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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oak Park, IL ranks #1,284 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 109 patents from 75 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oak Park, IL include United States Gypsum, Here Global B.V., Dialog Semiconductor. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 75 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Yijun Sang United States Gypsum 7
1 David Doria Here Global B.V. 7
3 Fuqiang Shi Dialog Semiconductor 4
#4 Jim WANGEROW Gas Technology Institute 3
#4 Francisco X. Gomez Andrew 3
#4 Kevin McDonald Ecolab Usa 3
#4 Charles King Knowles Electronics 3
#8 Tohru Yamada University Of Illinois 2
#8 Stephen J. Kron The University Of Chicago 2
#8 Matthew Cardwell Intel 2
#8 Shaun Eugene Marko Sonifi Solutions 2
#8 Ganesan Rengaraju Verizon 2
#8 John Krenzer Johnson Controls Technology 2
#8 Laura SCHORNACK JPMorgan Chase 2
#8 Braden J. GALBREATH-O'LEARY Triplepoint Environmental 2
#8 Mark O. Lepper Illinois Tool Works 2
#8 Ross Brinkman The Marley Company 2
#8 Gary L. Overhultz Goliath Solutions 2
#19 Emadoddin Abbasi Uop 1
#19 James Christofferson University of California 1
#19 Joshua Horner Power Solutions International 1
#19 Anthony Simon Richards The Jel Sert 1
#19 Kurt Zoellick Cornelius 1
#19 Jeremy Smallwood Meta 1
#19 Julija Alegra Petkus Walgreen 1
#19 Hsin-Yun Yeh 1
#19 Zaijie Wang University Of Illinois 1
#19 Robert Walicki Ecolab Usa 1
#19 Waiken K. Wong R.P. Scherer Technologies 1
#19 Paul B. Englram Semler Industries 1
#19 Gregory Allan Van Pelt 1
#19 David Willey Adc Telecommunications 1
#19 Ernest Thompson 1
#19 Kristi ROSS 1
#19 Yuval Saban Allstate Insurance 1
#19 Narayan Madhavan Nayar Oracle 1
#19 Jerome R. Kuszak Lensar 1
#19 Jeremy E. Weinberg Illinois Tool Works 1
#19 Stephen Biddle Albany Engineered Composites 1
#19 David Kaleko 1
#19 Mike Aparicio Groupon 1
#19 Hui Kang Mcmaster-Carr Supply 1
#19 Joshua Lamb RTX (Raytheon) 1
#19 Damian Hernandez Fellowes 1
#19 Gregory Richard Aldin Intel 1
#19 Frank Pospisil United States Gypsum 1
#19 Pete Prokopowicz Groupon 1
#19 Paul Ford Here Global B.V. 1
#19 Zdzislaw Harry Piotrowski 1
#19 Aakash R. Desai Accenture Global Solutions Limited 1

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