Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oak Park, IL ranks #1,035 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,287 patents from 677 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oak Park, IL include Zenith Electronics, Walker Digital, Hy Cite Enterprises. That works out to 60.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 677 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Richard W. Citta Zenith Electronics 132
2 Bruce Schneier Walker Digital 81
3 Morad Ghassemian Hy Cite Enterprises 62
#4 James D. Morrow Abbott 60
#4 Monica Maria Adelheid Sanders Syngenta Seeds B.V. 60
#6 Tohru Yamada University Of Illinois 59
#7 Weston S. Koennecke Prairie Packaging 50
#8 Fuqiang Shi Dialog Semiconductor 45
#9 Donald A. Rosenwinkel Marvin Glass & Associates 35
#10 Randall P. Bell Sunbeam Products 34
#11 Stephen J. Murphy Trading Technologies International 30
#11 Mark O. Lepper Illinois Tool Works 30
#11 William Gale Navteq B.V. 30
#14 Gregory J. Mann IBM 29
#15 David L. Williams Merck 28
#15 Stephen J. Kron The University Of Chicago 28
#15 Byoung I. Suh Bisco 28
#18 Charles King Knowles Electronics 27
#19 Michael Reiter Devicor Medical Products 26
#20 David Doria Here Global B.V. 24
#20 Yijun Sang United States Gypsum 24
#22 James Robert Kelton Motorola 22
#22 Stephen Ruderman Union Special 22
#22 Gregory Copenhaver The University Of Chicago 22
#22 Gary L. Overhultz Goliath Solutions 22
#26 Scott Johnston Chicago Mercantile Exchange 21
#26 James P. Stevens Sonoco Development 21
#28 Meyer J. Zola AT&T 20
#29 Frank K. Villari The Kendall Company Lp 19
#30 Timothy J. Durham Wms Gaming 17
#30 Boaz J. Super Symbol Technologies 17
#30 Randall Bell Ekco Housewares 17
#30 Francisco X. Gomez Andrew 17
#30 Robert Campbell Comcast 17
#30 Julija Alegra Petkus Walgreen 17
#30 Christopher T. Boyer Wmh Tool Group 17
#37 Todd M. Kruse Uop 16
#37 Russell Stacy-Ryan Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 16
#37 James E. Tucker Weber-Stephen Products 16
#37 Robert Mamola Shure Acquisition Holdings 16
#37 Jason M. Smith Within3 16
#37 Robert O. Ernest Sunbeam Corporation Limited 16
#37 Tobias Brown Alkco Manufacturing 16
#44 Mark G. Reichmann Amoco 15
#44 Matthew Petrick Bretford Manufacturing 15
#44 William R. Blankemeier Peopleflo Manufacturing 15
#47 Lewis C. Lofgren Ade 14
#47 William de Ojeda International Engine Intellectual Property Company 14
#47 Yuval Saban Allstate Insurance 14
#47 Simon H. Hobbs Uop 14

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