Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Des Plaines, IL ranks #906 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 162 patents from 92 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Des Plaines, IL include Riddell, Wilson Sporting Goods, Amtab Manufacturing. That works out to 2.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 92 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Vittorio Bologna Riddell 13
2 Andrew K. Tryner Wilson Sporting Goods 7
2 Thad M. Ide Riddell 7
2 Doss Samikkannu Amtab Manufacturing 7
#5 Murphy Gillogly Riddell 6
#6 José Antonio Acuña-Rohter Chicago Mercantile Exchange 5
#6 Eugene Gore Impossible Objects 5
#8 Eric W. Millward Illinois Tool Works 4
#9 Paolo Palmas Uop 3
#9 William M. Hartman Uop 3
#9 Grady Irey Allstate Insurance 3
#9 David A. Wegerer Uop 3
#13 Joseph Levene Riddell 2
#13 Harshit N. Patel Nomis 2
#13 Lin Jin Uop 2
#13 Justin Rohde Baxter Healthcare Sa 2
#13 Towfiq M. Chowdhury Abl Ip Holding 2
#13 Sudharshun Ravichander Allstate Insurance 2
#13 Bradshaw Baldonado Riddell 2
#13 Nedim Vrtagic Robert Bosch Gmbh 2
#13 David R. Snyder Questek Innovations 2
#13 Phuong T. M. Do Uop 2
#13 Aaron A. Stephens Pressure Specialist 2
#13 Amanda Hickman Uop 2
#13 Nicholas Carmine DiFonzo G & W Electric 2
#13 Sarah Jean Gozdecki Video Gaming Technologies 2
#13 Pelin Cox Uop 2
#13 Dominik Duelli Abbott 2
#29 Edward T. Pietrucha 1
#29 Michael Gregory Alcazar Cloud Packaging Solutions 1
#29 John Joseph Wojcik Zurn Industries 1
#29 Lowell F. Weil, Jr. Arthrex 1
#29 LAUREN GERARDI Novartis Ag 1
#29 Jacob Mazo Verdesian Life Sciences U.S. 1
#29 Joseph C. Kuhn Illinois Tool Works 1
#29 John Karavitis Abbott 1
#29 Donald Mendelson Chicago Mercantile Exchange 1
#29 Dan Toolsie Abbott 1
#29 Gary R. Matthews Cardinal Ig 1
#29 Nahiyan Ali Rockwell Collins 1
#29 Daniel R. Michelson Triteq Lock And Security 1
#29 Slobodan S. Zivanovic Honey-Can-Do International 1
#29 Gary Carmichael Kraft Foods Holdings 1
#29 Joel Wood Hunsley Gn Audio A/S 1
#29 Ronald Stanis Gas Technology Institute 1
#29 Rodger W. Caruthers 1
#29 Bernard Fay Misig 1
#29 Muhammad Taufiq Ansari AT&T 1
#29 Michael D. Fabbri Commscope Technologies 1
#29 Kerry Levin Designer Direct 1

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