Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carol Stream, IL ranks #1,525 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 82 patents from 39 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carol Stream, IL include Lear, Uop, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–39 of 39 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Slobodan Pavlovic Lear 10
2 Susie C. Martins Uop 8
3 Brantley Natter Lear 7
#4 Timothy A. Rogers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing 6
#5 Gregory A. Funk Uop 5
#5 Chaitanya Chukka Sprint Communications 5
#7 Carl Opel Chicago Tag & Label 3
#7 Boguslaw Biel M&R Printing Equipment 3
#9 Jory B. Mack Westrock Shared Services 2
#9 David P. Helm Motorola 2
#9 Michael J. Hall The Clorox 2
#9 ROBERT A. FREDERICKS 2
#13 Graham P. Vlcek Illinois Tool Works 1
#13 Mark A. La Vine Uop 1
#13 Sean M. O'Neil Illinois Tool Works 1
#13 Gregory B. Olejniczak Illinois Tool Works 1
#13 Nicholas Patrick Jackson Ilight Technologies 1
#13 Robert Spindler Nxp B.V. 1
#13 Trevor L. Dzwiniel Uchicago Argonne 1
#13 William Fechalos C&C Power 1
#13 William J. Cann Andritz 1
#13 Adam Giemza Randall Manufacturing 1
#13 Andrew L. Oleson M&R Printing Equipment 1
#13 Robert Nicieja Rtc Industries 1
#13 Christopher J. Sobaszek Illinois Tool Works 1
#13 James Michael Sunich Weber-Stephen Products 1
#13 Peter P. Dell'Aquila Illinois Tool Works 1
#13 Denise Archibald AT&T 1
#13 Jeff James Big Play Scoring 1
#13 Samantha Juna Tricorbraun 1
#13 Julio C. Marte Uop 1
#13 Erik J. Moses Sage Electrochromics 1
#13 Ashok Hirpara Delphian Systems 1
#13 Robert Bakos Intel 1
#13 Jason Degen Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#13 Muriel Tegtmeyer 1
#13 Marc C. Piscitello Illinois Tool Works 1
#13 Reid Barkley Siemens Industry 1
#13 Christopher M. Flood Advanced Custom Engineered Systems & Equipment 1

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