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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mount Prospect, IL ranks #1,329 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 102 patents from 55 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mount Prospect, IL include Whirlpool, Dow Global Technologies, Uop. That works out to 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 55 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James W. Kendall Whirlpool 14
2 Raymond J. Swedo Dow Global Technologies 7
3 Richard K. Hoehn Uop 5
#4 Nelson Kraemer Riddell 4
#5 Samuel D. Hulka Usg Interiors 3
#5 Michael J. Sawadski Paragon Furniture 3
#5 Grzegorz Loniewski 3
#5 Scott Anthony Nightlinger 3
#5 David K. Platt Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co. 3
#10 Grant H. Yokomizo Uop 2
#10 Raul Zavala Uop 2
#10 Charles P. Luebke Uop 2
#10 Linet Kattookaran Insys Development Company 2
#10 Nitin Chaphalkar Mori Seiki Co. 2
#10 Brent Robert Shumard Shure Acquisition Holdings 2
#10 Agnieszka Monika Loniewska 2
#10 Jaime G. Moscoso Uop 2
#10 Zenon P. Szulyk Woodward 2
#10 Mark Neuhalfen Aptargroup 2
#10 William Todd Watson Illinois Tool Works 2
#21 Kyle Parker Blatt 1
#21 Hosoo Lim Uop 1
#21 Weng Lei Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 1
#21 Elisabeth Abfall Digital Innovations 1
#21 Leonardo Augusto Quintana Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 1
#21 Keith L. Kaminski 1
#21 Jeffrey Ronald Blethen 1
#21 Lawrence L. Freson Illinois Tool Works 1
#21 Shawn Matthew Scott Gas Technology Institute 1
#21 Evgeny Kolev Uop 1
#21 Paul Olson 3M 1
#21 Gregory J. Gajda Uop 1
#21 Stephen Virgilio Aptargroup 1
#21 Edward Pchola Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#21 Jason L. Noe Uop 1
#21 Wayne E. Rathbun Uop 1
#21 Stephen G. Wyckoff Illinois Tool Works 1
#21 Brandon Michael Richards 1
#21 Craig Wilson Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#21 Q. Jane Wang Qatar Foundation 1
#21 Tony Abfall Digital Innovations 1
#21 Naveen Tumula Osram Sylvania 1
#21 Mahmoud S. El-Beshbeeshy International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#21 Kevin David Meyer Walgreen 1
#21 Jason Feldner Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#21 Jonathan Andrew Tertel Uop 1
#21 Kathleen M. Higginson Fenwal 1
#21 Eric F. Junkel O2Cool 1
#21 Fariha Avais Uop 1
#21 Lawrence E. Sullivan Uop 1

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