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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheaton, IL ranks #1,000 worldwide for total patents filed in 2023, with 134 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheaton, IL include Vertigo Media, Moshun, International Truck Intellectual Property Company. That works out to 2.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Pavel Savenok Vertigo Media 7
1 David Schuda Moshun 7
1 Rudy Gonzalez International Truck Intellectual Property Company 7
#4 Stephen Chen E-Lead Electronic Co. 5
#4 John Joseph King Smart Power Co. 5
#6 Nathaniel B. Clark Bank of America 4
#6 Charles Calvin Byers Cisco 4
#8 Daniel R. Vissers Vissers Battery 3
#8 Mahesh Krishnamurthy Software Motor 3
#10 Dennis Scott WILLIAMSON Here Global B.V. 2
#10 Qiping Zhu Nokia Technologies Oy 2
#10 Thomas J. Grinter The Chamberlain Group 2
#10 Hunter D. Smith Nomis 2
#10 Joseph Ledvora Robertshaw Controls 2
#10 Robert Wasserman Allstate Insurance 2
#10 John Southard Innovator Capital Management 2
#10 Graham Day Innovator Capital Management 2
#10 H. Bruce Bond Innovator Capital Management 2
#10 Gregory Erickson Aptargroup 2
#10 Steven Turner AMD 2
#10 Joseph Gerard Schultz Nxp Usa 2
#10 Jeffrey Butler Cunnane Hunter Fan 2
#10 Matthew Simpson Chicago Mercantile Exchange 2
#10 Guy Rosenthal United States Gypsum 2
#10 Christopher T. Schaafsma Illinois Tool Works 2
#26 Christoph H. Grein Epir Technologies 1
#26 Joe Ledvora Robertshaw Controls 1
#26 Michael D. Doyle Eolas Technologies 1
#26 Thomas J. Lutz !Obac Limited 1
#26 Matthew Hayes Zebra Technologies 1
#26 Stephen K. Gray Uchicago Argonne 1
#26 Scott Sporer Zimmer Orthopedic Surgical Products 1
#26 Jan Dvorak Crown Packaging Technology 1
#26 Shiyan Hua Alcatel Lucent 1
#26 Logan Blair Milwaukee Electric Tool 1
#26 Vince G. Reiling Suncoke Technology And Development 1
#26 Loi H. Tran Controlled Release Technologies 1
#26 Nancy Petrone 1
#26 Chris Paskvan Uptake Technologies 1
#26 Daniel Francis Posacki Abl Ip Holding 1
#26 Amjad Faroha 1
#26 Hubert Breton Masonite 1
#26 Michael K. Burke Zeftek 1
#26 Mark Franciskovich 1
#26 Michael Wiederholt Innovator Capital Management 1
#26 Michael E. Ferringer Pregis Innovative Packaging 1
#26 James M. Garvey Vrg Controls 1
#26 James T. Wexler Uop 1
#26 Emma S. Cripe Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children'S Hospital Of Chicago 1
#26 Brandon Janowiak Molex 1

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