Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Whitehall, MI ranks #8,066 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 273 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Whitehall, MI include Ghsp, Ebw, Bard Peripheral Vascular. That works out to 93.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald J. Frasier 26
2 Ryan David Rosinski Ghsp 24
3 Paul E. Phillips Ebw 16
#4 Roy A. Burkholder 12
#4 Ronald B. Peel Bard Peripheral Vascular 12
#4 John Bowyer Saf-Holland 12
#7 Greg George Hillebrand The Procter & Gamble 11
#8 Blair H. Hills 10
#9 Daniel L. King Pechiney Plastic Packaging 8
#10 Joseph M. Vihtelic Howmet Research 6
#10 Eliot S. Lassow Howmet Research 6
#12 Dick L. Holmberg 5
#12 George W. Wolter Howmet 5
#12 Julie A. Faison Howmet Research 5
#12 Brad Murphy Howmet Research 5
#12 John E. Schilbe Howmet Research 5
#17 Thomas John Oliver Thornton Aladdin Engineering And Manufacturing 4
#17 Kim E. Bowen Williams International Co., L.L.C. 4
#17 Paul Anders Christensen Acutex 4
#17 Hansueli Bart Colt Industries 4
#21 Dan H. Vollink 3
#21 James L. Knowlton 3
#21 Kenneth W. Dulyea, Sr. 3
#21 Jeffrey D. Irvine Howmet 3
#21 Leonard L. Ervin Howmet 3
#21 Philip D. Johnson Textron 3
#21 Robert Smickley Howmet Turbine Components 3
#21 Randall S. Diehm Howmet 3
#21 Ed Kroll 3
#30 Richard M. Kritzman Textron 2
#30 Khushal Wardak Hayes Lemmerz International 2
#30 Douglas W. Wilkinson Howmet Research 2
#30 Theodore J. Maniurski Howmet Research 2
#30 John Saling, II Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated 2
#30 Steven Salter Howmet 2
#30 Lester G. Striker Howmet Research 2
#30 Harold Thommen, III Scoda America 2
#30 John M. Eridon Cannon-Muskegon 2
#30 David L. Kring Howmet 2
#30 Mathew Steven Musick 2
#30 Leo R. Kiley Teledyne Industries 2
#30 Matthew Bradfield Hilite Germany Gmbh 2
#30 Matthew E. Mead 2
#30 Steven T. Schaadt Howmet Research 2
#30 Ronald Russell Dura Global Technologies 2
#30 Thomas A. Legard Howmet Research 2
#47 Richard A Keister Chicago Display Marketing 1
#47 Andrew Stephen Barrett Ford 1
#47 Lloyd E. Colby 1
#47 John E. Ingalls 1

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