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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

St. Charles, IL ranks #1,967 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 68 patents from 30 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in St. Charles, IL include Motorola Mobility, Sonos, Life Spine. That works out to 2.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–30 of 30 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Merrell Motorola Mobility 10
2 Mark Triplett Sonos 9
3 Michael S. Butler Life Spine 6
#4 Andrew Chu Entigenlogic 5
#5 Brian Todd Reese Transform Sr Brands 4
#5 Madeline Wolters Life Spine 4
#7 Richard Mueller Nuvasive 2
#7 Patrick J. Clarke Schumacher Electric 2
#7 Christopher Derek Thornton Hamilton Sundstrand 2
#7 Robert Edward Aldaz Advantest 2
#7 Randal E. Hoffman Daniels Manufacturing 2
#7 Anthony Tassone Green Key Technologies 2
#13 Steven Cihlar Copeland Industrial Lp 1
#13 John R. Blake Cummins-Allison 1
#13 Natalie Filipski Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#13 Benjamin J. Brown Teradyne 1
#13 Jason Foreman Salesforce 1
#13 Carrie Klain Stryker 1
#13 William F. Erdman Caterpillar 1
#13 Isaac M Aburto 1
#13 Brent Lindberg Tropicana Products 1
#13 Dana R. Hanson Processing Technologies International 1
#13 Marko Spiegel Molex 1
#13 Lee Kunvichet Konnectronix 1
#13 Edward S. Szpara Gambro Lundia Ab 1
#13 Doug Anderson Cypress Semiconductor 1
#13 Kenneth F. Schoening A-1 Packaging Solutions 1
#13 Andrew Park Ocient Holdings 1
#13 Laura E. Rice Nalco Company 1
#13 Jonathan Robert Wirkus Marmon Foodservice Technologies 1

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