Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Glenview, IL ranks #672 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 200 patents from 91 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Glenview, IL include Wms Gaming, Medline Industries, Lp, Bally Gaming. That works out to 4.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 91 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joel R. Jaffe Wms Gaming 18
2 Stuart Mintz Medline Industries, Lp 11
2 Richard B. Robbins Bally Gaming 11
#4 William C. Cesaroni Dart Industries 9
#4 Ronald A. Masters Stepan 9
#6 Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister Steelseries Aps 8
#7 Ali Alwattari Halliburton Energy Services 7
#8 Omar K. Farha Northwestern University 5
#9 John Lull Celerity 4
#9 Leo Klinstein Dukane Ias 4
#9 Jun Tan Nokia Technologies Oy 4
#9 Boris Y. Tsirline Zih 4
#13 Paul E. Specht Block 3
#13 Chris Ellec Illinois Tool Works 3
#13 Taiwon Choi Fellowes 3
#13 Anatoly S. Belkin Icu Medical 3
#13 Michael Gurin Unknown 3
#18 Larry G. Birkenmeyer Abbott 2
#18 Kenneth S. Chua Medline Industries, Lp 2
#18 John C. Alverdy The University Of Chicago 2
#18 Samuel Jacob Peterson Overstock.Com 2
#18 Anthony Kehoe Illinois Tool Works 2
#18 Paul M. Barsamian Accenture Global Services Limited 2
#18 Gabriel Raviv Coramed Technologies 2
#18 Charles C. Cherry Textura 2
#18 Xingkai Bao Zenith Electronics 2
#18 Yuanliang Lu Motorola Mobility 2
#18 Bill Valentine Illinois Tool Works 2
#18 Shincy J. Maliekkal Baxter Healthcare Sa 2
#18 Julio Santos-Munne 2
#18 Wai N. Chin Surgimatix 2
#18 Ekaterina Pestova Abbott 2
#18 Steven R. Chapman Avery Dennison 2
#18 Dieter T. Marlovics 2
#35 Craig S. Kohler Onvi 1
#35 Eran Salzman Cnh Industrial America 1
#35 Adolph G. Galinski Illinois Tool Works 1
#35 Max W. Hibner Panduit 1
#35 Brian H. Silver Medela Holding Ag 1
#35 Yuhan Ling Cornell University 1
#35 Prabir Sen Accenture Global Services Limited 1
#35 Martin Drees Polytec Gmbh 1
#35 Linda Koh Saebo 1
#35 George Wong Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology 1
#35 Reza Jamasebi Illinois Tool Works 1
#35 Douglas Robert Kissner 1
#35 Gary F. Smith GE 1
#35 Marc Krebs Terex Cranes Germany Gmbh 1
#35 Nickolas Froggatt Illinois Tool Works 1
#35 Sean Raines Illinois Tool Works 1

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