Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dunlap, IL ranks #833 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 163 patents from 89 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dunlap, IL include Caterpillar, Byd Company Limited. That works out to 101.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 89 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mihai Mircea Balan Caterpillar 26
2 Thomas Marshall Congdon Caterpillar 6
2 Mo Wei Caterpillar 6
#4 Yanchai Zhang Caterpillar 4
#4 Kenneth L. Stratton Caterpillar 4
#4 Jackson Wai Caterpillar 4
#4 Jesse Gerdes Caterpillar 4
#8 Martin L. Willi Caterpillar 3
#8 Kyong Shik Choi Caterpillar 3
#8 Charlie Kim Caterpillar 3
#8 Carl H. Rempert Caterpillar 3
#8 Ahmed Khalil Caterpillar 3
#8 Dachuan Yu Caterpillar 3
#8 Eric M. Andris Caterpillar 3
#15 Urvish Joshi Caterpillar 2
#15 Alexander C. Crosman, III Caterpillar 2
#15 Jianhua Zhang Byd Company Limited 2
#15 Rabie E. Khalil Caterpillar 2
#15 Kirti C. Tamhane Caterpillar 2
#15 Yong Yi Caterpillar 2
#15 Daniel J. Sordelet Caterpillar 2
#15 Tilak Inturi Caterpillar 2
#15 Jay Venkataraghavan Caterpillar 2
#15 Hoisan Kim Caterpillar 2
#15 Timothy Richard Hoyt Caterpillar 2
#15 Carl Moberg Caterpillar 2
#15 Steven C. Zoz Caterpillar 2
#28 John A. Gadbois Caterpillar 1
#28 Christopher W. Pruess Caterpillar 1
#28 Samuel S. Kumar Caterpillar 1
#28 David C. Orr Caterpillar 1
#28 Thomas A. Brosowske Caterpillar 1
#28 Swetha Ramegowda Caterpillar 1
#28 Jeffrey Edward Jensen Caterpillar 1
#28 Mahmoud M. Tobaa Caterpillar 1
#28 Balasubramanyam Appalla Caterpillar 1
#28 Katherine D. Driscoll Caterpillar 1
#28 Sarah Talbot Flanigan Caterpillar 1
#28 Timothy J. Alcenius Caterpillar 1
#28 Kevin J. Sergott Caterpillar 1
#28 Pradeep Chapagain Caterpillar 1
#28 Douglas R. Brown Inductoheat 1
#28 Mitchell Ryan Adams Caterpillar 1
#28 Ling Deng Caterpillar 1
#28 Duane Johnson Caterpillar 1
#28 Adwait Joshi Caterpillar 1
#28 Peter Petrany Caterpillar 1
#28 Fuaad Sayeed Caterpillar 1
#28 Craig P. Hittle Caterpillar 1
#28 Seok-hee Han Caterpillar 1

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