Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Deerfield, IL ranks #1,505 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 89 patents from 47 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Deerfield, IL include Wms Gaming, Valent Biosciences, Therapeutic Proteins International. That works out to 4.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–47 of 47 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard T. Schwartz Wms Gaming 7
1 Gregory D. Venburg Valent Biosciences 7
3 Sarfaraz K. Niazi Therapeutic Proteins International 6
#4 Jeffrey Thomas Weber Intercontinental Great Brands 5
#5 Steven R. Katz Fenwal 3
#5 Noel Teves Global Sourcing Connection 3
#5 Anatoly Agulnik 3
#5 Marty Arenson Global Sourcing Connection 3
#5 Bryan Weber Thermage 3
#10 Sarah C. Humke Kraft Foods Group Brands 2
#10 Franco A. Cisternino Illinois Tool Works 2
#10 Jeffrey M. Jones Intuity Medical 2
#10 Jeffrey Arthur Meunier Shure Acquisition Holdings 2
#10 Raymond Thomas Wiltgen 2
#10 Evan D. Linderman 2
#10 Christopher W. Dunkle 2
#10 Brian Holland Stepan 2
#10 Carl J. Stevens Uop 2
#10 Brendan Keane Crown Packaging Technology 2
#10 Jeffrey E. Michel Bally Gaming 2
#21 Esra Ozdaryal Abb Vie 1
#21 Julia Benson 1
#21 Kris Getty Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa 1
#21 Nathan Sieracki 1
#21 Steven Dickerson International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#21 Marc Rosenberg 1
#21 Norman Diamond Federal Signal 1
#21 Howard R. Heyman Abb Vie 1
#21 Sheryl Yasger Discover Financial Services 1
#21 Vincent L. Cryns Northwestern University 1
#21 Vivek Naik Motorola Mobility 1
#21 Francis Kuzhiyil Motorola Mobility 1
#21 Ahmad Y. Sheikh Abb Vie 1
#21 Aaron Rosenberg Unknown 1
#21 Benjamin Zachary Edelstein 1
#21 Jianchun Gong Abbott 1
#21 Eirene Shipkowitz Smith 1
#21 David A. Egbers Siemens Industry 1
#21 Robert S. Yoest Beltone Electronics 1
#21 Paul Green Replogle Globes 1
#21 Bruce Shapiro Medline Industries, Lp 1
#21 Aaron Zemach Google 1
#21 Sylvia Chen Ford 1
#21 Yin Hu Chen Motorola Mobility 1
#21 Michael Benson Hormel Foods 1
#21 Joe Delrahim John Crane 1
#21 Michael Goldman Sony 1

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