Top Cities in Illinois 2011

Rank City Patents Inventors
#1 Chicago, IL 1,616 948
#2 Naperville, IL 508 305
#3 Evanston, IL 272 157
#4 Arlington Heights, IL 236 120
#5 Peoria, IL 233 166
#6 Palatine, IL 209 121
#7 Libertyville, IL 172 103
#8 Champaign, IL 166 107
#9 Schaumburg, IL 160 103
#10 Glenview, IL 153 79
#11 Lake Forest, IL 153 34
#12 Gurnee, IL 152 78
#13 Aurora, IL 147 85
#14 Rockford, IL 137 89
#15 Urbana, IL 137 92
#16 Grayslake, IL 136 72
#17 Barrington, IL 133 61
#18 Wheaton, IL 123 75
#19 Vernon Hills, IL 116 61
#20 Buffalo Grove, IL 111 70
#21 Northbrook, IL 107 57
#22 Hoffman Estates, IL 106 55
#23 Dunlap, IL 101 69
#24 Des Plaines, IL 97 58
#25 Elmhurst, IL 97 55

Top Inventors in Illinois 2011

Rank Inventor City Company Patents
1 Richard P. Howarth Lake Forest Apple 86
2 Elizabeth A. Cho Niles Spectrum Diversified Designs 23
3 Nabil Yousef Arlington Heights Newport Media 22
#4 Thomas Walker Pontiac Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited 20
#5 Tobin J. Marks Evanston Northwestern University 18
#6 Richard John Kruzynski Long Grove Pharmedium Services 17
#6 Mark Francis Wagner Gurnee Pharmedium Services 17
#6 Daniel E. Molter Elmhurst Peerless Industries 17
#6 Patricia Lynn Miyake Mundelein Pharmedium Services 17
#6 Amy Elizabeth Langan Chicago Pharmedium Services 17
#11 Ronald L. Ream Plano Wm. Wrigley Jr. 16
#11 Brian Classon Palatine Motorola 16
#11 Deng-Yang Jan Elk Grove Village Uop 16
#11 Michael J. Burns Riverside Trading Technologies International 16
#15 Henry Valdez Oak Lawn Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#15 Dennis W. Rybolt Beecher Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#15 Nicanor C. Ranchero Willowbrook Peerless Industries 15
#15 Wendy Lau Chicago Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#15 Christopher Rowe Barrington Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#15 Martin Cervenka Chicago Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#15 Hugh Calvert Aurora Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#15 Robert A. West Chicago Trading Technologies International 15
#15 Jaime G. Moscoso Mount Prospect Uop 15
#24 Kenneth A. Stewart Grayslake Motorola Mobility 14
#25 Robert Joseph McGreevy Oswego Rockwell Automation 13

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