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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cherry Valley, IL ranks #10,174 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 7 patents from 5 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cherry Valley, IL include Hamilton Sundstrand, Swenson Spreader, Sundstrand. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–5 of 5 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dean A. Norem Hamilton Sundstrand 2
1 James Schaefer Swenson Spreader 2
3 Gregory J. Bradley Hamilton Sundstrand 1
3 Teddy L. Jones Sundstrand 1
3 Mark A. Osborn Hamilton Sundstrand 1

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