Top Inventors in Elgin, IL | Patent Leaderboard

Elgin, IL ranks #1,178 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,853 patents from 644 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Elgin, IL include Masonite, AT&T, Suncast Technologies. That works out to 24.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 644 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Timothy D. Gouge	Masonite	101
2	Wayne Robert Heinmiller	AT&T	99
3	Stephen Whitehead	Suncast Technologies	98
#4	Stephen P. Whitehead	—	82
#5	Edgar W. Maltby	Taymac	64
#6	Jerry A. Long	Molex	39
#7	Sanford J. Morganstein	Dytel	37
#8	Jacob C. Greenberg	Wms Gaming	34
#8	David Michael Corns, II	Entigenlogic	34
#10	David R. Pacholok	Everbrite	32
#11	Larry D. Larsen	IBM	30
#11	Eric H. Urruti	Corning Incorporated	30
#13	James W. Priegnitz	Uop	26
#14	Sean H. Cho	Aptargroup	25
#14	Christopher Monti	Knowles Electronics	25
#16	Bhupendra C. Patel	The Kendall Company Lp	24
#17	Madjid Soofi	Magneco/Metrel	23
#18	David C. Young	US Air Force	22
#19	Peter F. Stultz	Unknown	21
#20	Larry D. Annis	Medela Holding Ag	20
#20	John Bosko	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing	20
#20	Richard J. Tracy	Illinois Tool Works	20
#23	Thomas L. Hiller	AT&T	18
#24	Gerald R. Sorensen	Ncm International	17
#24	Steven J. Fulton	Spectra Group Limited	17
#26	David John Cox	U.S. Filter Wastewater Group	16
#26	John T. Bretscher	Google	16
#26	Michael S. Quimby	AMD	16
#26	Peter L. Madaffari	Tibbetts Industries	16
#30	Mark S. Timmerman	Illinois Tool Works	15
#30	Richard S. Hart	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And	15
#30	William G. Rodseth	Illinois Tool Works	15
#33	Michael A. Jones	The Marconi Company Limited	14
#33	Gerald Tully	Greenlee Tools	14
#33	William C. Bohne	Motorola	14
#33	Michael P. Sullivan	Nidec Motor	14
#37	Keeley Kabala	Whirlpool	13
#37	Richard Kang	Exicure	13
#37	James F. Jolly	Amano Enzyme	13
#37	Kenneth L. Sanderson	Duraco Products	13
#37	Juniwati Katopo	Medline Industries, Lp	13
#37	Craig A. Braun	Seaquistperfect Dispensing Foreign	13
#37	Eric James	Rockwell Electronic Commerce Technologies	13
#37	William E. Blaha	Ideal Industries	13
#45	Lyndon Just	Arrows Up	12
#45	Robert J. Brainard	Jds Uniphase	12
#45	Richard L. Thorne	Prince Castle	12
#45	Gene Sipinski	S. C. Johnson & Son	12
#45	Scott Carpenter	Excelitas Technologies	12
#50	Donald J. Broomfield	Illinois Tool Works	11

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