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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lake Bluff, IL ranks #4,401 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 25 patents from 22 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lake Bluff, IL include Fenwal, United Conveyor, John Mezzalingua Associates. That works out to 4.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–22 of 22 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William H. Cork Fenwal 2
1 Daniel Charhut United Conveyor 2
1 Kurt Jacobs John Mezzalingua Associates 2
#4 Kelly Conway Mattersight 1
#4 Yanbin Lao Abb Vie 1
#4 David Kuhn Baxter Healthcare Sa 1
#4 Ramzi F. Sweis Abb Vie 1
#4 Zhiguo Bian Vanderbilt University 1
#4 Michael Fein Zih 1
#4 Regis Charlot Intel 1
#4 George F. Balbach 1
#4 Christopher Zachara Shure Acquisition Holdings 1
#4 Vlad Radu Balteanu Icu Medical 1
#4 Gregory Orr Walgreen 1
#4 Regis Charlot 1
#4 Ryan Jerold Perkofski Shure Acquisition Holdings 1
#4 Minh H. Duong Motorola Mobility 1
#4 William Ryan McDermith Caterpillar 1
#4 Md Faisal Abedin Motorola Mobility 1
#4 Elizabeth Brooke Natwick 1
#4 Dennie S. Welch Abb Vie 1
#4 Leroy John Cook 1

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