Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Carlyle, IL ranks #7,007 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 338 patents from 41 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Carlyle, IL include Southpac Trust International, Better Air International Limited, Quartex, Division Of Primex. That works out to 103.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–41 of 41 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 William F. Straeter Southpac Trust International 178
2 Lisa A. Straeter Southpac Trust International 31
3 Michael R. Hoffman Better Air International Limited 24
#4 Terrence J. O'Neill Quartex, Division Of Primex 19
#5 Mark J. Kwilosz Illinois Tool Works 7
#6 Yoav Shefi 6
#6 Elinor Avni Âme Creations, Llc. 6
#6 Donald Seielstad Wm. Wrigley Jr. 6
#9 Phillip Pruitt Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 5
#10 Arnon Kanfi Infinidat 4
#10 Joan Teresa Richter Jakel Incorporated 4
#10 Brian R. Samuels Viskase Companies 4
#10 James Arter Allied Gear & Machine 4
#10 Bogdan Belgorodsky Ramot At Tel-Aviv University 4
#15 Lior Segev Applied Materials 3
#16 Michael E. Jantzen 2
#16 Melvin Deien 2
#16 Curtis B. Hemann Arrow Group Industries 2
#16 Susan Zelisko Loyola University Of Chicago 2
#16 Alex V. Wiegmann Nidec Motor 2
#16 Alex Rashkovan 2
#16 Charles B. Casey 2
#23 Phillip G. Marlow 1
#23 Gerhard M. Diekemper 1
#23 Barry Francis Hampel 1
#23 Henry Narcissi 1
#23 Gary Wayne Robert 1
#23 William Straeter Highland Supply 1
#23 Stephanie D. Osborn Eaton Intelligent Power Limited 1
#23 Greg Petermeyer Sev-Rend 1
#23 Calvin E. Yardley 1
#23 Boris D. Akkerman 1
#23 Douglas W. Rommelmann Chevron 1
#23 Eugene R. Howard 1
#23 Vincent B. Wesselmann 1
#23 Vernon F. Vahlkamp 1
#23 Thomas Adam Leahy 1
#23 Wayne Diekemper 1
#23 Kurt Masching 1
#23 Jason P. Lampe AT&T 1
#23 David Ross Blecha, Jr. Evapco 1

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