Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Glen Ellyn, IL ranks #1,107 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,059 patents from 541 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Glen Ellyn, IL include Uop, The Standard Oil, Nucurrent. That works out to 106.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 541 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Alakananda Bhattacharyya Uop 118
2 James F. Brazdil The Standard Oil 96
3 Michael Katz Nucurrent 83
#4 Bradley M. Hiben Motorola 72
#4 Robert T. Thurman Wilson Sporting Goods 72
#6 Joseph J. Zupancic 71
#7 Kenneth R. Fenne Pittway 62
#8 Daniel B. McGowan Molex 60
#9 William Ward Cabot Microelectronics 54
#10 Ryan M. Briggs Allstate Insurance 49
#11 James C. Hand Columbia Insurance 38
#12 Matthew James Manzella Allstate Insurance 35
#13 Jim Hand Waterloo Industries 34
#13 Gary P. Hagen Amoco 34
#15 Jerry D. Kachlic Molex 32
#16 Roberto A. Capodieci Mars, Incorporated 31
#17 William McDonough Navigation Technologies 27
#18 Benedito J. Fonseca, Jr. Arris Enterprises 26
#18 Robert J. Corke Motorola 26
#20 Md Rashidul Islam Motorola Mobility 25
#21 Gerald R. English Laird Technologies 24
#22 Mark Daniel Janninck Motorola 23
#22 Michael S. Sandacz Uop 23
#24 Bret R. Marschand Sanford 21
#24 James T. Beaucaire International Engine Intellectual Property Company 21
#26 John C. Moran AT&T 20
#26 Harry Edward Mussman Level 3 Communications 20
#28 Paul G. Simmons Restaurant Technology 19
#28 Stanley G. Wiedmeyer Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 19
#30 John G. Williams E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And 18
#30 Richard J. Dynarski Qualcomm 18
#30 David Rossi Sportcraft 18
#33 Shuyuan Liao G.D. Searle 17
#33 Roger B. Poeppel The University Of Chicago 17
#33 Christopher J. Desmond Memoryweb 17
#33 Nancy L. Desmond Memoryweb 17
#33 Keith Cyzen Unknown 17
#38 Tedd M. Schneidewend Pentair Residential Filtration 16
#38 Andy Hill Kla-Tencor 16
#38 Daniel R. Schroeder Motorola 16
#38 Russell C. Schulz Uop 16
#38 Karl Z. Steigleder Uop 16
#38 Lawrence B. Peck Amoco 16
#44 Raymond B. Essick, IV Motorola 15
#44 Kurt Detrick Uop 15
#46 Chau Ha Dsm N.V. 14
#46 A. John Michaelis Xaar Limited 14
#46 Mark C. Wiedner 14
#46 Donald Lee Andruska AT&T 14
#46 Michael E. Nagy IBM 14

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