Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Dunlap, IL ranks #1,134 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,954 patents from 474 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Dunlap, IL include Caterpillar, Byd Company Limited, Endotronix. That works out to 1842.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 474 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Thomas Marshall Congdon Caterpillar 110
2 Mihai Mircea Balan Caterpillar 68
3 Kenneth L. Stratton Caterpillar 57
#4 Jianhua Zhang Byd Company Limited 53
#5 Yanchai Zhang Caterpillar 50
#6 Jaswinder Singh Caterpillar 48
#6 Martin L. Willi Caterpillar 48
#6 David A. Pierpont Caterpillar 48
#9 Mo Wei Caterpillar 45
#10 Jackson Wai Caterpillar 40
#11 Hoisan Kim Caterpillar 39
#12 Wade J. Robel Caterpillar 37
#13 Robert J. Price Caterpillar 36
#14 Roger L. Recker Caterpillar 34
#15 Ahmed Khalil Caterpillar 33
#15 Brett M. Bailey Caterpillar 33
#17 Jesse Gerdes Caterpillar 32
#18 James Joshua Driscoll Caterpillar 28
#18 Norval P. Thomson Caterpillar 28
#18 Rammagy Yoeu Caterpillar 28
#21 Jeffrey Edward Jensen Caterpillar 27
#21 Gregory W. Hefler Caterpillar 27
#23 Eric C. Fluga Caterpillar 25
#24 Michael P. Harmon Caterpillar 24
#25 Balamurugan Sundaram Endotronix 23
#25 Jinhui Sun Caterpillar 23
#25 David E. Martin Caterpillar 23
#25 Richard H. Holtman Caterpillar 23
#25 Daniel J. Sordelet Caterpillar 23
#30 Steven C. Budde Caterpillar 22
#31 William J. Tate Caterpillar 21
#31 Clifford E. Cotton, III Caterpillar 21
#31 Alexander C. Crosman, III Caterpillar 21
#34 Dachuan Yu Caterpillar 20
#34 Charlie Kim Caterpillar 20
#34 Benoit Abello Caterpillar 20
#37 George Gassman Wahl Clipper 19
#37 Marcelo C. Algrain Caterpillar 19
#37 Benjamin J. Hodel Caterpillar 19
#37 Carl J. Moberg Caterpillar 19
#37 George Maher Andrew 19
#42 Jeffrey A. Brush Caterpillar 18
#42 Russell R. Graze, Jr. Caterpillar 18
#42 Craig P. Hittle Caterpillar 18
#45 Roger Dwight Watkins Endotronix 17
#45 John D. Parker IBM 17
#47 James Durand Caterpillar 16
#47 Dongming Tan Caterpillar 16
#47 Yong Yi Caterpillar 16
#47 Yongliang Zhu Caterpillar 16

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