Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Bourbonnais, IL ranks #2,343 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,341 patents from 314 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Bourbonnais, IL include Uop, Cnh Industrial America, Wabtec Holding. That works out to 73.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 314 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Tom N. Kalnes Uop 115
2 Travis L. Harnetiaux Cnh Industrial America 46
3 Scott Natschke Wabtec Holding 41
#4 James L. Warmus R. R. Donnelley & Sons 37
#5 Jay K. Seyler NVIDIA 36
#6 James F. Kneller Nalco Chemical 26
#7 James F. Zievers Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. 23
#8 Robert L. Moore Paal, L.L.C. 22
#9 Dean E. Meyer Wilson Sporting Goods 20
#10 Alex V. Degutis Salco Products 19
#11 Gary Lee Warren Csl Limited 18
#11 John E. Bauer Uop 18
#13 James M. Berry Magnetrol International, Incorporated 17
#14 Thomas R. Bajek Steiner Company 15
#14 Thomas A. Benoit Illinois Tool Works 15
#14 James A. Turek Illinois Tool Works 15
#17 Joseph E. Spradlin Kraft Foods Holdings 14
#18 Edward J. Brzezniak Verson, A Division Of Allied Products 13
#18 Jack W. Thomsen Everpure 13
#20 Troy C. Litherland Stranco 12
#20 Raelynn M. Miller Uop 12
#20 J. E. Todd Giesfeldt Cpc International 12
#20 Charles C. Hansen, III Hansen Technologies 12
#24 Joseph W. Nelligan, Jr. Molex 11
#24 Richard J. Corrigan Motorola 11
#26 Frank Strand Magtech As 10
#26 Lincoln D. Metcalfe Akzona Incorporated 10
#26 Richard Robert Boland AT&T 10
#26 Ryan M. Torrenga Provisur Technologies 10
#26 Dilip K. Nakhasi Bunge Oils 10
#31 Jose E. Davila General Railway Signal 9
#31 Jack J. Schafer Molex 9
#31 Frederick J. Whiting Goss Graphic Systems Limited 9
#31 Kevin P. Olechowski Illinois Tool Works 9
#31 Paul A. Reisdorf Molex 9
#31 Ronald A. Zweifel Perkinelmer Las 9
#37 Thomas W. Myers Accenture Global Solutions Limited 8
#37 Michael A. McSweeney Lockheed Martin 8
#37 Elizabeth C. Zievers Industrial Filter & Pump Mfg. 8
#37 James R. Smith Csl Behring L.L.C. 8
#37 Michael S Boyle Fca Us Llc. 8
#42 Robert Kling Csl Behring L.L.C. 7
#42 Robert John Laitman Ameritech 7
#42 Carl Young Goldman Sachs 7
#42 Kimberly Sue Tomasko-Dean AT&T 7
#42 Joseph Pedziwiatr Motorola 7
#42 Scott M. Kee Csl Behring L.L.C. 7
#42 Robert L. Colescott NVIDIA 7
#49 Randy S. Mueller AT&T 6
#49 Daniel D. Evert H.J. Heinz 6

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