Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Plainfield, IL ranks #1,494 worldwide for total patents filed in 2022, with 89 patents from 53 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Plainfield, IL include Rai Strategic Holdings, Uchicago Argonne, Arris Enterprises. That works out to 2.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 53 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Steven Michael Schennum Rai Strategic Holdings 6
2 Anirudha V. Sumant Uchicago Argonne 5
3 Faisal Ishtiaq Arris Enterprises 4
3 Ronald Johannes Bonne Lumileds 4
3 Scott Allen Long Cnh Industrial America 4
3 Michael J. Hanson Hamilton Sundstrand 4
#7 Mitchell E. Auerbach International Truck Intellectual Property Company 3
#7 Bhavin Kadakia Commscope Technologies 3
#7 Chris A. Kruegel 3
#7 Joel D. Kwasny Panduit 3
#7 Joseph P. Madden 3
#12 Gregory L. Kuffel Panduit 2
#12 James Leo Leifker C&C Power 2
#12 Raji Rexavier Electro-Motive Diesel 2
#12 Chongxi Yu Techfields Pharma Co. 2
#12 Christopher Price Northern Trust 2
#17 Nicholas M. Baran Cvp Systems 1
#17 Joshua D. Zimmerman Cnh Industrial America 1
#17 Robert Gabriel Walter Chicago Bridge & Iron 1
#17 Robert J. Borse 1
#17 Harry W. Sarkas Nanophase Technologies 1
#17 Tim Hennessy Spraying Systems 1
#17 Suman Gachhadar Trinity Rail Group 1
#17 Hector Gregorio Lara Michael Foods 1
#17 Ryan Lee Wallace Texas Instruments 1
#17 Larry Mitchell Grela Unknown 1
#17 Dwayne St. George Jackson Cnh Industrial America 1
#17 Flavio Ernesto Ribeiro Pq 1
#17 Imran Karbhari 1
#17 Cathy Wantroba 1
#17 Michael S. Yatsco Barel Ip 1
#17 Theodore Lao Apple 1
#17 Kelly Tina Lin Thermos L.L.C. 1
#17 Jason R. Croy Uchicago Argonne 1
#17 Daniel Carreon 1
#17 Antonique SHORT 1
#17 John Berst Components Express 1
#17 Susan Buckles The Servicemaster 1
#17 Edward L. Goings Kpmg Llp 1
#17 Digna Boatman Spraying Systems 1
#17 Daniel Horvath 1
#17 Eric M. Martin Vesuvius Group, S.A. 1
#17 Stephen F. Blackler 1
#17 Martin P. Keating Borgwarner 1
#17 Harry Rowland Endotronix 1
#17 Scott A. Elkins Cnh Industrial America 1
#17 Wesley Thomas Payne Caterpillar 1
#17 Brian K. Rohder Panduit 1
#17 Ricardo Escobedo Cnh Industrial America 1
#17 Osman Levent Eryilmaz Uchicago Argonne 1

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