Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Aurora, IL ranks #929 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 166 patents from 100 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Aurora, IL include Amazon, Isco International, Chicago Mercantile Exchange. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 100 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joshua John Watson Amazon 16
2 Krishna Komoravolu Isco International 7
3 Dhiraj Bawadhankar Chicago Mercantile Exchange 6
3 Weixin Wu State Farm 6
3 James W. Harris Uop 6
#6 Ke Zhang Saudi Arabian Oil 4
#6 Xiaoming Bi Siemens Healthcare Limited 4
#8 Peder J. Gulbrandsen Usg Interiors 3
#8 James T. Sofos AT&T 3
#8 Kevin P. Dockery Cabot Microelectronics 3
#11 Rodolfo Roberto Ballesteros Allstate Insurance 2
#11 Richard H. Van Camp The Middleby 2
#11 Michael C. Picini Molex 2
#11 Michael A. Graef Prince Castle 2
#11 Prabhakar Attaluri IBM 2
#11 Nicholas White Bae Systems Plc 2
#11 Alexander W. Hains Cabot Microelectronics 2
#11 John C. Laurx Molex 2
#11 Nagendra Kolluru Microsoft 2
#11 Rodney H. Banks Nalco Chemical 2
#11 Frank Kruppe 2
#11 Mark P. Lapinski Uop 2
#11 Suresh R. Sriram Ecolab Usa 2
#11 Shiby John Ecolab Usa 2
#11 Michael Konnick Scripps Research 2
#11 Ajay Madhavan Chicago Mercantile Exchange 2
#11 William Ashley King Knowledge & Merchandising Inc. Limited 2
#11 Thomas M. Miller Eltech Systems 2
#29 Aditya Telidevara Microsoft 1
#29 Rien Heald 1
#29 Helen Y. Chen Miner Elastomer Products 1
#29 Brian Pease Elevance Renewable Sciences 1
#29 Donato Passarelli Fermi Research Alliance 1
#29 Kenneth M. Fisher Tellabs Operations 1
#29 Yanmei Chen Cummins-Allison 1
#29 Jeffery M. Atkins Ecolab Usa 1
#29 Michael Harold Salins Actifio 1
#29 Timothy P. Galeckas Groupon 1
#29 Todd Stirn Bluepoint Alert Solutions 1
#29 Sudeep Pallikkara Kuttiatoor Cabot Microelectronics 1
#29 Hecham K. Elkhatib Cinch Connectors 1
#29 Jiandong Zhu Sanford 1
#29 Guruprasad Sudhindra Kumar Illinois Tool Works 1
#29 Derek Au B-O-F 1
#29 Charlie M. Truong Narrative Science 1
#29 John E. Ewen, III Sennco Solutions 1
#29 Timothy S. Keizer Ecolab Usa 1
#29 Brian D. Marshall Hayward Industries 1
#29 James Mark Kemerling Usg Interiors 1
#29 Patrick Considine Caterpillar 1

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