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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Genoa, IL ranks #15,733 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 98 patents from 31 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Genoa, IL include Clear Lam Packaging, Ideal Industries, Auto Meter Products. That works out to 18.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–31 of 31 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Pat Montefusco Clear Lam Packaging 14
2 Brenton Michael Solar Ideal Industries 11
3 Michael R. Gathman Auto Meter Products 6
3 William R. Keaton Communications Systems 6
#5 Walter Michael Shaw Adobe 5
#5 Mark G. Bradac 5
#5 Michael J. Ebert Behr Process 5
#5 Jeffery K. Hensley Trizetto 5
#9 Donald A. Santeler 4
#9 William J. Calderwood World Kitchen 4
#9 Mark Gribble AT&T 4
#12 William T. Keehn The Quaker Oats 3
#12 William M. Curtis Continental Emsco 3
#14 John P. Leahy Auto Meter Products 2
#14 Samuel John Pickerill Northwestern University 2
#14 Raymond J. Beckmann Hamilton Sundstrand 2
#14 Jason Musatto 2
#14 Lauren A. Strohmaier Rita 2
#19 Betty J. Bolger 1
#19 Justin Thomas Clausen Caterpillar 1
#19 Jason A. Kays 1
#19 Raymond J. Beckman, Jr. Hamilton Sundstrand 1
#19 Vincent Silvius 1
#19 J. Darin Swiger Modine Manufacturing 1
#19 Gary K. Pettee, Sr. 1
#19 Douglas R. Palmer 1
#19 Robert G. Dinello Otto Engineering 1
#19 Sarah Loeffel Medela Holding Ag 1
#19 Elmer W. Baneck Ideal Industries 1
#19 Brent Solar Ideal Industries 1
#19 William Daley Gte Automatic Electric Incorporated 1

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