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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Walker, MI ranks #11,364 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 165 patents from 58 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Walker, MI include IBM, Haworth, Saturn Electronics & Engineering. That works out to 6.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 58 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Connor IBM 23
2 Steve J. Nemeth, Jr. Haworth 15
3 X. Shawn Yu Haworth 9
#4 John T. Kovitz Saturn Electronics & Engineering 7
#4 Matthew J. Lilley Access Business Group International 7
#4 David G. Groh Access Business Group International 7
#4 Randall W. Borgman Haworth 7
#8 Jeffrey A. Price Irvin Automotive Products 6
#9 Christa R. Anderson Unknown 5
#10 John Jay Streyle GE 4
#11 Michael James Dusseau GE 3
#11 Piet Visser 3
#11 Robert C. Sciog Dematic 3
#11 Bruce W. DeClark Progressive Blasting Systems 3
#11 Robert S. Wisniewski 3
#11 James W. Waalkes Amstore 3
#11 Don R. Cavalier Eaton 3
#18 James Robert Denney US Air Force 2
#18 Mark C. Klungle American Seating 2
#18 Dennis L. Brower Owens-Brockway Glass Container 2
#18 Gary Kowalczyk H.D. Hudson Manufacturing 2
#18 Amla Chopra 2
#18 Daniel R. Bigelow Rapistan Systems Advertising 2
#18 Ryan H. Hansen Industrial Resources Of Michigan 2
#18 Charles J. Deschaine Frost Tech 2
#18 Ann Shupe O&M Halyard 2
#18 Rob Bingle Adac Plastics 2
#18 Andrew Russo, Jr. GE 2
#18 Jaret M. Shawl Hadley Products 2
#18 Doug Huesdash 2
#31 David J. DeVries 1
#31 Hope Wadle Vq 1
#31 Dan Ralston Shape 1
#31 Marc G.. Farran 1
#31 James R. DenBleyker 1
#31 Dietrich K. Roth 1
#31 Leo P. Herrington Novamax Technologies Holdings 1
#31 David Meekhof 1
#31 Bruce H. Richards 1
#31 Wayne A. Laarman Jwi 1
#31 Matthew A. Zehr 1
#31 Chester A. Smith GE 1
#31 Philip C. Banas Westinghouse Electric 1
#31 Patrick William Laurie, III Bissell Homecare 1
#31 James F. Effner 1
#31 Brad DeBruyne 1
#31 Daniel A. Paulsen Ussc Acquisition 1
#31 Keith R. Rollenghagen 1
#31 Tina Wray 1
#31 Jeremy Wray 1

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