Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Morris, IL ranks #10,153 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 196 patents from 69 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Morris, IL include Garmin Switzerland Gmbh, Fallon Luminous Products, Caterpillar. That works out to 13.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 69 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Peter J. Henne Garmin Switzerland Gmbh 28
2 Charles R. Nelson Fallon Luminous Products 16
3 Charles E. Rose Caterpillar 9
3 Johnnie H. Copley Surgiquest 9
3 Neal Arthur Siegel Abbott 9
#6 Justin Ivan May Stormtrap 8
#7 Gregory H. Dubay Caterpillar 7
#8 Michael Orr The Procter & Gamble 6
#8 Todd M. Wehler Blount 6
#8 Beau D. Kuipers Caterpillar 6
#11 Rolf Foerster Northern Petrochemical 5
#11 Christopher Haddad Caterpillar 5
#11 Francis V. Kulig Federal Paper Board Co. 5
#14 Louis Haan 3
#14 Francis M. Mirabella Equistar Chemicals, Lp 3
#14 Douglas Halkyard 3
#14 Erik Enervold Merchsource 3
#14 Larry VanNatta Borg-Warner Automotive 3
#14 Carmelo C. Ruiz 3
#20 Dennis Peters 2
#20 Karen Berard Sonoco Development 2
#20 Brian Sybrandy Caterpillar 2
#20 Il Bong Kim Lg Innotek Co. 2
#20 Orcenith D. McWilliams Caterpillar 2
#20 Peter A. Erio Commonwealth Edison 2
#20 Craig Jeffery Cassem 2
#20 Rhonda J. McCasky Feazel Pioneer (Corteva) 2
#20 Bonnie S. Ferguson 2
#29 Allen Millhouse 1
#29 Bernard Corwin 1
#29 Susan H. Miller 1
#29 Douglas Grunnet 1
#29 David Hickstein 1
#29 Tom G. Hamric Caterpillar 1
#29 Herbert R. Shaw, III 1
#29 Paul E. Rybak 1
#29 Aaron R. Slagel Amoco 1
#29 Steven J. Hedden Commonwealth Edison 1
#29 Stuart DeWitt 1
#29 Thomas J. Kindelspire GE 1
#29 Kimberly A. Duvall 1
#29 William I. Sanders 1
#29 Jacqueline A. Lund 1
#29 Frank J. Raus 1
#29 O. Dean McWilliams Caterpillar 1
#29 Gregory J. Luegering Insta-Foam Products 1
#29 Bruce D. Perlson Norchem 1
#29 Faustino C. Froilan 1
#29 James Lissy 1
#29 Edward Jahn 1

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