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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheaton, IL ranks #1,146 worldwide for total patents filed in 2018, with 116 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheaton, IL include Cisco, E-Lead Electronic Co., International Truck Intellectual Property Company. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 63 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles Calvin Byers Cisco 14
2 Stephen Chen E-Lead Electronic Co. 9
3 Christian Michael Hardin International Truck Intellectual Property Company 5
3 Kevin Gerard Brennan Wimo Labs 5
#5 Anthony G. Sommese Nalco Chemical 4
#5 Matthew Hayes Zebra Technologies 4
#7 Tyler Kincaid United States Gypsum 3
#7 Michael D. Doyle Eolas Technologies 3
#7 Pavel Savenok Vertigo Media 3
#7 Robert Wasserman Allstate Insurance 3
#11 Michael K. Burke Zeftek 2
#11 Zoran Ulicevic Prince Castle 2
#11 Guy Rosenthal United States Gypsum 2
#11 Trent D. Lund Colorado State University 2
#11 Christopher Fay The Boeing 2
#11 Victor Zaderej Molex 2
#11 Mahesh Krishnamurthy Software Motor 2
#11 Patrick Quinn International Truck Intellectual Property Company 2
#11 Robert L. Mehlberg Uop 2
#11 William J. Eich West 2
#21 David Savenok Vertigo Media 1
#21 Edward C. Shultz Panduit 1
#21 Boris FIGOVSKY Hysolate 1
#21 Chris R. Zettinger Arris Enterprises 1
#21 James Drolshagen 1
#21 Joseph Coretti, Jr. B-O-F 1
#21 Frank M. Simonutti Wilson Sporting Goods 1
#21 Boguslaw W. Magda M&R Printing Equipment 1
#21 Andreas Roelofs Seagate Technology 1
#21 Daniel L. Burden US Dept of Commerce 1
#21 Sammy Tin Illinois Institute Of Technology 1
#21 Cory D Dedick Meta 1
#21 Jeffrey M. Bray Uop 1
#21 Daniel Tillotson Molex 1
#21 Daniel P. Malee AT&T 1
#21 Vince G. Reiling Suncoke Technology And Development 1
#21 David T. Eddington WARF 1
#21 Shannyn Stuart General Mills 1
#21 Mahmoud Zandieh Aktiebolaget Skf 1
#21 Tzu Y. Chen Ecolab Usa 1
#21 Dennis L. MacDonald Ecolab Usa 1
#21 Dean A. Collis Borgwarner 1
#21 Richard P. Ejzak AT&T 1
#21 Jeff Winternheimer Country View Medical Center 1
#21 David J. Montsma Gogo 1
#21 Aaron P. Fryzek Abl Ip Holding 1
#21 Brandon Janowiak Molex 1
#21 Gregory Erickson Aptargroup 1
#21 John Joseph King Smart Power Co. 1
#21 Rudolph D. Gonzalez International Truck Intellectual Property Company 1

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