Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lemont, IL ranks #3,738 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 783 patents from 212 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lemont, IL include Phoenix Closures, Federal Package Network, Spectrasensors. That works out to 44.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 212 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Len Ekkert Phoenix Closures 49
2 Frank J. Lang Federal Package Network 40
3 Randy May Spectrasensors 27
#4 Robert W. Kossak Panduit 23
#5 Dennis Szczesniak Silgan White Cap 17
#5 James S. Allemand Swanson Tool Co. 17
#7 Henry M. Hillstrom Weber-Stephen Products 16
#7 Ryan R. Raetzman Cnh Industrial America 16
#9 R. Bruce DeMent Kastalon 14
#9 Richard Rachwalski Motorola 14
#9 Robert D. Montgomery Mp Hollywood 14
#12 Anh D. Vu Apple 13
#13 Wayne Allen Rudolph Electro-Motive Diesel 11
#13 Richard C. Polivka Ina Acquisition 11
#15 Robert A. Popper Knowles Electronics 10
#15 Stanley Brzezniak Panduit 10
#17 Lawrence Stanley Przybylski Electro-Motive Diesel 9
#17 Volker Todt Sumco Phoenix 9
#17 Ryan Granger Macneil Ip 9
#20 Robert G. Scott Glaxosmithkline 8
#20 Richard L. Weinbrenner 8
#20 John Ernst Nielsen Madsen Electro-Motive Diesel 8
#20 William R. Borowski Salco Products 8
#20 Gregory Raymond Kupiec Electro-Motive Diesel 8
#25 Charles W. Fennessy Noma 7
#25 Tom Plunkett Dana Limited 7
#27 James Leonard Blase Electro-Motive Diesel 6
#27 Stefano C. Fazio Testarossa Incorporated 6
#27 George M. Butkovich Case Gmbh 6
#27 James R. Dralle A.J. Dralle 6
#27 Dusan Strmcnik Uchicago Argonne 6
#27 James L. Turner AT&T 6
#27 David Hinks North Carolina State University 6
#34 Robert Bromberek Steering Solutions Ip Holding 5
#34 Elena A. Rozhkova Uchicago Argonne 5
#34 Nada Dimitrijevic Uchicago Argonne 5
#34 Joseph Vucko Goss Graphic Systems Limited 5
#34 Robert J. Madera Caterpillar 5
#34 Alek Czernobil Cnh Industrial America 5
#34 Joyce A. Engels Corn Products International 5
#34 John Smaga US Dept of Energy 5
#34 Matthias J. Young Uchicago Argonne 5
#34 Charles A. Kallick 5
#34 Kevin P. O'Leary 3M 5
#34 James R. Zwick Federal-Mogul Worldwide 5
#46 Sergey V. Baryshev Euclid Techlabs 4
#46 David J. Kissick Purdue Research Foundation 4
#46 Bruce Frank Bort 4
#46 Walter Kozlowski Ecolab Usa 4
#46 Anthony Gregory Smith Cadbury Schweppes Plc 4

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