Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Naperville, IL ranks #196 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 633 patents from 335 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Naperville, IL include Alcatel Lucent, Futurewei Technologies, Focal Point. That works out to 4.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 335 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yigang Cai Alcatel Lucent 22
2 Philippe Sartori Futurewei Technologies 21
3 Ken Czech Focal Point 12
#4 Frank A. Harwath Molex 10
#5 Deep Bandyopadhyay Electro-Motive Diesel 8
#5 Yuexing Zhang Toshiba Medical Systems 8
#7 Michael G. Borchardt The Glad Products 7
#7 Dibyendu Nandy Knowles Electronics 7
#7 John R. Wilson Sloan Valve 7
#10 Steven M. Lenz Brunswick 6
#10 Asimuddin Kazi IBM 6
#10 Peter J. Dix Cnh Industrial America 6
#10 Hong Zhao Motorola Mobility 6
#14 Sunil Chintakindi Allstate Insurance 5
#14 Thomas Z. Fu Lbp Manufacturing 5
#14 Pengfei Ma Caterpillar 5
#14 Sandor Nagy Equistar Chemicals, Lp 5
#14 Michael David SanFacon Focal Point 5
#14 Jasbir S. Gill Ecolab Usa 5
#20 Zhengcheng Zhang Uchicago Argonne 4
#20 Paresh Kanabar Gogo 4
#20 Navneet Gulati Cnh Industrial America 4
#20 Shridhar P. Joshi Wms Gaming 4
#20 Jon R. Jeambey Nevis Industries 4
#20 David Lacewell Abb Vie 4
#20 Lee M. Chow AT&T 4
#20 Pat Walsh Gogo 4
#20 Brian C. Donnelly Suncast Technologies 4
#20 Graham J. Wills IBM 4
#20 Derek Schumacher Hewlett Packard Enterprise 4
#20 Ronald A. Nordin Panduit 4
#32 Renhe Jia Cabot Microelectronics 3
#32 Eric Chan Adobe 3
#32 Peter Kokayeff Uop 3
#32 Waldemar John Lyslo Surfacide 3
#32 Chunguang Jing Euclid Techlabs 3
#32 Lu Zhang Corning Incorporated 3
#32 Jeffrey Bull Wilton Industries 3
#32 Mark J. Oftedal Google 3
#32 Konstantin Livanos Cisco 3
#32 Pramodh D. Narayan IBM 3
#32 Samuel C. Ramey Panduit 3
#32 Anand Chari Gogo 3
#32 Sanjiv Kapoor Illinois Institute Of Technology 3
#32 Jeffrey L. Allen Bally Gaming 3
#32 Anup Talukdar Nokia Technologies Oy 3
#32 James P. Ashley Motorola 3
#32 Patrick J. Walsh Gogo 3
#32 Michael P. Bloink Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 3
#32 Paul N. Georgelos Clear Lam Packaging 3

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