Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheaton, IL ranks #1,131 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 127 patents from 56 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheaton, IL include Cisco, Smart Power Co., Vertigo Media. That works out to 2.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 56 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Charles Calvin Byers Cisco 16
2 John Joseph King Smart Power Co. 12
3 Pavel Savenok Vertigo Media 11
#4 Jeffrey J. Shrigley Molex 10
#4 Stephen Chen E-Lead Electronic Co. 10
#6 Mahesh Krishnamurthy Software Motor 4
#7 Victor Zaderej Molex 3
#7 Guy Rosenthal United States Gypsum 3
#9 Daniel Francis Posacki Abl Ip Holding 2
#9 Daniel R. Vissers Vissers Battery 2
#9 Thomas Peter Pierce 2
#9 Chris Liston Methode Electronics 2
#9 James C. Ferrans Motorola 2
#9 David W. Jablonski Illinois Tool Works 2
#9 Dennis Scott WILLIAMSON Here Global B.V. 2
#9 Edward A. Marcheselli Shoppertrak Rct 2
#9 Frank M. Simonutti Wilson Sporting Goods 2
#9 David Savenok Vertigo Media 2
#19 John Hayward Click Sales 1
#19 Brad Nicholas Uptake Technologies 1
#19 Eric A. Field 1
#19 Jeremiah Fitzgerald Panoscape Holdings 1
#19 Joseph Gerard Schultz Nxp Usa 1
#19 Dennis J. Waszak Panduit 1
#19 Thomas McKeon 1
#19 Edward C. Shultz Panduit 1
#19 William J. Humecke Ellis 1
#19 Vince G. Reiling Suncoke Technology And Development 1
#19 Scott Sporer Zimmer Orthopedic Surgical Products 1
#19 Robert D. Hall Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 1
#19 Sam Dresser 1
#19 Chris Paskvan Uptake Technologies 1
#19 Tyler Kincaid United States Gypsum 1
#19 Michael D. Doyle Eolas Technologies 1
#19 Matthew Simpson Chicago Mercantile Exchange 1
#19 Chibuzor D. Ezeamaku 1
#19 Matthew W. Field 1
#19 Dale Matthew Weaver Adobe 1
#19 Benjamin H. Drummond Spraying Systems 1
#19 David Wadsworth Gte Communication Systems 1
#19 John Fellowes Fellowes 1
#19 Gregg Bresnahan Here Global B.V. 1
#19 David Kinsman Eagle View Technologies 1
#19 Anders Bitsch-Larsen Bp Corporation North America 1
#19 Paul R. Young Nalco Chemical 1
#19 Tamara Lynne MacKinney AT&T 1
#19 James M. Garvey Vrg Controls 1
#19 Brandon Janowiak Molex 1
#19 Michael E. Ferringer Pregis Innovative Packaging 1
#19 Doug Newlin Fenwal 1

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