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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Minooka, IL ranks #11,180 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 169 patents from 52 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Minooka, IL include Case Gmbh, Ttx, Edsal Manufacturing Company. That works out to 13.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 52 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Guy T. Stoever Case Gmbh 15
2 Donald F. Kroesch Ttx 14
3 Jeff Lamber Edsal Manufacturing Company 13
#4 Gregory Walter Fusion Uv Systems 10
#4 Lance Jacobsen Cristal Usa 10
#6 Deborah A. Schutter Dow Global Technologies 9
#7 James Andrew Nimmer Metropolitan Industries 8
#8 Bradley Denton 7
#9 Dan Fajman Stormtrap 5
#10 Greg Walter 3Com 4
#10 John C. Molburg 4
#10 Brian Bucciarelli Caterpillar 4
#10 Elaine Mueller 4
#10 Ernest S. Kettelson 4
#15 David L. Drummond R. R. Donnelley & Sons 3
#15 Kevin Hobbs Filtration Group Gmbh 3
#15 Michael Frakes Chrysler Group 3
#15 Robert W. Earley Mi-Jack Products 3
#15 Timothy Andrew Olson Case Gmbh 3
#15 Michael Bruce Edwards Quantum Chemical 3
#15 Jimmy R. Kreftmeyer Case Gmbh 3
#22 Sam Kovacevich, Jr. 2
#22 Ronald Engle Bank of America 2
#22 Arthur S. Gunderson 2
#22 Guy C. Carlson, Jr. Caterpillar 2
#22 James M. Komaniecki Illinois Tool Works 2
#22 Gregory Heinz Caterpillar 2
#28 Humam S. Talhami Caterpillar 1
#28 Paige Mass Medline Industries, Lp 1
#28 Randall Gunderson Progress Rail Services 1
#28 Douglas Salvatori 1
#28 James P. Stirniman 1
#28 Donald R. Sweeney 1
#28 Billy R. Balcomb Chicago Bridge & Iron Technical Services 1
#28 Frank J. Garrone, Jr. 1
#28 Harlan V. White Mechanical Technology 1
#28 Bennett N. Waddell Caterpillar 1
#28 Cletis O. Butler 1
#28 Jacobsen Lance Cristal Usa 1
#28 Jeffery C. Mormann Wm. Wrigley Jr. 1
#28 Randy K. Kryszewski 1
#28 Charles E. Lab 1
#28 Don Kroesch Ttx 1
#28 Loren J. Thompson The University Of Chicago 1
#28 Frank Valderas 1
#28 Joseph D. Wentworth Panduit 1
#28 Ronald H. Foster 1
#28 Keith Richard Fuhrman Cnh Industrial America 1
#28 Bradley W. Hoover 1
#28 Toby Perry Caterpillar 1

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