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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Crete, IL ranks #9,469 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 216 patents from 82 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Crete, IL include Andrew, Federal Signal, Mcbrady Engineering. That works out to 25.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 82 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James Wlos Andrew 12
1 Joseph F. Bader Federal Signal 12
3 Julian P. Avelis Mcbrady Engineering 11
#4 Chad K. Zeilenga Illinois Tool Works 8
#4 Kenneth L. Smedberg Unknown 8
#6 Milton W. Erickson Dover Associates 7
#6 James J. Schuller Thrall Car Manufacturing 7
#8 Kileean E. Bell Illinois Tool Works 6
#8 David J. Brosius 6
#10 George B. Mueller 5
#10 Glenn W. Dillon Magicfire 5
#10 Shawn T. Kemp Panduit 5
#10 Kerry Linz 5
#10 William J. Cienkus, Jr. Chs Acquisition 5
#10 Carl Mastny Hydra-Stop 5
#10 Alfred Gottlieb Infineon Technologies Ag 5
#10 Larry W. Kruse Amoco 5
#18 John Frett Holland 4
#18 Maureen Weber Abbott 4
#18 Hollis J. Habeger The Procter & Gamble 4
#21 Joel G. Kuchcik Mi-Jack Products 3
#21 George A. Uhl Atlantic Richfield 3
#21 Karen Drukker 3
#21 Thomas R. Kinney The Interlake Companies 3
#21 Donald C. Harris 3
#21 Richard S. Cline Inland Steel 3
#21 Thomas G. Donkin Wabash National 3
#28 Shane A. Mayhill Holland 2
#28 John Michelon 2
#28 Jamison J. Anton Illinois Tool Works 2
#28 Steven J. Cinke Life Fitness 2
#28 Eric Urban Illinois Tool Works 2
#28 Roxane M. Bishop American Maize-Products 2
#28 Amy Huckstep Rehabilitation Institute Of Chicago 2
#28 Jonathan Piepenbrink Nanophase Technologies 2
#28 Daniel B. Eickemeyer Atlantic Richfield 2
#28 Bradley R. Corral Chs Acquisition 2
#28 David P. Slager, Sr. 2
#39 Julie Rizzo 1
#39 Rich A. Rousseau Ttx 1
#39 Dane Whaley Quanta Associates 1
#39 Robert Steiert Federal Signal 1
#39 Gregg Narcisse 1
#39 Kadestrick D. Russell 1
#39 Eduardo Villar 1
#39 Stanley W. Szykowny 1
#39 Frank L. Corral Chs Acquisition 1
#39 John Martello 1
#39 Eline Ashley 1
#39 James Bugajski Bee Chemical 1

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