Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

North Chicago, IL ranks #4,953 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 540 patents from 78 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in North Chicago, IL include Abbott, Smartsignal, Abb Vie. That works out to 17.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 78 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Lawrence A. Black Abbott 41
2 Kevin B. Sippy Abbott 34
3 Stephan W. Wegerich Smartsignal 33
#4 Jurgen Dinges Abb Vie 29
#4 Lewis H. Sita Abb Vie 29
#6 John G. Finch Abb Vie 28
#7 Apostolos C. Raptis The University Of Chicago 26
#8 Ramin Faghih Abbott 25
#9 Guy Upchurch Abb Vie 23
#10 Larry B. Ornatek 22
#11 Bhimaprasad Medhal Abb Vie 17
#12 Steven M. Hannick Abbott 14
#13 Anthony West Endovascular Technologies 13
#13 Michelle L. Hastings Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 13
#13 Alexandra Breban-Lopez Abb Vie 13
#13 Nachappa Gopalsami Uchicago Argonne 13
#13 Lori Kim Abb Vie 13
#18 Clarissa Jakob Abb Vie 12
#19 Laurel A. Barnes Ge-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas 11
#20 Andre Vazquez Schaeffler 9
#20 Derrick C. Mancini Uchicago Argonne 9
#22 Michael Rakauskas Abb Vie 7
#23 Ryan Brumund Hospira 6
#24 Hong-Ta Liu Realtek Semiconductor 5
#25 Earl P. Horwitz Arch Development 4
#25 Edward Touma Abbott 4
#25 Vikram Kalthod Abb Vie 4
#25 Douglas M. Reamer Abb Vie 4
#25 Bala Krishna Kolli Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 4
#30 James P. Petzel Abb Vie 3
#30 Carl M. Knable Abb Vie 3
#30 Deepa Mahalingam Excalibur Ip 3
#30 Clarence J. Endicott Abbott 3
#30 Christopher H. Kaiho Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 3
#30 Ben Ellis Abb Vie 3
#30 Judith Potashkin Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 3
#37 Sai V. Yalla Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 2
#37 Karen Marie Stevens Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 2
#37 Susan K. Young Baxter Travenol Laboratories 2
#37 James A. Parks Abbott 2
#37 Jose Miguel Martinez Abb Vie 2
#37 Elizabeth Hanna Abb Vie 2
#37 Leslie Herring Abb Vie 2
#37 Jennifer Cudworth Abb Vie 2
#37 Noah J. Rosenblatt Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 2
#37 Mohamad Shebley Abb Vie 2
#37 Justin D. DIETRICH 2
#37 Jose Santiago Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 2
#49 Sujoy Dutta Rosalind Franklin University Of Medicine And Science 1
#49 Scott Mittelstadt Abb Vie 1

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