Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Gurnee, IL ranks #778 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 162 patents from 91 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gurnee, IL include Icu Medical, Abb Vie, Homewerks Worldwide. That works out to 5.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 91 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Timothy L. Ruchti Icu Medical 12
2 Zhi-Fu Tao Abb Vie 7
3 Michael Malaker Homewerks Worldwide 6
3 Warren M. Kati Abb Vie 6
#5 Allan C. Krueger Abb Vie 5
#6 Kurtis C. Houdek State Farm 4
#6 Shuang Chen Abb Vie 4
#6 Travis B. Dunn Abb Vie 4
#9 Michael R. Terry Stepan 3
#9 Michael Weiland Here Global B.V. 3
#9 James D Baer 3
#9 Frank M. Csulits Cummins-Allison 3
#9 Snehitha Singaraju Google 3
#14 Gui-Dong Zhu Abbott 2
#14 Myoung-Hwan Lee Samsung 2
#14 James Ausdenmoore Sysmex 2
#14 Michael H. Bertucci Diversey 2
#14 Kui-Chiu Kwok Illinois Tool Works 2
#14 James H. Holms Abbott 2
#14 Richard F. Clark Abbott 2
#14 Linas P. Laurusonis AbbVie 2
#14 Javier Ramirez Consejo Nacional De Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas (Conicet) 2
#14 Yujia Dai Abb Vie 2
#14 Majid Vakilynejad Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A. 2
#14 Peter L. Visconti Allegiance 2
#14 Michael J. O'Connor Uncle Milton Industries 2
#14 Timothy J. Sutherland Motorola Mobility 2
#14 Cong Jiang Baxter Healthcare Sa 2
#14 Hong Ding Abbott 2
#14 Eleftherios Adamopoulos Uop 2
#14 Marc Largo Illinois Tool Works 2
#14 Craig J. Detter Google 2
#14 Ye Huang Abb Vie 2
#14 Padmaja Putcha Motorola Mobility 2
#35 Bill Rago United States Gypsum 1
#35 Naveen Aerrabotu Motorola 1
#35 Michael O'Connor Merlin Md Pte 1
#35 Martin W. Brown Usg Interiors 1
#35 Keith Cromack Abbott 1
#35 Kenneth Allen Mikeska Intercontinental Great Brands 1
#35 Tom Johnson Nitrojection 1
#35 Hrishikesh Choudhury Abbott 1
#35 Pamela Giang Vo Abb Vie 1
#35 Ashok K. Gupta Kernforschungsanlage Lulich Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung 1
#35 Vincent L. Giranda Abbott 1
#35 Bryan Keith Corder Allstate Insurance 1
#35 Yu Pu Bristol-Myers Squibb 1
#35 Shawn F. Bairstow Baxter Healthcare Sa 1
#35 Victor L. Salmons Zebra Technologies 1
#35 Kent D. Stewart Abbott 1

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