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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 National Institutes Of Health (Nih), MIT, Cozzini. That works out to 23.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 8,901–8,950 of 13,327 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
#7538 Erik J Offerman National Institutes Of Health (Nih) 1
#7538 Morris James R. Jamlang — 1
#7538 David Jaress — 1
#7538 Edward Corcoran — 1
#7538 J. Douglas Johnson — 1
#7538 Jiuyun | Shi MIT 1
#7538 Katarzyna Truty Cozzini 1
#7538 Patrick William Hilburn — 1
#7538 Azarakhsh Malekian Rovi Technologies 1
#7538 Tatsamai Jarusiripipat Uop 1
#7538 Charlotte Bessiere Veolia Water Technologies 1
#7538 Jon Vander Wonde Global Green Products 1
#7538 Liya Muslinkina Institut National D'Optique 1
#7538 Katie Ozamis Berlin Packaging 1
#7538 Matt Virgo Uchicago Argonne 1
#7538 Russ Auger Scicotec Gmbh 1
#7538 Rachel Christner Howard GE 1
#7538 Jamie La Montagna Columbia Insurance 1
#7538 J. T. Harrison Oil-Dri Corporation Of America 1
#7538 Nelson Velazquez IBM 1
#7538 Fabricio F. Costa — 1
#7538 Eric Selner The Radio Flyer 1
#7538 Hariharan Devarajan Illinois Institute Of Technology 1
#7538 Anthony Kougkas Illinois Institute Of Technology 1
#7538 Souvick Chatterjee Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#7538 Pallab Sinha Mahapatra Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 1
#7538 Meredith Marks — 1
#7538 Jesse Talant — 1
#7538 Ai-Guo Wu Northwestern University 1
#7538 Gangjian Qin — 1
#7538 Nikisha Hunter L'Oréal 1
#7538 David E. Trier Accenture Global Services Limited 1
#7538 Joseph Piccirilli The University Of Chicago 1
#7538 Mohammad Isam Malkawi Cambium Networks 1
#7538 Alejandro H. Stochetti Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Llp 1
#7538 David Murch Fireking Security Products 1
#7538 Dorota Klepacki University Of Illinois 1
#7538 Martyn Pickering — 1
#7538 Graydon Booth Sharma & Associates 1
#7538 Mark Nasr United Airlines 1
#7538 Hilary J. Ward — 1
#7538 Dickson Isaacs Motorola Mobility 1
#7538 Kritika Pershad University Of Illinois 1
#7538 Catherine Elizabeth Kang Governing Council Of The University Of Toronto 1
#7538 Stephen P. Angelo Wms Gaming 1
#7538 Les Teichner Quality Edge 1
#7538 Tanya Gutsol Motorola Solutions 1
#7538 James Counaghton Allen — 1
#7538 Vivian Miller — 1
#7538 Brahim Bakayoko Ccc Information Services 1

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