When Crain’s began publishing its list of the largest Michigan patent recipients, the top 25 recorded a total of 2,064 patents in 2011. And the numbers kept rising over the years, climbing to 2,621 in 2012, 2,945 in 2013 and 3,084 in 2014, nearly a 50 percent increase. But Michigan wasn’t the only of the Great Lakes states to become more innovative over that period. Numbers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that utility patents granted to states in the region were also
When Crain’s began publishing its list of the largest Michigan patent recipients, the top 25 recorded a total of 2,064 patents in 2011. And the numbers kept rising over the years, climbing to 2,621 in 2012, 2,945 in 2013 and 3,084 in 2014, nearly a 50 percent increase. But Michigan wasn’t the only of the Great Lakes states to become more innovative over that period. Numbers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show that utility patents granted to states in the region were also