Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hoffman Estates, IL ranks #930 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 159 patents from 84 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hoffman Estates, IL include Futurewei Technologies, Nokia Technologies Oy, Hamilton Sundstrand. That works out to 3.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 84 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Weimin Xiao Futurewei Technologies 14
2 Nitin Mangalvedhe Nokia Technologies Oy 8
3 Debabrata Pal Hamilton Sundstrand 7
3 Wei Pan Uop 7
#5 George Calcev Futurewei Technologies 6
#6 Robert H. Johnson Allstate Insurance 5
#6 Kevin James Glennon Weber-Stephen Products 5
#8 Jason Silverstein Sears Brands, L.L.C. 4
#8 Dipti Karmarkar Allstate Insurance 4
#10 Feng Chen Abl Ip Holding 3
#10 Vinayak Hegde Transform Sr Brands 3
#10 Salameh Alsweis Transform Sr Brands 3
#10 Jiang Chang Merck 3
#10 Michael Wildman Swimc 3
#15 Kenneth A. Kaczmarz Compx International 2
#15 Mitchell S. Mlynarczyk Compx International 2
#15 Jason T. Fong Allstate Insurance 2
#15 Changchuan Yin AT&T 2
#15 Brenno Varanda Knowles Electronics 2
#15 Nitin P. Chitgopekar Uop 2
#15 Michael Saubert Transform Sr Brands 2
#15 David A. Lesch Uop 2
#15 Sean Kelley Nokia Technologies Oy 2
#15 Syed Peer PepsiCo 2
#15 William Kenneth Day Icu Medical 2
#15 Elvin Bautista Transform Sr Brands 2
#15 Robert Chatel The Quaker Oats 2
#15 Thaddeus J. Lepucki Transform Sr Brands 2
#29 Phillip Volini Live Nation Entertainment 1
#29 Myoungho Shin Capital One Services 1
#29 Lee Tsiao IBM 1
#29 Peter Gennuso Osg 1
#29 Lindsey Brinkworth Transform Sr Brands 1
#29 Kevin Bradley The Pampered Chef 1
#29 Joseph Immordino Brunswick 1
#29 William A. Meier Signode 1
#29 Gopinathan Meletharayil The Quaker Oats 1
#29 Victor Hugo Oritz Us Synthetic 1
#29 Warren S. Graber Cooktek Induction Systems 1
#29 Brian Jordan Sears Brands, L.L.C. 1
#29 Timothy N. Cloninger 1
#29 Patrenahalli M. Narendra Zebra Technologies 1
#29 Judith K. Whaley National Starch And Chemical Investment Holding Copporation 1
#29 Michael J. Panzarella 1
#29 Raj Albert Upadhyaya Allstate Insurance 1
#29 Mike Wildman Swimc 1
#29 Robert Roy Sears Brands, L.L.C. 1
#29 Eric Jester GE 1
#29 Jamillah G. Davis 1
#29 Tuhin Gupta Capital One Services 1

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