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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wayne, MI ranks #7,739 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 290 patents from 71 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wayne, MI include Ford, 3M, GE. That works out to 16.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 71 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Colin R. Bonathan Ford 32
2 David W. Schultz 3M 22
3 Mohammed Shenaq Ford 20
#4 Rathindra Nahar GE 17
#5 Mitica Polocoser Trico Products 13
#6 Kendrick Morrison Ford 12
#6 Joel Runyan Aisin Technical Center Of America 12
#8 Irving N. Rubin 10
#8 Keith Ford Adc Gmbh 10
#8 Andrew H. McMillan Entivity 10
#11 Ivan Jimenez 8
#11 John Michael Nicholson Ford 8
#11 Michael McCord Remy 8
#14 Richard G. Newman Illinois Tool Works 7
#15 Arnold D. Nielsen Ford 6
#16 Thomas Voorheis Robert Bosch Gmbh 4
#16 Michael J. Cousino Draw-Tite 4
#16 Thomas P. Shields Dade Behring 4
#16 William Dutcher Verisign 4
#20 Thomas J. Shelton Burroughs Payment Systems 3
#20 Jordan James McBain Unknown 3
#20 Mohsen Katiba Ford 3
#20 Richard P. Cuplin Casco Products 3
#20 Walter J. Atkins, Sr. Chrysler Group 3
#20 Lawrence A. Gant US Army 3
#20 James Witherspoon Mitchell, Jr. Ford 3
#20 Dean J. Hartford Kelsey-Hayes-Company 3
#28 Darren Bonathan Nissan North America 2
#28 Dennis J. Devlin 2
#28 Richard Bernhart Kolbas Lear Automotive Dearborn 2
#28 Bernard Moner, Jr. Lear 2
#28 Richard L. Swarthout US Army 2
#28 Christopher Comer 2
#28 Matthew Castaldini Ford 2
#28 Ellwood Irish Unistrut International 2
#28 Shawn Tuffs Ford 2
#28 Donald J. Ford Cadillac Products 2
#28 James N. Owens, II Chrysler Group 2
#39 Norman Haidous Ford 1
#39 Dennis W. Haddix 1
#39 Henry J. Miller 1
#39 Edward L. Day 1
#39 Jereme Fleeger Pullman Industries 1
#39 Jeff Showalter Ford 1
#39 Frank Acitelli 1
#39 Steve Mayes Ford 1
#39 Allen Yoder Unknown 1
#39 Chris W. Stock 1
#39 Amy K Farris Fca Us Llc. 1
#39 Corey Wilcox 1

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