Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plainfield, IL ranks #1,390 worldwide for total patents filed in 2019, with 108 patents from 63 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plainfield, IL include Cnh Industrial America, Caterpillar, Rai Strategic Holdings. That works out to 2.4 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 Dwayne St. George Jackson Cnh Industrial America 11
2 Matthew J. Beschorner Caterpillar 6
3 Steven Michael Schennum Rai Strategic Holdings 5
3 Jason Kolb Uptake Technologies 5
#5 Harry Rowland Endotronix 4
#5 Anirudha V. Sumant Uchicago Argonne 4
#7 Jason R. Croy Uchicago Argonne 3
#7 Gregory L. Kuffel Panduit 3
#7 Chongxi Yu Techfields Pharma Co. 3
#7 Pankaj Kumar Singh Cabot Microelectronics 3
#11 Osman Levent Eryilmaz Uchicago Argonne 2
#11 Scott A. Elkins Cnh Industrial America 2
#11 Marwan Ansari Wms Gaming 2
#11 Matthew J. Van Meter Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 2
#11 Joel D. Kwasny Panduit 2
#11 Xing Chen Uchicago Argonne 2
#11 Kai C. Lui Panduit 2
#11 Paul Carlson Fluke 2
#19 Robert T. Yackley 1
#19 Kristin M. Marshall WARF 1
#19 Christian Roehrig Uchicago Argonne 1
#19 Scott M. DellAngelo United States Gypsum 1
#19 Ramasubramanian Anand Tellabs Operations 1
#19 Mitchell Hodges Google 1
#19 Georgeta Hategan Elevance Renewable Sciences 1
#19 Michael James Kiesewetter Caterpillar 1
#19 Justin J. Myers Spectrum Diversified Designs 1
#19 Chris A. Kruegel 1
#19 Damon Delorenzis Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 1
#19 David Heritage Emerson Electric 1
#19 Jeff Pollard Restaurant Technology 1
#19 Michael Lemke AT&T 1
#19 Jon F. Gislain ExxonMobil 1
#19 John D. NELSON ExxonMobil 1
#19 Dean Alan Oppermann International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#19 Joe Sollitt Cnh Industrial America 1
#19 Brendan G. Metz Illinois Tool Works 1
#19 Franz Stefan Vogt Uchicago Argonne 1
#19 Christopher Marszalek Sennco Solutions 1
#19 Krzysztof Pupek Uchicago Argonne 1
#19 Jason David Harper Purdue Research Foundation 1
#19 Eric M. Martin Vesuvius Group, S.A. 1
#19 Steven Sagerian Peerless Industries 1
#19 Joel W. Kwasny Panduit 1
#19 Dean Opperman International Truck Intellectual Property Company 1
#19 Alvaro Robles 1
#19 Bhavin Kadakia Commscope Technologies 1
#19 Nicholas M. Baran Cvp Systems 1
#19 George D. Smith Cpg Products 1
#19 Joshua D. Zimmerman Cnh Industrial America 1

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