Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hoffman Estates, IL ranks #830 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 153 patents from 74 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hoffman Estates, IL include Futurewei Technologies, Hamilton Sundstrand, Sears Brands, L.L.C.. That works out to 2.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 74 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Weimin Xiao Futurewei Technologies 13
2 Debabrata Pal Hamilton Sundstrand 10
3 Jason Silverstein Sears Brands, L.L.C. 9
3 George Calcev Futurewei Technologies 9
#5 Narothum Saxena United States Cellular 5
#5 Donald G. Newberg 5
#7 Mikale K. Kwon Nuwave 4
#7 Dipendra M. Chowdhary 4
#7 Harish Natarahjan 4
#10 Jason C. Cohen Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 3
#10 Howard S. Meyer Gas Technology Institute 3
#10 Shanthi E. Thomas 3
#10 Nitin Mangalvedhe Nokia Technologies Oy 3
#10 John R. Bridges Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas 3
#15 Robert Chatel The Quaker Oats 2
#15 Robert S. Doumani Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#15 Maninder S. Sehmbey Motorola 2
#15 Sean Kelley Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy 2
#15 Ryan Woodyer Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas 2
#15 Sanford Lee Hertz Valspar Sourcing 2
#15 Roshan N. Manibharathi Nevis Industries 2
#15 Geoffrey Dietz Infinite Convergence Solutions 2
#15 Zuber Shethwala Chicago Mercantile Exchange 2
#15 Anthony Kobrinetz Motorola 2
#15 Hemang Patel 2
#15 Vijay K. Agarwal Wms Gaming 2
#15 Kelly Buchek Stepan 2
#15 Michael C. Petrie 2
#15 Deepak Shivaram Shet Comcast 2
#30 Sesh Prabhakar Uop 1
#30 Shalabh Kakkar Motorola 1
#30 Wei Ling Su 1
#30 Warren S. Graber Cooktek Induction Systems 1
#30 David N. Myers Uop 1
#30 Susan Hsu Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. 1
#30 Joseph Immordino Brunswick 1
#30 Hardik D. Shah Google 1
#30 Naveed Rabbani GE 1
#30 Gregory Jimenez D&W Fine Pack 1
#30 Ronald M. Gafron Cummins-Allison 1
#30 Mark Fimoff Zenith Electronics 1
#30 Mikhail Uvarov Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 1
#30 Kanji Akai Kao 1
#30 Nevzat Hurkan Balkir Experian Marketing Solutions 1
#30 Sujay R. Krishnamurthy Uop 1
#30 Jiang Chang Merck 1
#30 Gavin M. Schmidt Intercontinental Great Brands 1
#30 Erwin Cruz W.W. Grainger 1
#30 William Kenneth Day Icu Medical 1
#30 Pal Debabrata Hamilton Sundstrand 1

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