Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Mount Prospect, IL ranks #1,377 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 2,439 patents from 410 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Mount Prospect, IL include Whirlpool, Uop, Dow Global Technologies. That works out to 42.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 410 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 James W. Kendall Whirlpool 120
2 Jaime G. Moscoso Uop 86
3 Raymond J. Swedo Dow Global Technologies 80
#4 Gregory J. Gajda Uop 78
#5 Eric F. Junkel O2Cool 72
#6 Paula L. Bogdan Uop 68
#7 Richard K. Hoehn Uop 67
#8 Charles P. Luebke Uop 64
#9 Nelson Kraemer Riddell 47
#10 Steven Fung Applied Biosystems 46
#11 Anthony N. Konstant Konstant Products 30
#12 Jonathan Andrew Tertel Uop 29
#13 Brent Robert Shumard Shure Acquisition Holdings 28
#14 Probir K. Chatterjea Dresser Industries 27
#15 Panos Tamamidis Cnh Industrial America 25
#15 Dennis M. Mutzabaugh Zenith Electronics 25
#15 Henry W. Scherer S&C Electric 25
#18 Grant H. Yokomizo Uop 24
#19 Janakiraman Senthilnathan Cisco 22
#19 Jerome G. Belter Dana Limited 22
#21 Mark Neuhalfen Aptargroup 21
#21 Lee Hilfman Uop 21
#23 William Todd Watson Illinois Tool Works 20
#24 Tony Abfall Digital Innovations 19
#25 Andrew E. McPherson Kraft Foods Group Brands 18
#25 James A. Krogh Tomah Products 18
#27 Weng Lei Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 17
#27 David K. Platt Hu-Friedy Mfg. Co. 17
#29 Stephen H. Docter G.D. Searle 16
#29 Charles C. Rayburn Illinois Tool Works 16
#29 Frank Otte Illinois Tool Works 16
#29 William P. Barbour Security Imprinter 16
#33 Charles E. Black, III Indak Manufacturing 15
#33 Alex Iaccino M&R Printing Equipment 15
#33 Leonard I. Tafel A.B. Dick 15
#36 John H. Wandrey Cordelia Lighting 14
#36 Alexander J. Waterman Cloud Packaging Solutions 14
#36 Fred Edward Cecala Acco Brands 14
#36 Guy B. Woodle Uop 14
#36 Russell J. Gould Signode 14
#41 Richard A. Wruck Honeywell 13
#41 Wayne F. Adolf Abbott 13
#41 Michael J. Sawadski Paragon Furniture 13
#41 Michael Tunney Curv Brands 13
#41 Plamen V. Marinov Robert Bosch Gmbh 13
#41 Robert J. Sanger Uop 13
#47 Fengfei Xiao Videojet Technologies 12
#48 Satish Amara 3Com 11
#48 Stephen R. Beran Recon/Optical 11
#48 Alan D. Wilks Arch Development 11

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