Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Glencoe, IL ranks #2,480 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,251 patents from 188 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Glencoe, IL include G.D. Searle, Allstate Insurance, Tenex. That works out to 141.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 188 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard A. Mueller G.D. Searle 217
2 Howard Hayes Allstate Insurance 97
3 Albert B. Cheris Tenex 50
#4 Eric B. Shain Abbott 43
#5 Robert Price Thermoflex 31
#5 Bruce Ronner Arrow Plastic Manufacturing 31
#7 Sidney M. Libit Unknown 30
#7 Doron Friedman Spoton Transact 30
#7 Michael J. Mulroy Geofeedia 30
#10 David Sarnoff Handi-Foil 28
#10 Irwin J. Ferdinand The Hirsh 28
#12 Thomas Chiang Delta Electronics 25
#13 Timothy Peter Doelman Fairlife 24
#14 Richard R. Rosin Uop 23
#14 Daniel C. Law The Boeing 23
#16 James A. Goodman Prototype Equipment 21
#17 Hwan-Soo Jae Abbott 20
#18 Daniel A. Law 17
#19 Marie-Esther Saint Victor Cognis 16
#19 Robert A. Gera Comcast 16
#21 Stephen J. Carter University Of Washington 14
#21 Gary Handwerker Midwest Canvas 14
#23 Lyuji Ozawa ITRI 13
#24 James J. Myrick Kraft Foods Holdings 11
#25 George D. Sullivan American Colloid 10
#25 Walter Nathan Rtc Industries 10
#25 Frans Brouwer Harper-Wyman 10
#28 Yoon Ho Auh Nuts Holdings 9
#28 Joseph Savit Aes Technology Systems 9
#30 Brian M. Wilk Hasbro 8
#30 Graham Donald Ireland Allstate Insurance 8
#30 Julian Solway Arch Development 8
#30 Ryan Kole Rk Inventions 8
#34 Mary Belle T. Harwich 7
#34 James G. Conley 7
#34 Paul A. Solomon U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7
#34 Edward J. Franczek Ameritech 7
#34 Howard Cheskin Abbott 7
#39 David Michael Bender IBM 6
#39 Marvin Camras Iit Research Institute 6
#39 Fauzia Somani Walgreen 6
#42 Philip Carragher 5
#42 Ralph Ettlinger Amco 5
#42 Robert Gera Comcast 5
#42 Jack H. Davis Memphis Eye & Cataract Associates Ambulatory Surgery Center 5
#42 Derek Louis Sammann Chicago Mercantile Exchange 5
#42 Robert C. Phillips Callidus Technologies, L.L.C. 5
#42 David Goone Intercontinental Exchange Holdings 5
#42 Samuel DiCesare Asc Regenity Limited 5
#50 Willard Aaron 4

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