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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Maple Park, IL ranks #9,977 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 201 patents from 35 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Maple Park, IL include Cnh Industrial America, IBM, Molex. That works out to 140.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–35 of 35 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Johnathon R. Dienst Cnh Industrial America 57
2 Steve R. White IBM 45
3 Robert M. Fuerst Molex 30
#4 William Kalnins The Mills 8
#5 Matthew Block Microsoft 6
#6 Lane E. Burnidge 5
#6 John R. Peters Motorola 5
#6 Dennis L. Sorbel Caterpillar 5
#9 Ronald F. Worden Sonoco Development 4
#10 Steven R. Schaefer 3
#10 Donald E. Richied Illinois Superconductor Corporation 3
#12 Sherman D. Dunham 2
#12 Steve Richard Pitstick Climate 2
#12 Russell J. Bodner 2
#12 Jay A. King Caterpillar 2
#12 Edward Dahl 2
#12 Joan Cowen 2
#18 Erik Robertson Foster 1
#18 Matthew M. DeSanto Caterpillar 1
#18 Julio Ortega 1
#18 William M. Olsen 1
#18 Francis A. Kozlowski 1
#18 Richard K. Malm 1
#18 Harold Worby 1
#18 Michael L. McGuigan Miner Enterprises 1
#18 Willard G. Lindell Anaconda 1
#18 Charles E. Barsic Caterpillar 1
#18 David C. Wiehle 1
#18 Kenneth W. Guth 1
#18 James T. Kowalkowski Molex 1
#18 Darren William Gosbee International Engine Intellectual Property Company 1
#18 Curtis W. Apgar Caterpillar 1
#18 Kent M. Foster Caterpillar 1
#18 Lou Ann Forbes 1
#18 Mary J. Cowen 1

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