Illinois — Patent Inventors 1989

Top Cities in Illinois 1989

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Chicago, IL	538	382
#2	Naperville, IL	226	158
#3	Rockford, IL	157	120
#4	Arlington Heights, IL	125	79
#5	Wheaton, IL	95	65
#6	Downers Grove, IL	94	64
#7	Barrington, IL	92	50
#8	Palatine, IL	85	56
#9	Schaumburg, IL	81	58
#10	Evanston, IL	77	55
#11	Peoria, IL	72	61
#12	Glen Ellyn, IL	71	32
#13	Aurora, IL	70	44
#14	Des Plaines, IL	69	50
#15	Glenview, IL	66	45
#16	Libertyville, IL	65	47
#17	Hoffman Estates, IL	64	41
#18	Northbrook, IL	59	39
#19	Skokie, IL	56	36
#20	Rehovot, IL	51	45
#21	Elmhurst, IL	51	36
#22	Decatur, IL	49	35
#23	Buffalo Grove, IL	49	33
#24	Oak Park, IL	49	32
#25	Rantoul, IL	45	32

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	James F. Brazdil	Glen Ellyn	The Standard Oil	24
2	Ole K. Nilssen	Barrington	Unknown	17
3	Mark A. Toft	Sandwich	The Standard Oil	16
#4	Juan A. Diaz	Aurora	Reebok International Limited	15
#4	Sheldon H. Butt	Godfrey	Olin	15
#6	Thomas J. Campana, Jr.	Chicago	Ntp, Incorporated	13
#7	Regis J. Pellet	Wheaton	Uop	12
#7	Donald E. Weder	Edwardsville	Southpac Trust International	12
#9	Satoru Inoue	Chicago	Mitsubishi Electric	8
#9	Robert A. Kinast	Chicago	Telefind	8
#9	Gary F. Thelen	Palos Park	Telefind	8
#9	Akira Yamaguchi	Chicago	Fujitsu Limited	8
#9	Paul T. Barger	Arlington Heights	Uop	8
#14	Richard A. Mueller	Glencoe	G.D. Searle	7
#14	Peter K. Coughlin	Mundelein	Uop	7
#14	William Alexander	Naperville	American Colloid	7
#14	Tamotsu Imai	Rantoul	Uop	7
#14	Suheil F. Abdo	Lincolnshire	Uop	7
#14	Willet N. Wandell	Urbana	J. Frank Schmidt & Son	7
#20	Edward L. Gerch	Chicago	Kingport International	6
#20	Milton E. Handler	Northbrook	The Hirsh	6
#20	Hari Matsuda	Skokie	International Jensen Incorporated	6
#20	Albert L. Nagele	Wilmette	Motorola	6
#20	Alfred G. Brisson	Schaumburg	Trutek Research	6
#20	R. Joe Lawson	Palatine	Uop	6