Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

River Forest, IL ranks #5,383 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 19 patents from 15 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in River Forest, IL include Abb Vie, Sears Brands, L.L.C., Krueger International. That works out to 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–15 of 15 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Joseph Durbin 3
2 Sari L. Heitner Enschede Abb Vie 2
2 Ross Carl Sears Brands, L.L.C. 2
#4 Elly Frymire Cone 1
#4 Aaron DeJule Krueger International 1
#4 Kathryn O'Malley 1
#4 Mark Holterman University of Pennsylvania 1
#4 Shaoping Wu Rush University Medical Center 1
#4 Andrew Lisy Groupon 1
#4 Michael W. Mastropietro Wms Gaming 1
#4 James V. Brady, Jr. Earthcomber 1
#4 Tapas Das Gupta 1
#4 Tapas Das Gupta University Of Illinois 1
#4 Edward E. Lisberg 1
#4 Russell P. Nockels Warsaw Orthopedic 1

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