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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Deerfield, IL ranks #1,199 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 106 patents from 54 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Deerfield, IL include Therapeutic Proteins International, Wms Gaming, Uop. That works out to 5.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 54 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Sarfaraz K. Niazi Therapeutic Proteins International 12
2 Anatoly Agulnik 11
3 Richard T. Schwartz Wms Gaming 6
#4 Carl J. Stevens Uop 5
#5 Gregory D. Venburg Valent Biosciences 4
#5 Ahmad Y. Sheikh Abb Vie 4
#7 Evan D. Linderman 3
#7 Steven R. Katz Fenwal 3
#7 Howard R. Heyman Abb Vie 3
#7 Jill A. Bonucci Uop 3
#11 Eggo Haschke Poly-Clip System 2
#11 Jennifer Piety The Kyjen Company 2
#11 Johanna Kahn Mead Johnson Nutrition 2
#11 Bruce Shapiro Medline Industries, Lp 2
#11 Martin Winn Abbott 2
#11 Angela Marino Hospira 2
#11 Kaitlin E. Browman Abb Vie 2
#11 Ronald K. Worth Worth-Pfaff Innovations, Incorporated 2
#19 Brian Holland Stepan 1
#19 Daniel L. Wood 1
#19 Ragab El-Rashidy Pentech Pharmaceuticals 1
#19 Jane Gong Abb Vie 1
#19 Marty Arenson Global Sourcing Connection 1
#19 Lili Loni Barsky Unknown 1
#19 Susanne Till 1
#19 Jianchun Gong Abbott 1
#19 Simon Pfiffner Brp Us 1
#19 David A. Egbers Siemens Industry 1
#19 Sabine Knappe 1
#19 Jufang Barkalow Abbott 1
#19 Erica Hammack B&G Foods North America 1
#19 Steven Dickerson International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#19 Valery Zhukoff Parus Holdings 1
#19 Donna S. Whitlon Northwestern University 1
#19 Eirene A Shipkowitz-Smith 1
#19 Koon H. Wong Meta 1
#19 Jeffrey M. Jones Intuity Medical 1
#19 Sylvia Chen Ford 1
#19 Marc I. Brand Unknown 1
#19 Robert Kronenberger American Needle 1
#19 Anne E. Neale 1
#19 Christina Szabo 1
#19 Michael D. Paley 1
#19 Jeffrey D. Kent AbbVie 1
#19 James A. Hume Icu Medical 1
#19 John C. Hoenninger, III University of California 1
#19 Arthur F. Seymour Elenco Electronics 1
#19 William J. Smirles Welch Allyn 1
#19 Eric Fleckten Ucc Dry Sorbent Injection 1
#19 Noel Teves Global Sourcing Connection 1

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