Top Inventors in Oak Forest, IL | Patent Leaderboard

Oak Forest, IL ranks #5,559 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 463 patents from 116 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oak Forest, IL include Wabtec Holding, National Service Alliance—Houston, Panduit. That works out to 16.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 116 inventors

Rank	Inventor	Primary Company	Patents
1	Howard Sommerfeld	Wabtec Holding	44
2	John J. Crosetto	National Service Alliance—Houston	42
3	Scott R. Hartman	Panduit	34
#4	William A. Von Drasek	Ecolab Usa	33
#5	Robert J. Krisel	Panduit	17
#6	Martin J. Durbin	One Plus	15
#6	Edward S. Stanuch	Federal Signal	15
#8	James E. Battles	US Dept of Energy	9
#8	Annabelle I. Benin	Uop	9
#10	Robert Wilk	Lifescan	8
#10	Robert G. Peting	Amsted Industries Incorporated	8
#12	Michael T. Gattone	Illinois Tool Works	7
#12	Brian L. Kelly	Panduit	7
#12	Virginia L. Repke	Johnson & Johnson	7
#15	William L. Lundy	—	6
#15	James J. Pienkowski	Cpc International	6
#15	Leslie D. Rikker	—	6
#18	Edward J. Stanuch	Federal Signal	5
#18	E. William Breder, Jr.	Atlantic Richfield	5
#18	Virginia R. Mesek	Johnson & Johnson	5
#18	Werner Pachauer	Fantasy Diamond	5
#18	Howard O. Wedell	Methode Electronics	5
#18	Sherman J. Mels	The Sherwin-Williams	5
#18	Harry J. Dyke	—	5
#18	Timothy J. Mazies	Federal Signal	5
#26	Michael T. Vavrik	Panduit	4
#26	Edwin A. Spanke	Gulf Eastern Manufacturing	4
#26	Thomas H. Yohe	Westlake Vinyl	4
#26	Donald H. Schmidt	Mas-Hamilton Group	4
#26	Dean Alkas	—	4
#26	Richard A. Marcus	Panduit	4
#26	Alan Kent Johnson	—	4
#26	Michael Dow	Nxp B.V.	4
#26	Daniel J. Andersen	Clover Technologies Group	4
#35	Thomas Conlon	Panduit	3
#35	Sean Hughes	Ykk	3
#37	Timothy LaRocque	First Brands	2
#37	Arthur J. Kozlowski	GE	2
#37	Dennis P. Degregorio, Jr.	—	2
#37	Sean P. Wiltz	Caterpillar	2
#37	John Stephen Siwinski	Curwood	2
#37	Lestle R. Shockley	Chicago Bridge & Iron	2
#37	William VonDrasek	American Air Liquide	2
#37	Thomas J. Land	—	2
#37	James W. Stoub	Formax	2
#37	Dietrich K. Naggert	American National Can	2
#37	Aldo G. Beltrame	Ykk	2
#37	Dieter K. Naggert	—	2
#37	John Petreanu	Diamond Innovations	2
#37	James M. Arredondo	Andrew	2

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