Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plainfield, IL ranks #1,024 worldwide for total patents filed in 2016, with 123 patents from 65 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plainfield, IL include Cnh Industrial America, Uchicago Argonne, Danco. That works out to 2.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 65 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Dwayne St. George Jackson Cnh Industrial America 13
2 Anirudha V. Sumant Uchicago Argonne 6
3 Duston E. A. Stutzman Danco 5
3 Scott Allen Long Cnh Industrial America 5
#5 Douglas C. Saunders Danco 4
#5 Kevin S. Richman Cnh America 4
#7 Steven Kraft Cabot Microelectronics 3
#7 Faisal Ishtiaq Arris Enterprises 3
#7 Jason David Harper Purdue Research Foundation 3
#7 Matthew J. Van Meter Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 3
#7 Chongxi Yu Techfields Pharma Co. 3
#12 Anthony Scalise Hollister Incorporated 2
#12 Georgeta Hategan Elevance Renewable Sciences 2
#12 Kathryn Rose Vanderwater Google 2
#12 James E. Patrick Schering 2
#12 Dennis R. Barber Husco International 2
#12 Gregory L. Kuffel Panduit 2
#12 Frank E. Johnson West 2
#12 Quinto Marini UPS 2
#12 Patrick Dinnon Cnh Industrial America 2
#12 Matthew J. Beschorner Caterpillar 2
#12 Michael J. Seely The Standard Oil 2
#12 Raji Rexavier Electro-Motive Diesel 2
#12 Harry Rowland Endotronix 2
#12 Kenneth Ospalik AT&T 2
#12 Larry Mitchell Grela Unknown 2
#12 Hector Gregorio Lara Michael Foods 2
#12 Lisa A. Matta Wi-Tronix 2
#29 Francisco Emanuel Alves The Procter & Gamble 1
#29 Mitchell J. Hodges Google 1
#29 Geoffrey David Pile Sage Products 1
#29 Gene R. St. Germain Caterpillar 1
#29 Vickram Murugesan Caterpillar 1
#29 Raymond M. Hill Panduit 1
#29 John F. Mayer Unknown 1
#29 Robert Bambic Panduit 1
#29 Tun-Jen Chu Donnelly 1
#29 Evan J. Krause 1
#29 Brad Silvers Electro-Motive Diesel 1
#29 Kristin M. Marshall WARF 1
#29 Ramasubramanian Anand Tellabs Operations 1
#29 Christopher J. Lawrence Rieter Scragg Limited 1
#29 David L HOWELL AT&T 1
#29 Florence Nakiranda 1
#29 Brian K. Rohder Panduit 1
#29 Krzysztof Pupek Uchicago Argonne 1
#29 Christopher Marszalek Sennco Solutions 1
#29 Osman Levent Eryilmaz Uchicago Argonne 1
#29 Paul D. Elwood Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 1
#29 Joseph R. Hogan Keptel 1

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