Frankfort, IL ranks #2,991 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 41 patents from 26 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Frankfort, IL include Cnh Industrial America, Thrall Car Manufacturing, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–26 of 26 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad M. Johnson | Cnh Industrial America | 5 |
| 2 | Shaun Richmond | Thrall Car Manufacturing | 3 |
| 3 | Robert J. Centner | Illinois Tool Works | 2 |
| 3 | Wouter Bart Erné | Provisur Technologies | 2 |
| 3 | John Scheerer | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | 2 |
| 3 | David I. Scott | Cngmotive | 2 |
| 3 | Mark Melone | Nucurrent | 2 |
| 3 | Neil Finn | Union Tank Car | 2 |
| 3 | Paul M. Herbst | Panduit | 2 |
| 3 | Jerry A. Wiltjer | Panduit | 2 |
| 3 | Craig J. Wojcik | Hamilton Sundstrand | 2 |
| #12 | William R. Munoz | Usg Interiors | 1 |
| #12 | Ray Rita | — | 1 |
| #12 | Eric Plourde | Illinois Tool Works | 1 |
| #12 | Viswanathan Natarajan | University Of Illinois | 1 |
| #12 | Shifang Xu | — | 1 |
| #12 | Sharon M. E. McCarthy | Unknown | 1 |
| #12 | Michael Scott Waleski | — | 1 |
| #12 | Duane P. Belitz | Federal Signal | 1 |
| #12 | Frank Edmund Witkowski | Cozzini | 1 |
| #12 | Chad Elliott | A. J. Antunes & | 1 |
| #12 | Sebastian Zaba | Here Global B.V. | 1 |
| #12 | Jerry Sus | Restaurant Technology | 1 |
| #12 | Mark T. Sargis | Panduit | 1 |
| #12 | Richard William Condon | Roper Holdings | 1 |
| #12 | Monte Gene Weller | Cnh Industrial America | 1 |
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