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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Crete, IL ranks #21,512 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 2 patents from 2 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Crete, IL include Abbott, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 0.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–2 of 2 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Maureen Weber Abbott 1
1 Kileean E. Bell Illinois Tool Works 1

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