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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Aurora, IL ranks #896 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 150 patents from 94 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Aurora, IL include Amazon, Usg Interiors, Prince Castle. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 94 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joshua John Watson Amazon 14
2 Peder J. Gulbrandsen Usg Interiors 5
3 Michael A. Graef Prince Castle 4
3 Jack A. MacPherson The Glad Products 4
3 Krishna Komoravolu Isco International 4
3 James T. Sofos AT&T 4
3 Andrew Stephens Tangent Technologies 4
3 Weixin Wu State Farm 4
#9 Sanjay Boddhu Qbase 3
#9 Purushottam Savalia Mueller International 3
#11 Robert P. Scott International Truck Intellectual Property Company 2
#11 Xiaoming Bi Siemens Healthcare Limited 2
#11 Leonard Browning Oldcastle Architectural 2
#11 Arun Swamy Dell Products 2
#11 Jane B. Wong Shing Nalco Chemical 2
#11 Ryan Walsh Gentherm Incorporated 2
#11 Richard H. Van Camp The Middleby 2
#11 Matthew James Sirovatka Caterpillar 2
#11 Jason Marosi Ideal Industries 2
#11 Heinrich E. Bode Nalco Company 2
#11 Julia Kay Nitti Caterpillar 2
#11 Matthew Adomaitis Prince Castle 2
#11 John E. Ewen, III Sennco Solutions 2
#11 Thomas M. Miller Eltech Systems 2
#11 Brian Pease Elevance Renewable Sciences 2
#11 Ashok Darisipudi Illinois Tool Works 2
#11 Jeffery M. Atkins Ecolab Usa 2
#28 Daryl Hoyt Broadcom 1
#28 Neel Kothari State Farm 1
#28 Robert D. Gatze Coriant Operations 1
#28 Selvaraj Palanisamy Chinnathambi Cabot Microelectronics 1
#28 Greg John Stanek The Chamberlain Group 1
#28 Richard Schulz Energy And Environmental Research Center Foundation 1
#28 Jason Richard Sinchak Trusted Mobile 1
#28 Jeff Bach Dynamic Fuel Systems 1
#28 Luis Carlos Cattani International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#28 Timothy S. Keizer Ecolab Usa 1
#28 Brian D. Marshall Hayward Industries 1
#28 Witold Paw Advanced Technology & Materials Co. 1
#28 Rien Heald 1
#28 Venu Korampally Curators Of The University Of Missouri 1
#28 Hee Je Seong Uchicago Argonne 1
#28 James W. Harris Uop 1
#28 Michael Konnick Scripps Research 1
#28 Monica Yun Liu University of Pennsylvania 1
#28 David Diner Disney 1
#28 Robert Vacassy Cabot Microelectronics 1
#28 Subramani Sellappan 1
#28 Dhiraj Bawadhankar Chicago Mercantile Exchange 1
#28 Theodore Koyzis 1

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