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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plainfield, IL ranks #1,451 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 102 patents from 58 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plainfield, IL include Thermos L.L.C., Cnh Industrial America, Arris Enterprises. That works out to 2.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 58 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kelly Tina Lin Thermos L.L.C. 9
1 Dwayne St. George Jackson Cnh Industrial America 9
3 Faisal Ishtiaq Arris Enterprises 4
3 Joel D. Kwasny Panduit 4
3 Krzysztof Pupek Uchicago Argonne 4
#6 Jason R. Croy Uchicago Argonne 3
#6 Gregory L. Kuffel Panduit 3
#6 Steven Michael Schennum Rai Strategic Holdings 3
#6 Kai C. Lui Panduit 3
#6 Xing Chen Uchicago Argonne 3
#6 Harry W. Sarkas Nanophase Technologies 3
#12 Ronald Johannes Bonne Lumileds 2
#12 Brandon L. Fisher Uchicago Argonne 2
#12 Jason Kolb Uptake Technologies 2
#12 Brandon R. LONG Uchicago Argonne 2
#12 Michael J. Seely The Standard Oil 2
#12 Scott A. Elkins Cnh Industrial America 2
#12 Scott Allen Long Cnh Industrial America 2
#19 Dean Opperman International Truck Intellectual Property Company 1
#19 Bhavin Kadakia Commscope Technologies 1
#19 Pankaj Kumar Singh Cabot Microelectronics 1
#19 Patrick Dinnon Cnh Industrial America 1
#19 Michael J. Hanson Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#19 Mitchell Cooper Lbp Manufacturing 1
#19 Osman Levent Eryilmaz Uchicago Argonne 1
#19 Douglas C. Saunders Danco 1
#19 Martin P. Keating Borgwarner 1
#19 Harry Rowland Endotronix 1
#19 Scott R. Ernst Rockwell Collins 1
#19 Mulugheta Zelleke AT&T 1
#19 Nicholas G. McMahan Midtronics 1
#19 Joshua D. Zimmerman Cnh Industrial America 1
#19 Robert J. Borse 1
#19 Anirudha V. Sumant Uchicago Argonne 1
#19 Larry Mitchell Grela Unknown 1
#19 Mitchell J. Hodges Google 1
#19 Robert B. Lipscomb R. R. Donnelley & Sons 1
#19 Gregory S. Kent The Glad Products 1
#19 Damon Delorenzis Hendrickson Usa, L.L.C. 1
#19 Daniel Horvath 1
#19 Robert R. March, Jr. Federal Signal 1
#19 Osman L. Erylimaz Uchicago Argonne 1
#19 Dean Alan Oppermann International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#19 John Morris Ross Continental Plastic Containers 1
#19 Jeff Pollard Restaurant Technology 1
#19 Jerome Scherwin Molex 1
#19 Jon F. Gislain ExxonMobil 1
#19 Larry Mitchell Greta 1
#19 Scott M. DellAngelo United States Gypsum 1
#19 Kenneth Opsalik AT&T 1

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