Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Hoffman Estates, IL ranks #770 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,393 patents from 707 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Hoffman Estates, IL include Futurewei Technologies, Hamilton Sundstrand, Uop. That works out to 83.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 707 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Weimin Xiao Futurewei Technologies 216
2 Debabrata Pal Hamilton Sundstrand 147
3 Santi Kulprathipanja Uop 112
#4 George Calcev Futurewei Technologies 82
#5 Mark Fimoff Zenith Electronics 81
#6 Robert H. Johnson Allstate Insurance 80
#7 Nitin Mangalvedhe Nokia Technologies Oy 71
#8 Donald G. Newberg 69
#9 Rahul Bharat Desai Motorola Mobility 63
#10 Tsuyoshi Uchida Omron 59
#11 Narothum Saxena United States Cellular 57
#12 Jason Silverstein Sears Brands, L.L.C. 56
#13 Dipendra M. Chowdhary 45
#14 Ira A. Gerson Motorola 41
#15 Jason C. Cohen Kimberly-Clark Worldwide 36
#16 Thomas J. Pullukat Chemplex 34
#17 Jiang Chang Merck 33
#18 Albert Ditzig Telephone Products 32
#18 Syng N. Kim Wico 32
#20 James O. Harris Unknown 31
#21 Michael Saubert Transform Sr Brands 30
#22 Sean S. Kelley Motorola 28
#22 Robert S. Doumani Robert Bosch Gmbh 28
#24 Terence Edward Sumner Motorola 27
#24 David E. Cerny Baxter International 27
#24 William J. Koves Uop 27
#27 Stephen N. Levine Motorola 26
#28 William Kenneth Day Icu Medical 25
#28 David A. Lesch Uop 25
#28 Maninder S. Sehmbey Motorola 25
#31 Sam S. Lee Amoco 24
#31 Jeffrey C. Smolinske Motorola 24
#33 George Aleksandrovich Yahoo Assets 23
#33 Michael Wildman Swimc 23
#35 Kenneth J. Kountz Borgwarner 22
#35 James A. Lamb Motorola 22
#35 Ajaykumar R. Idnani Motorola 22
#38 Robert Chatel The Quaker Oats 21
#38 Robert E. Ansel Desoto 21
#38 Mikale K. Kwon Nuwave 21
#41 Roger K. Nibert ExxonMobil 20
#41 Wei Pan Uop 20
#41 Shanthi E. Thomas 20
#41 Gerry K. Noren Desoto 20
#41 Walter Vogel Karl Storz Se & Co. Kg 20
#41 Robert L. Kosrow Union Special 20
#47 Murali Kumaran Kariathungal GE 19
#48 David N. Myers Uop 18
#48 Kevin Bradley The Pampered Chef 18
#48 Roshan N. Manibharathi Nevis Industries 18

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