown US NSA 9
#25 John Wesley Wilds Ford 9
#25 Thomas M. Kaneko Basf Wyandotte 9
#25 Jon S. Speier Basf Se 9
#29 Moses Cenker Basf Wyandotte 8
#29 Bryan R. Glimpse Trijicon 8
#31 Richard A. Moore Basf Wyandotte 7
#31 Gerald A. Brown Unova Ip 7
#31 John McGahey Tenneco Automotive Operating Company 7
#31 Gerry A. Grab Ford 7
#35 Mark J. Hughes Basf Se 6
#35 Siegfried Kersten Basf Se 6
#35 Annetta L. Allen Toyota 6
#35 Daryl Self Ford 6
#39 Gerald Adam Grab Ford 5
#39 John Mark Wilson Handeholder Products 5
#39 Charles F. Deck Basf Se 5
#39 Jon Beattie Rebo Lighting & Electronics 5
#43 Kirk Malcomson — 4
#43 Alexandra L. Gebhardt — 4
#43 Lendell E. Cowsert Asc Regenity Limited 4
#43 Paul A. Stanowski General Motors 4
#47 Daniel Niedzwiecki Basf Se 3
#47 Keith McLellan Basf Se 3
#47 Gary G. Warda Unknown 3
#47 Louis C. Pizzini Basf Wyandotte 3

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