Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

McHenry, IL ranks #2,807 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 43 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in McHenry, IL include Zebra Technologies, Usg Interiors, Columbia Insurance. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James J. O'Hagan Zebra Technologies 7
2 James J. Lehane Usg Interiors 4
3 E. Mark Harris Columbia Insurance 3
3 Christopher D. Heinz C&C Power 3
3 Scott Bedoe Medline Industries, Lp 3
#6 Thomas L. Michaels Allegiance 2
#6 Daniel J. Birk Illinois Tool Works 2
#6 Christian Bernard CEA 2
#6 William Metropulos Smart Bar Usa 2
#6 Lorie Rowe Medline Industries, Lp 2
#6 James J. Maki The Quaker Oats 2
#12 Robert J. Wegener Terra Technologies 1
#12 Chuck Zander Northgate Technologies 1
#12 William L. Rudzena Abbott 1
#12 Gabriel G. Vehovsky Baxter International 1
#12 Mark Theriot Snap-On Incorporated 1
#12 Kathleen Calucci Medline Industries, Lp 1
#12 Ferdinand C. Susi, III Zih 1
#12 William F. Schimpf Knowles Electronics 1
#12 Daniel A. Schocke Accenture Global Solutions Limited 1
#12 Mark B. Scalf United States Gypsum 1
#12 Steve Gaynes Gyrus Acmi 1

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