Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

DeKalb, IL ranks #4,663 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 23 patents from 19 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in DeKalb, IL include Allstate Insurance, Genpak, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories. That works out to 0.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–19 of 19 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Rothana Srey Allstate Insurance 3
2 Neil Helm Genpak 2
2 David Kenny Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 2
#4 Michael J. Murcia Ecolab Usa 1
#4 Nicholas Karonis Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#4 Brian E. Hartnett Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#4 Kirk Duffin Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#4 Paul Novorolsky Weiler Engineering 1
#4 David Castro Ecolab Usa 1
#4 Adam Michael Frieberg 1
#4 John Winans Protonvda 1
#4 Jeremy R. Troxell Northern Illinois Research Foundation 1
#4 Elizabeth R. Gaillard Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#4 Kayne Kantorowicz Capital One Services 1
#4 Devi Kalyan Karumanchi Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#4 Narayan S. Hosmane Board Of Trustees Of Southern Illinois University 1
#4 Caesar Ordonez Protonvda 1
#4 Charles Shepard Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#4 Andrew Joseph Krmenec 1

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