Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wixom, MI ranks #1,203 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,789 patents from 553 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wixom, MI include Ford, Pioneer Electronic, Exatec. That works out to 162.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 553 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Michael James Uhrich Ford 121
2 Julia Helen Buckland Ford 68
3 Takashi Okano Pioneer Electronic 63
#4 Omar Makke Ford 53
#5 Robert Laster Ford 43
#6 Jeffrey Edward Maurer Ford 42
#7 Steven M. Gasworth Exatec 37
#8 David L. Juzswik Trw Automotive U.S. 33
#9 Larry J. Wilson Maclean-Fogg 30
#10 Darrell W. Burleigh General Motors 28
#10 Eric Veine Lear 28
#10 Mark Zavada Electronics For Imaging 28
#13 John D. Sopoci General Motors 27
#13 Christopher Bortolon Teleflex Incorporated 27
#15 Dorinel Neag Fca Us Llc. 26
#15 Kevin C. Williams Mac Valves 26
#17 Michael Härter Bayer Healthcare 25
#18 Frank P. Lubischer Steering Solutions Ip Holding 24
#18 Patrick Grattan Nissan North America 24
#18 Richard H. Wykoff Ford 24
#21 Thomas J. Williams Williams International Co., L.L.C. 23
#21 Scott Culver Anderson Ford 23
#21 James P. Karlow Tk Holdings 23
#24 David DEMARATOS J.S.T. 22
#24 Alan Gutowski Ford 22
#24 Paul T. Kotnik Icu Medical 22
#24 Christer Jansson Infineon Technologies Ag 22
#28 Christopher K. Clarke 21
#29 John Doyle Msi Machineering Solutions 20
#30 Joseph E. Ploucha General Motors 19
#31 Jason Scott Balzer Ford 18
#31 Brian Porto General Motors 18
#31 Jeffrey Simmonds Mac Valves 18
#31 William Scott Miller 18
#35 Jeffery Dix Nissan North America 17
#35 Kevin M. Baltes General Motors 17
#35 Robert D. Olschefski Veri-Tek International 17
#35 David Marvin Gersabeck Ford 17
#35 Jeffrey C. Thompson Draper Laboratory 17
#40 Thomas Gerard Pavlak Lennox Industries 16
#41 Daniel B. Singer Brigham and Women's Hospital 15
#42 Gary Meyers Aktv8 14
#42 Billy J. Ratliff Smith & Nephew 14
#44 David Born Ford 13
#44 Neil G. Murray, Jr. Trw Automotive U.S. 13
#44 Ryan Heins Aisin Technical Center Of America 13
#44 Stephen Sinadinos Denso International America 13
#44 Paul S. Lombardo General Motors 13
#44 Brian K. Thompson Zaytran 13
#44 Niels Christopher Kragh Ford 13

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