Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Belleville, IL ranks #4,392 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 631 patents from 206 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Belleville, IL include Paul Flum Ideas, Unknown, The Boeing. That works out to 14.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 206 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Donald J. Miller Paul Flum Ideas 44
2 Robert H. Graebe Unknown 32
3 Daniel N. Harres The Boeing 29
#4 Dallas Kellerman Cablofil 28
#5 Thomas F. Kappel Mallinckrodt Medical 23
#6 Andrew J. Boron Paul Flum Ideas 21
#7 Robert H. Heil 3M 14
#8 John Ackermann Cooper Technologies 13
#8 Richard L. Brady Hercules 13
#10 Robert E. Halvachs Mallinckrodt 11
#11 Timothy Allen Bauer Virdia 8
#11 Jay Kevin McCullough The Boeing 8
#11 Nicholas Poulos 8
#14 Robert J. Schrader Dole Fresh Vegetables 7
#14 Eric E. Moyes The Boeing 7
#14 William Scott Bertrand AT&T 7
#17 Kevin Gerard Fraser Star Cushion Products 6
#17 John Meehan Nortonlifelock 6
#17 Howard Graham National Steel 6
#17 Ned R. Siegel 6
#17 Raymond A. Crisio, Jr. 6
#17 Donald L. Freed, Jr. Marsh 6
#23 James F. Allsup Unknown 5
#23 Lloyd Maschhoff Empire Comfort Systems 5
#23 Donald P. Rigney Empire Comfort Systems 5
#23 Paul A. Rickman Roho 5
#23 Richard Gregg Winn 5
#23 Jessica Sue Haney Boester LINDER American Sterilizer 5
#23 Roland N. Latina Figgie Inernational 5
#23 Roger Wallis Foseco International Limited 5
#31 Margaret M. Hassel Pacific Telesis Shared Services 4
#31 David A. Sauerwein 4
#31 Matthew David Raetz Hubbell Incorporated 4
#31 Jinmin Hu Emerson Electric 4
#31 Chester Randolph Ratcliffe, III 4
#31 Jacob Patrick SULLIVAN Charles Schwab & Co. 4
#31 Steven A. Tinge Washington University 4
#31 M. Brent McClane 4
#31 Amy Hicks AT&T 4
#40 Rex Allen Rothgangel Jakel Incorporated 3
#40 James K. Huling Barry-Wehmiller 3
#40 Quentin E. Thompson 3
#40 Robert W. Graebe Roho 3
#40 James Wafer Emerson Electric 3
#40 Clifford R. Cairatti Diagraph 3
#40 Kurt Graebe Roho 3
#40 Christopher G. Kocher Badger Meter 3
#40 Hayat Rahman Pharmacia 3
#40 Michael C. Meyer 3
#40 Thomas Roewe Mastercard 3

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