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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Clarendon Hills, IL ranks #3,253 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 929 patents from 183 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Clarendon Hills, IL include Whirlpool, Pure Storage, Uop. That works out to 106.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 183 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Ben C. Shao Whirlpool 56
2 Scott M. Horan Pure Storage 36
3 James A. Johnson Uop 35
3 James Haruch Spraying Systems 35
#5 John Dawson Molins Plc 26
#6 Peter M. Gits Cisco 23
#7 John Kauzlarich Steiner Company 22
#8 Richard A. Herbst Moshun 19
#8 Earl W. Gosswiller Federal Signal 19
#10 Shigehiko Katsuragawa Arch Development 17
#10 Joseph A. Libera Uchicago Argonne 17
#12 William C. Swanson International Harvester 15
#13 Lawrence John Racana The Glad Products 14
#14 Anthony E. Gross Nalco Chemical 13
#14 Carmen T. Mascia Continental Ag 13
#16 Gregory M. Jursich American Air Liquide 12
#16 Eric R. Buhrke Motorola Mobility 12
#16 Ashraf Omran Cnh Industrial America 12
#16 David C. Brabb 12
#16 Bryant Edwards Illinois Tool Works 12
#21 George E. Rotter Bp Corporation North America 11
#21 Raymond G. Reip 11
#21 Court A. Saunders Amoco 11
#24 Robert Benesch American Air Liquide 10
#24 Robert W. Strickland Halliburton Energy Services 10
#24 Daniel Krecichwost Tribune Publishing Company 10
#24 Michael C. Bunnell Cnh Industrial America 10
#24 Katherine M. McGuire Littelfuse 10
#29 Marshall Ashby Gibbs Information Resources 9
#29 John Mura Motorola Mobility 9
#29 Frank Bozich H.B. Fuller 9
#29 Algirdas J. Bindokas Baxter International 9
#29 David J. Kowalski Nalco Chemical 9
#29 Richard D. Schaller Uchicago Argonne 9
#35 Rajesh K. Ahluwalia Uchicago Argonne 8
#35 Edward F. Handley Eaton 8
#35 Richard A. Kretchmer Amoco 8
#35 William E. Stepan Gte Automatic Electric Incorporated 8
#35 Robert E. Young General Motors 8
#40 Jerome Antunes A. J. Antunes & 7
#40 George R. Vater J. I. Case 7
#40 Daniel Costello Arrowhead Center 7
#40 George S. Everett Qo Chemicals 7
#40 Thomas E. Wright Environmentally Safe Products 7
#45 Wayne W. Lark Caterpillar 6
#45 Uwe Tapfer Google 6
#45 Armand J. deRosset Uop 6
#45 Patrick A. McCormick Whirlpool 6
#49 Scott Thomas Rohrbaugh Federal Signal 5
#49 Robert Lewis Clintec Nutrition 5

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