Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Cary, IL ranks #1,595 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,101 patents from 337 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Cary, IL include Dow Global Technologies, Motorola, Molex. That works out to 117.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 337 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 George D. Green Dow Global Technologies 63
2 Terrance N. Taylor Motorola 55
3 Harold Keith Lang Molex 49
#4 Mario F. DeRango Moshun 45
#4 Gary D. Schulz Ubiquiti Networks 45
#6 Frank Kmiec Chicago Mercantile Exchange 43
#7 Scott Francis Migaldi T-Mobile Usa 41
#8 Thomas J. Smrt Fox Valley Systems 38
#9 David P. Beck Sage Products 33
#10 Gregory T. Davis Sage Products 30
#10 Daniel R. Ulreich Sage Products 30
#12 James P. Liautaud Unknown 28
#12 John Cummings Indak Manufacturing 28
#14 William H. Anderson Baxter International 27
#14 Charles R. Bleich Wms Gaming 27
#16 Mark J. Brierton Fenwal 25
#17 Richard R. Willis Uop 24
#18 William Anderson Excelsior Medical 23
#19 Emily Somers Medline Industries, Lp 22
#19 David E. Vietti Rohm And Haas 22
#21 James P. Cianci The Kendall Company Lp 20
#22 Joseph Wieczorek G.D. Searle 19
#22 Chris A. Murzanski Microsoft 19
#22 Glenn N. Taylor The Kendall Company Lp 19
#22 Heinz A. Miranda Gogo 19
#22 Michael J. Rigoni Sage Products 19
#22 James Layer Preva 19
#28 Richard J. Keniuk Ubiquiti 17
#28 Robert J. DeGroot Trinity Rail Group 17
#30 Karl W. Wyatt Motorola 16
#30 Kenneth F. Weger, Jr. Knaack Manufacturing 16
#32 Robert A. Virag Baxter Travenol Laboratories 15
#32 Stuart W. Thro Motorola 15
#32 Ryan A. Alvarez Sage Products 15
#35 David M. Bowman Uop 14
#35 Curtis L. Hollabaugh Sage Products 14
#35 Frederick P. Strobl, Jr. Baxter Travenol Laboratories 14
#35 Daniel L. Price Interface 14
#35 Loralei Brandt Helene Curtis 14
#35 Peter Ingwersen Molex 14
#35 Timothy J. Rapinchuk Sage Products 14
#35 Theresa L. Sebastian Sage Products 14
#43 Phillip D. Neumiller Motorola 13
#43 Thomas J. Sheahan Nidec Motor 13
#43 Donald Fisher Cg Technology 13
#43 Catherine S. Boulos Sage Products 13
#47 James Sorgani X-Ray Cassette Repair Co. 12
#47 Richard M. Collins Gea Tuchenhagen Gmbh 12
#47 Kent Jaeger Futurewei Technologies 12
#50 Marc Doubleday Northfield Laboratories 11

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