Wheeling, IL ranks #3,380 worldwide for total patents filed in 2017, with 34 patents from 21 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheeling, IL include Panduit, Block, United States Gypsum. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–21 of 21 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua A. Valenti | Panduit | 5 |
| 2 | Ivelisse Gomez | Block | 3 |
| 2 | Rafael Bury | United States Gypsum | 3 |
| #4 | Marco Laubach | Robert Bosch Gmbh | 2 |
| #4 | Keith A. Meny | — | 2 |
| #4 | Caryl M. Styrsky | Allstate Insurance | 2 |
| #4 | Larry Ponsi | Sage Products | 2 |
| #4 | John T. Foley | Baxter International | 2 |
| #9 | Randolph Kwan | Allstate Insurance | 1 |
| #9 | Manjunath Rao | Allstate Insurance | 1 |
| #9 | Steven J. Carroll | Trading Technologies International | 1 |
| #9 | Mohammed Petiwala | Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy | 1 |
| #9 | James W. Kondrat | — | 1 |
| #9 | David Ross Speigel | Discovery Communications | 1 |
| #9 | Gary Gurevich | — | 1 |
| #9 | Scott M. Minch | Bally Gaming | 1 |
| #9 | Steven P. Lankton | Uop | 1 |
| #9 | Malik Zeine | — | 1 |
| #9 | Benjamin B. Anderson | Nordson | 1 |
| #9 | Brent Johnson | Amvac Chemical | 1 |
| #9 | John Y. Babico | Regenesis Biomedical | 1 |
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