Oswego, IL ranks #3,504 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 31 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oswego, IL include Standard Car Truck, Google, Veolia Water Technologies. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John D. Anderson | Standard Car Truck | 4 |
| 2 | Tenkasi V. Ramabadran | 3 | |
| 3 | David E. Gamache | Veolia Water Technologies | 2 |
| 3 | Michael D. Bartkowicz | International Engine Intellectual Property Company | 2 |
| 3 | Stephen J. Smick | Mueller International | 2 |
| 3 | Dwain E. Frieh | Arris Enterprises | 2 |
| 3 | Megan Serwacki | Molex | 2 |
| #8 | John A. Navis | Janin Group | 1 |
| #8 | Arden A. Warner | Fermi Research Alliance | 1 |
| #8 | John Dewey Gates | Caterpillar | 1 |
| #8 | Mark Alan DeMont | Flexible Steel Lacing | 1 |
| #8 | Daniel Mateja | Cabot Microelectronics | 1 |
| #8 | Jeff Newton | Sun Chemical | 1 |
| #8 | Andrew J. Badgley | Ca | 1 |
| #8 | Oyelayo O. Ajayi | Uchicago Argonne | 1 |
| #8 | John C. McMillion | Auto Meter Products | 1 |
| #8 | Paul J. Zinn | Ecolab Usa | 1 |
| #8 | Aurelian Ioan Furcoiu | Mueller International | 1 |
| #8 | Elena Dugger | — | 1 |
| #8 | Steve Kilbourne | Honeywell | 1 |
| #8 | Daniel S. Poplawski | Braeburn Systems | 1 |
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