Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Northbrook, IL ranks #753 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 4,506 patents from 772 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Northbrook, IL include Lenovo (Singapore) Pte., Isco International, Baxter International. That works out to 127.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 772 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Hyejung Jung Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. 218
2 Amr Abdelmonem Isco International 182
3 Richard I. Brown Baxter International 115
#4 Ari Studnitzer Chicago Mercantile Exchange 89
#5 Michael J. Greenberg Wm. Wrigley Jr. 65
#6 Arnold Sheynman Blackberry Limited 61
#7 Dmitriy Glinberg Chicago Mercantile Exchange 60
#8 Steven W. Elmore Abb Vie 57
#8 Alberto R. Cavallaro Motorola Mobility 57
#10 Paul Leslie Ornstein Eli Lilly 54
#10 Andrea G. Bozzano Uop 54
#10 Jarrett Simerson Motorola Mobility 54
#13 Wayne H. Rothschild Wms Gaming 52
#14 Yu Xia Polytec Gmbh 50
#14 Mitchell Liss Edsal Manufacturing Company 50
#14 Manuela Serban Uop 50
#17 Edmund O. Schweitzer, Jr. E.O. Schweitzer Mfg. 49
#18 Lev Davydov Uop 45
#18 Jordan Howard Light Sbc Properties 45
#20 Xueqing Wang AbbVie 41
#20 John Brassil Lifeline Scientific 41
#22 Milton E. Handler The Hirsh 40
#23 Masateru Miyano G.D. Searle 36
#24 Art Malin Illinois Tool Works 33
#25 Mei Lin Republic Tobacco 32
#26 Gang Duan Danisco Us 31
#27 Gang Zhao Nitto Denko 30
#27 Richard J. Goldstein Xerox 30
#29 Hanxin Zhao Illinois Tool Works 29
#29 Michael J. Osborn AMD 29
#29 Robert A. Sanderson R. Sanderson Management 29
#29 Michael D. Silver Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 29
#33 William N. Weaver Illinois Tool Works 28
#34 Michael James O'Connor Amazon 27
#35 John D. Veleris Delphian Systems 26
#36 Robert Phillips Research In Motion Limited 24
#36 Hui Dai Google 24
#38 Valentin Oprescu-Surcobe Motorola 23
#38 Ke Keryn Lian Motorola 23
#38 Alan Genender Medline Industries, Lp 23
#38 Jack D. Bankier Bankier Companies 23
#42 Anil Kumar Pandurangarao Allstate Solutions Private Limited 22
#42 Jonathan Alan Handler Baxter International 22
#42 Daniel Jarvis Staples 22
#45 Robert B. Garland G.D. Searle 21
#45 Bruce Raming Premier Print & Services Group 21
#45 Moshe Epstein Unknown 21
#45 Junior Julian Hsu 21
#45 Sushil G. Devare Abbott 21
#50 Seesong Kang Acco Brands 20

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