Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Elgin, IL ranks #1,412 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 98 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elgin, IL include Suncast Technologies, Masonite, Knowles Electronics. That works out to 0.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 53 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen Whitehead Suncast Technologies 17
2 Timothy D. Gouge Masonite 12
3 Christopher Monti Knowles Electronics 4
#4 Stephen P. Whitehead 3
#4 David Michael Corns, II Entigenlogic 3
#4 David R. Pacholok Everbrite 3
#7 Justin Barth Federal Signal 2
#7 Timothy Jay Moore Citrix Systems 2
#7 James W. Caldwell Futurewei Technologies 2
#7 John W. Manser Se-Kure Controls 2
#7 John Shales Bluepoint Alert Solutions 2
#7 Robert Wand Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 2
#7 Christopher F. Zemko Cornelius 2
#7 John McNutt Bluepoint Alert Solutions 2
#7 Daniel P. Lanigan Zebra Technologies 2
#16 William Carl Jany Clarke Mosquito Control Products 1
#16 John Patton Wallis 1
#16 Myo Tun Oo 1
#16 John J. Bozeki Zebra Technologies 1
#16 Robin Papachristopoulos Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 1
#16 Gerald Tully Greenlee Tools 1
#16 John S. Runzel Konnectronix 1
#16 Wayne Robert Heinmiller AT&T 1
#16 Amit Kashyap Caterpillar 1
#16 Jacob C. Greenberg Wms Gaming 1
#16 James Jeffery Hanson The Middleby 1
#16 Lacey MCKLEM Kerry Luxembourg S.Á.R.L. 1
#16 Leonard Anzelde Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 1
#16 Andy R. Kries Miner Enterprises 1
#16 Eric James Rockwell Electronic Commerce Technologies 1
#16 David Vagasky Geberit International Ag 1
#16 Jimmy Bedolla Blackberry Limited 1
#16 Sudhanva Govindarajan Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. 1
#16 Michael Feilen Rohde & Schwarz 1
#16 Meghan Elizabeth Charochak Honeywell 1
#16 Tony M. NAZAROWSKI JPMorgan Chase 1
#16 Liam Matthew Miller Amcol International 1
#16 Paul Spiller 1
#16 Thomas Jason Jankovsky The Chamberlain Group 1
#16 Mingbo He Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 1
#16 Richard Kang Exicure 1
#16 Steve Youngren Chicago Mercantile Exchange 1
#16 Michael D. Schelonka Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#16 Lyndon Just Arrows Up 1
#16 Paul Peterson Chicago Mercantile Exchange 1
#16 George D. Laubach Vertec Biosolvents 1
#16 Matthew Feddersen Gopro 1
#16 Travis Pyrzynski Gas Technology Institute 1
#16 Dean A. Tjaden, Jr. 1
#16 Thomas Keenan 1

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