Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bolingbrook, IL ranks #1,398 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,400 patents from 491 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bolingbrook, IL include Cisco, Chorum Technologies Lp, Cnh Industrial America. That works out to 32.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 491 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Om Prakash Suthar Cisco 59
2 Kuang-Yi Wu Chorum Technologies Lp 58
3 Aditya Singh Cnh Industrial America 46
#4 John David Carter Apple 44
#5 Ji Cui TSMC 38
#6 Jeffrey A. Williams Dicke Tool 35
#7 Natalie Brooks Powell IBM 33
#8 Joseph A. Kwak Interdigital Technology 32
#9 Jerome W. Rathke US Dept of Energy 31
#10 Jun Lu Uchicago Argonne 30
#11 George Wilkin AT&T 29
#11 Duqiang Wu Cnh Industrial America 29
#13 Dayao Chen Caterpillar 26
#14 Samrendra K. Singh Cnh Industrial America 25
#15 Cynthia M. Melton Motorola 24
#15 Mark M. Data Molex 24
#17 Li Tang Hkc Corporation Limited 21
#17 Richard L. Fischer 21
#19 Thomas E. Snead Elevance Renewable Sciences 20
#19 Raghubir S. Mutum Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing 20
#19 James R. Papania Borgwarner 20
#19 Gary E. Polgar Molex 20
#23 Ronald Martin AT&T 19
#24 David A. Grattan Nalco Company 18
#24 Joseph W. Hoff Eastman Kodak 18
#24 Aamir Badruddin Galaxy Therapeutics 18
#24 David Martin Antennasys 18
#28 Bakulesh A. Mehta Dytel 17
#28 Conrad Alfaro 17
#30 Joseph Kleinhenz Allstate Insurance 16
#30 Jorge A. Marzari 16
#30 Lawrence B. Jordan Wi-Tronix 16
#33 John W. Sparapany Nalco Chemical 15
#33 Jon E. Ricketts Case Gmbh 15
#33 Pengdi Han Cts 15
#33 William J. Wokas Wm. Wrigley Jr. 15
#33 Shant Alexanian Boost Auto Parts 15
#38 J. David Vonderhaar Midtronics 14
#38 Jorge Jimenez Control Solutions 14
#38 Robert F. Levin Panduit 14
#38 Robert Beckstrom Rockwell Electronic Commerce Technologies 14
#42 Clark J. Shafer Peopleflo Manufacturing 13
#42 Gilles Verboom Alberto Culver 13
#42 William S. Eryman Amoco 13
#42 Stephen O'Rourke Cph Innovations 13
#42 Donald R. Cutler Electro Scientific Industries 13
#47 David C. Sachtleben Cnh Industrial America 12
#47 Timothy R. McClelland Molex 12
#47 Jitendra G. Patel Institute Of Gas Technology 12
#47 Genaro Cortez Illinois Tool Works 12

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