Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Elgin, IL ranks #1,303 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 103 patents from 51 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elgin, IL include Suncast Technologies, Masonite, Entigenlogic. That works out to 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 51 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Stephen Whitehead Suncast Technologies 27
2 Timothy D. Gouge Masonite 10
3 David Michael Corns, II Entigenlogic 7
#4 Matthew Feddersen Gopro 3
#5 James W. Caldwell Futurewei Technologies 2
#5 Michael Feilen Rohde & Schwarz 2
#5 Christopher F. Zemko Cornelius 2
#5 Kerry L. Landtiser World Richman Manufacturing 2
#5 Andy R. Kries Miner Enterprises 2
#5 Amit Kashyap Caterpillar 2
#5 Tai Yeon Lee Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 2
#5 David John Cox U.S. Filter Wastewater Group 2
#5 Wayne Robert Heinmiller AT&T 2
#14 John T. Bretscher Google 1
#14 Daniel Spychalski 1
#14 Robert Van Oost Walgreen 1
#14 James Jeffrey Hanson 1
#14 Adam Robert Frederico Transform Sr Brands 1
#14 Nathan K. Shoemaker Revcor 1
#14 Melissa S. Langtim Cg Technology 1
#14 Christopher Monti Knowles Electronics 1
#14 Dave B. Templin Aktiebolaget Skf 1
#14 Travis Pyrzynski Gas Technology Institute 1
#14 Jon Parrinello Robert Bosch Gmbh 1
#14 Larry Bruce Griffey Cnh Industrial America 1
#14 Craig A. Braun Seaquistperfect Dispensing Foreign 1
#14 Stephen P. Whitehead 1
#14 Raymond J. Jezek, Jr. Trading Technologies International 1
#14 Kevin Koga Rauland-Borg 1
#14 Peter L. Madaffari Tibbetts Industries 1
#14 John J. Bozeki Zebra Technologies 1
#14 Daniel P. Lanigan Zebra Technologies 1
#14 Kevin J. Brandner Uop 1
#14 Gerald Tully Greenlee Tools 1
#14 Andrew Brokaw Cnh Industrial America 1
#14 Terrell Morrow Xentris Wireless 1
#14 Dale H. Johnson Honeywell 1
#14 Soongyup Lee Corning Incorporated 1
#14 Raymond Shih Uop 1
#14 Mark Dahlberg Sysmex 1
#14 Eric H. Urruti Corning Incorporated 1
#14 Randall E. Holt Uop 1
#14 Kyle Jeffrey Jacob Lindenman Amazon 1
#14 Robert Wand Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 1
#14 David C. Young US Air Force 1
#14 Jason Paul Nachowicz 1
#14 Sudhanva Govindarajan Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. 1
#14 Mike Scianna Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. 1
#14 Tony M. NAZAROWSKI JPMorgan Chase 1
#14 Martin Jendrisak 1

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