Illinois — Patent Inventors 2005

Top Cities in Illinois 2005

Rank	City	Patents	Inventors
#1	Chicago, IL	970	596
#2	Naperville, IL	330	205
#3	Evanston, IL	185	101
#4	Palatine, IL	158	106
#5	Arlington Heights, IL	151	91
#6	Peoria, IL	124	100
#7	Libertyville, IL	116	75
#8	Schaumburg, IL	113	83
#9	Buffalo Grove, IL	106	64
#10	Wheaton, IL	105	68
#11	Barrington, IL	102	54
#12	Vernon Hills, IL	93	50
#13	Glenview, IL	91	56
#14	Champaign, IL	89	66
#15	Des Plaines, IL	89	61
#16	Aurora, IL	87	66
#17	Crystal Lake, IL	86	63
#18	Skokie, IL	84	48
#19	Downers Grove, IL	73	52
#20	Oak Park, IL	73	46
#21	Northbrook, IL	72	49
#22	Lisle, IL	69	46
#23	McLeansboro, IL	68	50
#24	Hoffman Estates, IL	67	42
#25	Rockford, IL	67	49

Rank	Inventor	City	Company	Patents
1	John L. Konieczka	Chicago	Stokely-Van Camp	39
2	Jill Maine	Chicago	Stokely-Van Camp	38
2	Scott A. Schoessel	Evanston	Stokely-Van Camp	38
#4	Donald E. Weder	Edwardsville	Southpac Trust International	23
#5	Zbigniew Kulig	Lindenhurst	Graff Faucets	17
#6	Michael J. Rosian	Orland Park	—	16
#7	Valentin Hierzer	Arlington Heights	Crown Packaging Technology	15
#8	Kevin I. Bertness	Batavia	Midtronics	14
#9	Akira Yamaguchi	Chicago	Fujitsu Limited	13
#9	Raymond Hauser	Sullivan	Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership	13
#9	William J. Jones	Barrington	Cummins-Allison	13
#9	Christina M. Tranfaglia	Glenview	Pactiv	13
#13	Rick Gaiser	Spring Grove	Crown Packaging Technology	12
#13	Robert L. Baittie	Vernon Hills	Pactiv	12
#15	Douglas U. Mennie	Barrington	Cummins-Allison	11
#15	Gary W. Grube	Barrington Hills	Cleversafe	11
#15	Charles E. Bain	West Dundee	Sanford	11
#18	Jeffrey A. Hubbell	Chicago	University Of Texas System	10
#18	Kent E. Regnier	Lombard	Molex	10
#18	Albert F. Davis	Chicago	US Air Force	10
#18	Bradford T. Graves	Arlington Heights	Cummins-Allison	10
#22	Shawn Barrett	Libertyville	Krueger International	9
#22	Stephen J. Gaynes	McHenry	Acco Brands	9
#22	Gerald Zboch	Barrington	Stokely-Van Camp	9
#22	Lonnie E. Holder	Sullivan	Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership	9