Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Des Plaines, IL ranks #1,088 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 117 patents from 66 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Des Plaines, IL include Uop, Riddell, Bally Gaming. That works out to 1.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 66 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Paolo Palmas Uop 14
2 Vittorio Bologna Riddell 6
3 David A. Wegerer Uop 4
3 Kurt M. Vanden Bussche Uop 4
#5 Magesh Gangadharan Bally Gaming 3
#5 Thad M. Ide Riddell 3
#5 Justin Rohde Baxter Healthcare Sa 3
#5 Grigory Mazo Verdesian Life Sciences U.S. 3
#5 Jacob Mazo Verdesian Life Sciences U.S. 3
#5 Ronald Stanis Gas Technology Institute 3
#5 John A. Petri Uop 3
#12 Lawrence J. Conway L&P Property Management 2
#12 Mark Budzik Trim-Tex 2
#12 Dipan Pravin Surati Fellowes 2
#12 Mahesh Lakshmanaperumal Bally Gaming 2
#12 Mark Van Wees Uop 2
#12 Slobodan S. Zivanovic Honey-Can-Do International 2
#12 Vadym Chalenko 2
#12 Gary R. Matthews Cardinal Ig 2
#12 Shenzhong Zhu Schumacher Electric 2
#12 Kevin W. Orth 2
#12 Grady Irey Allstate Insurance 2
#12 Sean Mueller 2
#12 Gerard J. Gundling Abbott 2
#25 Vesna HAVRAN MUELLER Uop 1
#25 Arcangelo Michele Iusco 1
#25 Lee Gouwens 1
#25 Yates Allen Sikes Kustom Seating Unlimited 1
#25 Bobby Duane Taylor 1
#25 Sanjaya Kumar Pradhan Infineon Technologies Austria Ag 1
#25 James J. Coogan Siemens Industry 1
#25 Saji Lazar Bally Gaming 1
#25 Sid Kulprathipanja Ensyn Renewables 1
#25 Slawomir Kielian Illinois Tool Works 1
#25 James P. Van Huis Zebra Technologies 1
#25 Neelesh RANE China Petroleum & Chemical 1
#25 Phuong T. M. Do Uop 1
#25 William M. Hartman Uop 1
#25 Carlo Scianna Feit Electric Company 1
#25 Michael D. Fabbri Commscope Technologies 1
#25 David M. Joyce Cornelius 1
#25 Jon Caleb Halverson Shure Acquisition Holdings 1
#25 Jon Lane Kustom Seating Unlimited 1
#25 Michael Padowski International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#25 Massimo Sangalli Uop 1
#25 Loula Sassaris Merkel Synata Bio 1
#25 Jamie Rayahin University Of Illinois 1
#25 Richard Michael Larson 1
#25 Louann M. Devine Panduit 1
#25 James R. Wittbold United States Gypsum 1

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