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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Homewood, IL ranks #4,630 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 590 patents from 146 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Homewood, IL include Atlantic Richfield, Akzo N.V., Bush Industries. That works out to 30.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 146 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Jin S. Yoo Atlantic Richfield 41
2 Lloyd A. Baillie Atlantic Richfield 37
3 James E. Turner Akzo N.V. 34
#4 Joseph E. Miller Bush Industries 26
#5 David A. Shereyk Illinois Tool Works 21
#5 Alan K. Wu Dana Canada 21
#7 Kevin P. Murray Desoto 16
#8 John B. Brewster Holland 15
#8 Richard F. Tomko The Sherwin-Williams 15
#10 John A. Jaecker Atlantic Richfield 13
#10 Robert T. Fischer Miner Enterprises 13
#12 Marvin F. L. Johnson Atlantic Richfield 12
#13 John Mooi Atlantic Richfield 11
#13 Paul J. Patchen National Semiconductor 11
#15 Mark J. Freudinger Quantum Technical Services 10
#15 Sambhunath Ghosh Institute Of Gas Technology 10
#17 Nenad V. Mandich Applied Electroless Concepts 9
#17 Christopher Z. Sieradzki Amsted Industries Incorporated 9
#17 Brian M. Wahlert Microsoft 9
#17 Robert O. Clark Secretary Of State For Defence In Her Britannic Majesty'S Government Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland 9
#21 Richard L. Musto Combustion Engineering 8
#22 Frederick V. Reven Nalco Chemical 7
#23 David Schucart Uresil 6
#23 Louis F. Wise Blackbird Technologies 6
#23 Garrett McBrady Mcbrady Engineering 6
#26 Sandra Whitted Unknown 5
#26 Chris Quatrochi Johnson & Johnson 5
#26 John J. Stribiak 5
#26 Maqsood S. Ahmed The Sherwin-Williams 5
#26 Tai S. Chao Atlantic Richfield 5
#26 John L. Lass Square D 5
#26 Jeffrey W. Thompson Desoto 5
#33 Lina Arbash Meinel Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 4
#33 William H. Peterson The Pullman 4
#33 Gregory A. Sink Federal Signal 4
#33 Sang Joon Choi LG 4
#33 Stephen E. Seilheimer Allied Tube & Conduit 4
#33 David A. McCaulay Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 4
#39 Seung W. Lyu National Crane 3
#39 Revati Ranganathan Uniroyal Chemical Company 3
#39 James R. Simmons The Interlake Companies 3
#39 William L. James 3
#39 Michael D. Gaikowski GE 3
#39 Frank Lappin 3
#39 Brian Colin 3
#39 Gavin Scobbie R. R. Donnelley & Sons 3
#39 Kevin L. Redick 3
#39 Frank M. Niekrasz Ardco 3
#39 Monroe Hart 3
#50 Raymond McClinton 2

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