Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Lombard, IL ranks #1,467 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,300 patents from 459 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Lombard, IL include Molex, Wilson Sporting Goods, The Glad Products. That works out to 51.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 459 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Kent E. Regnier Molex 176
2 William D. Severa Wilson Sporting Goods 64
3 Robert W. Fraser The Glad Products 60
#4 Kevin Wesling Sram 42
#5 Michael Nagy Endotronix 38
#6 Theodore S. Rzeszewski Panasonic 30
#7 Robert F. Wagner Ohio Mattress Company Licensing And Components Group 29
#8 Tom Nguyen Dunan Sensing 26
#9 Kyle Buzzard Skip Hop 25
#9 William J. Walsh Rexam Beverage Can 25
#9 Doug Metzel Carl Freudenberg Kg 25
#12 Michael G. Oravecz Sonoscan 24
#12 Edward Laird The Chamberlain Group 24
#12 Oddy Khamharn The Chamberlain Group 24
#15 Robert L. Bullock Standard Car Truck 23
#16 Gary E. Oglesby Brunswick 22
#16 Daniel J. Schrementi Incredible Technologies 22
#18 Hiroyuki Kasuga Nec Display Solutions 21
#18 Kyle A. Buzzard Cisco 21
#18 Navtej Singh International Engine Intellectual Property Company 21
#21 Burke J. Crane Molex 19
#21 Joachim Horsch J. I. Case 19
#23 Christopher W. Brown Peerless Industries 18
#23 Jason M. Borak Navteq North America 18
#23 Leon C. Clouser, Jr. Ez Painter 18
#26 Eric J. Hefner Motorola Mobility 17
#26 Timothy A. Stabrawa Kove Ip 17
#26 Andrew S. Poling Kove Ip 17
#29 Deborah Marie Plikuhn Elkay Manufacturing 16
#29 Wassily Poppe Amoco 16
#29 Jon Yarusso Asator Global Technologies 16
#29 Richard H. Heidorn Illinois Tool Works 16
#33 Robert W. Machacek Fire Designs 15
#33 Ronald C. Farnum Dpg Usa 15
#33 Michael R. Franzen 15
#36 Kevin Wesling 14
#36 Scott A. Vargo Macneil Ip 14
#36 Leonard F. Czuba Baxter Travenol Laboratories 14
#39 Kevin M. Haynes Magnetrol International, Incorporated 13
#39 Edwin Earl King Cozzini 13
#39 Nhon T. Vuong Sloan Valve 13
#39 David Prince Speedline Technologies 13
#43 Scott Glovier Cnh Industrial America 12
#43 James N. Turner Coriant Operations 12
#43 Mark R. Mathews Touchsensor Technologies 12
#43 Donna Michaels Sand AT&T 12
#47 Ralph Weimer Restaurant Technology 11
#47 John M. Jaugilas The Boeing 11
#47 Michael James McNulty International Engine Intellectual Property Company 11
#47 David J. Stelte Gte Automatic Electric Labs 11

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