Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Batavia, IL ranks #1,381 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,434 patents from 347 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Batavia, IL include Masonite, The Chamberlain Group, Midtronics. That works out to 93.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 347 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jason M. Walsh Masonite 242
2 James J. Fitzgibbon The Chamberlain Group 204
3 Kevin I. Bertness Midtronics 149
#4 John E. Hoots Nalco Chemical 66
#4 William J. Phillips Suncast Technologies 66
#6 Jed Richardson 47
#7 Donald A. Johnson Nalco Chemical 42
#8 David James Olsen International Truck Intellectual Property Company 38
#9 Steven B. Swartzmiller Masonite 33
#10 George I. Wakileh Emerson Network Power, Energy Systems, North America 29
#10 James L. Willit Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 29
#12 Sungsuk Steve Kim Silgan White Cap 28
#12 Kyle B. Elsom Imi Cornelius 28
#14 Roger Sumner Rockwell Electronic Commerce Technologies 26
#14 Hazelton P. Avery Molex 26
#16 Michael MacDonald Masonite 25
#17 Robin Jeffrey Thompson AT&T 24
#18 Chander Chawla Dsm N.V. 22
#18 James Daniel Kovarik AT&T 22
#18 Michael J. A. Sagan Tenneco Packaging 22
#21 Wayne M. Carlson Nalco Company 21
#21 Krista S. Schwartz Ncr 21
#21 Gerald Pfleging 21
#24 Marvin R. Klotz Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 20
#25 Jim Kovarik Sbc Properties 19
#25 Charles J. Besecker Ineos Usa 19
#25 Maurice G. Latreille American National Can 19
#28 Kenneth W. Wood Cytokinetics 18
#29 Everett C. Phillips Nalco Company 17
#30 Darryl Hymel Rockwell Electronic Commerce Technologies 16
#31 Timothy M. Lyons International Engine Intellectual Property Company 15
#31 Charles F. Heidgen 15
#31 Mark Nelson Microsoft 15
#31 Tau-San Chou Ball Horticultural 15
#35 Kurt Lawrence Lindsey Cooper Technologies 14
#35 Paul Christopher Berg Molex 14
#35 Donald E. Wilt Miner Enterprises 14
#35 Timothy James Vallaro Inventus Power 14
#35 Michael D. O'Donnell AMD 14
#35 Jenna Walsh Amazon 14
#35 Robert B. Atac Thales Defense & Security 14
#42 Michael P. Henry Uchicago Argonne 13
#42 James L. Smith, Jr. International Truck Intellectual Property Company 13
#44 Glenn Whitener Cabot Microelectronics 12
#44 Ronald R. Garrison Wallace Computer Services 12
#44 Andre Beck Alcatel Lucent 12
#44 Charles W. Bauer Bp Amoco 12
#44 Gregory P. Hussmann Amoco 12
#49 Elizabeth Bertness Marmon Foodservice Technologies 11
#49 Steven F. Zink Uop 11

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