Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Addison, IL ranks #3,721 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 787 patents from 247 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Addison, IL include Uop, Eaton, IBM. That works out to 22.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 247 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Allen Aldridge 39
2 Ray V. Scott, Jr. Uop 22
3 Robert J. Torrence Eaton 18
#4 David Bastian IBM 17
#4 Charles P. McGonegal Uop 17
#6 Neil Wilson Unknown 16
#7 Ronald Clark Sony 12
#7 Timothy J. Barder Uop 12
#7 James Robinson Pharmacyclics 12
#10 Aristotelis S. Arvanitis Motorola 11
#10 Dusan N. Ivancevic Cornelius 11
#12 Nicholas D. De Trana AT&T 10
#12 Dominic Tiberio Bally Gaming 10
#12 David L. Vonder Gte Automatic Electric Labs 10
#12 Stephen J. Provancal The Gillette Company 10
#16 Josef Keglewitsch Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corportion 9
#16 Ronald Liedtke Kidco 9
#16 Edward S. Sommer Molex 9
#16 Stanley E. Lehnert Zenith Radio 9
#16 William R. Brooks Eaton 9
#16 John A. Serio International Engine Intellectual Property Company 9
#22 James W. Webster Reliance Com/Tec 8
#22 Walter J. Wozniak Marvin Glass & Associates 8
#22 Thomas F. Dunlap Warn Industries 8
#22 Gerald J. LeVault Wilson Sporting Goods 8
#22 Gary Cosentino Turtle Wax 8
#22 Stanislaw Piotrowski Illinois Tool Works 8
#22 David E. Lass Nidec Motor 8
#29 David S. Tait Zenith Electronics 7
#29 Stanley J. Zielinski The Curran 7
#31 Jordan Ciezobka Gas Technology Institute 6
#31 William J. Blucher Illinois Tool Works 6
#31 Irving C. Heinzel 6
#31 Terry Arnieri 6
#31 John R. Welk Motorola 6
#31 Tom Carlson Illinois Tool Works 6
#31 Brian Eddy Williams Electronics Games 6
#31 Francis H. Hilbert Motorola 6
#31 Myra A. Hoshowski Helene Curtis 6
#31 Anand R. Vithani Sharma & Associates 6
#31 Maria A. Theodore 6
#42 Chris Benson Illinois Tool Works 5
#42 Henry A. Heide Velten & Pulver 5
#42 Marten C. Hausermann Hausermann Abrading Process 5
#42 Hristo Hristov AT&T 5
#42 Carl Pomilia American Flange & Manufacturing Co. 5
#42 Keith Ritter Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 5
#42 Ansano Bertellotti Gte Automatic Electric Labs 5
#42 Steven Sobieszek Gogo 5
#42 Gary A. Dziabis Uop 5

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