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Chicago, IL All Time

63,287 patents  ·  13,327 inventors  ·  23.0/1k pop.

Ranked #82 of 111,555 cities Top 1%

Chicago, IL ranks #82 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 63,287 patents from 13,327 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Chicago, IL include G.D. Searle, Motorola Solutions, Cleversafe. That works out to 23.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 6,901–6,950 of 13,327 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#5168 Evan Sadler — 2
#5168 Christopher Chengelis G.D. Searle 2
#5168 Michael Wodis — 2
#5168 Jimmy Zong Motorola Solutions 2
#5168 Dhanvi Gopala Krishna Kapila Lakshmana Harsha Cleversafe 2
#5168 Caitlin Malone — 2
#5168 Seong-Sik Chang Northwestern University 2
#5168 Thaddeus J. Wong — 2
#5168 Melvin Hamilton Helikon Furniture 2
#5168 Nelson Troy de Freitas Uptake Technologies 2
#5168 Glen Robert Kleinschmidt — 2
#5168 R. Dodge D. Daverman MIT 2
#5168 Rodrigo E. Guajardo Wabtec Holding 2
#5168 Boldizsar Janko Los Alamos National Laboratory 2
#5168 Hexu Wang Beam Global 2
#5168 Rodrigo Dienstmann Cormark 2
#5168 John Sternberg — 2
#5168 William K. Johnston, III — 2
#5168 Bryan Chance — 2
#5168 Anthony Hixson — 2
#5168 Stephen T. Tyahla The Boeing 2
#5168 Kate Pottala Medline Industries, Lp 2
#5168 Scott Franzblau Myongji University Industry And Academia Cooperation Foundation 2
#5168 Brad Akers — 2
#5168 Zhuofan Zhang — 2
#5168 Akshay Singh — 2
#5168 Colin Hudson Allstate Insurance 2
#5168 Hofman Y. Li — 2
#5168 Adam Debuysscher — 2
#5168 Gerard Onyszko — 2
#5168 Ryan Wietholter Dober Chemical 2
#5168 Farees U. Khaja John Zink Company 2
#5168 Thomas Fraher G.D. Searle 2
#5168 Edmond L. Fernandez — 2
#5168 Angel Gonzalez Comdial 2
#5168 John E. Knecht Stone Container 2
#5168 Hermant W. Dandekar Uop 2
#5168 Tadej Emersic The University Of Chicago 2
#5168 Philip Guziec Allstate Insurance 2
#5168 Adithya Menon Unknown 2
#5168 Bita F. Cyrus Northwestern University 2
#5168 Liviu Millea — 2
#5168 Peter Rivera-Pierola Restaurant Technology 2
#5168 Hongxuan Liu Allstate Insurance 2
#5168 Timothy Backe Sunstar Americas 2
#5168 Joanna Maria Szymczyk Clarke Mosquito Control Products 2
#5168 John C. Ekholm — 2
#5168 Matthew Horney — 2
#5168 Christopher Orris Immersivetouch 2
#5168 Sergio J. Garibay Northwestern University 2

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