Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mount Prospect, IL ranks #1,330 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 96 patents from 45 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mount Prospect, IL include O2Cool, Uop, Dow Global Technologies. That works out to 1.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–45 of 45 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Eric F. Junkel O2Cool 11
2 Jonathan Andrew Tertel Uop 8
3 Raymond J. Swedo Dow Global Technologies 6
3 Charles P. Luebke Uop 6
#5 Richard K. Hoehn Uop 5
#6 Michael Tunney Curv Brands 4
#6 James W. Kendall Whirlpool 4
#8 Paul C. Steacy Uop 3
#9 James Krumwiede 2
#9 David K. Platt Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co. 2
#9 Linet Kattookaran Insys Development Company 2
#9 Plamen V. Marinov Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#9 William Todd Watson Illinois Tool Works 2
#9 Jeffrey Ronald Blethen 2
#9 Gregory A. Menze Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#9 Judi Krumwiede 2
#9 Kyle Parker Blatt 2
#9 Nelson Kraemer Riddell 2
#9 Steven Fung Applied Biosystems 2
#9 Samuel D. Hulka Usg Interiors 2
#21 Paula L. Bogdan Uop 1
#21 Alan D. Wilks Arch Development 1
#21 Frank Otte Illinois Tool Works 1
#21 Dennis M. Mutzabaugh Zenith Electronics 1
#21 Chris Arnold Biosynthetic Technologies 1
#21 Paul Robert Behnke Weber-Stephen Products 1
#21 Kyle A. Hanah USDA 1
#21 Carl J. Krzystofczyk Snap-On Incorporated 1
#21 John H. Wandrey Cordelia Lighting 1
#21 Kathleen M. Higginson Fenwal 1
#21 Jaime G. Moscoso Uop 1
#21 Keith L. Galle Siemens Industry 1
#21 James Werwath Nokia Technologies Oy 1
#21 Zenon P. Szulyk Woodward 1
#21 Panos Tamamidis Cnh Industrial America 1
#21 Hosoo Lim Uop 1
#21 Robert J. Sanger Uop 1
#21 Carmen Matache Stepan 1
#21 Margot Karam Motorola 1
#21 Gregory J. Gajda Uop 1
#21 Hernan Almeida 1
#21 Nitin Chaphalkar Mori Seiki Co. 1
#21 Robert Jason Lee Noe Uop 1
#21 Tony Abfall Digital Innovations 1
#21 Joseph J. Seydel The Boeing 1

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