Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oregon, IL ranks #10,834 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 178 patents from 42 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oregon, IL include Uop, Doat Media, Mccanse Engineering Incorporated. That works out to 49.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–42 of 42 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian W. Hedrick Uop 52
2 Joey Joseph Simhon Doat Media 16
3 James E. McCanse Mccanse Engineering Incorporated 12
#4 Scott J. Marks Hamilton Sundstrand 11
#5 Patrick O'Brien E.D. Etnyre & 10
#6 John Ley Cambium Networks 7
#7 Laszlo Javorik Grotnes Metalforming Systems 5
#8 Dan Eugene Mongan The Caldwell Group 4
#8 James Zalzalah Plews 4
#8 Lawrence H. Burke Parker-Hannifin 4
#8 Scott A. Gentz JPMorgan Chase 4
#8 William Kendall Raynor Garage Doors 4
#13 James K. Bertsch E.D. Etnyre & 3
#13 Kenneth J. Eakman Barber-Coleman 3
#13 Lewis D. Stoll Richwood Industries 3
#13 Julie Harwath Greenlee Texron 3
#13 Richard L. McCanse Mccanse Engineering Incorporated 3
#13 Nathan D. Lewis Dura Global Technologies 3
#19 Lee Stromberg Syngenta Participations Ag 2
#19 Robert E. Etnyre 2
#19 Jackie G. Whetsel Aqua-Aerobic Systems 2
#22 Jugraj S. Dhaliwal Hesston 1
#22 George E. Draege Hesston 1
#22 Timothy A. Sevick Hesston 1
#22 Richard C. Lindsay 1
#22 Cerby E. Merrill 1
#22 Darlene J. Wright 1
#22 Corey E. Sarver Wec 1
#22 Mark Youngren Estwing Manufacturing Company 1
#22 Kurt Summers Blount 1
#22 Jim Zalzalah Plews 1
#22 Ronald L. Parkins Woods Equipment 1
#22 Jeffrey S. Janke Woods Equipment 1
#22 William P. Fearer, III 1
#22 Edmund W. Doherty, Jr. 1
#22 LeRoy R. Lutz 1
#22 Allan E. Eason Unknown 1
#22 Jacov Itzchaki 1
#22 Garth L. Thomas Kysor Industrial 1
#22 J. Edson Mc Canse Crustbuster / Speed King 1
#22 Ken Poole E.D. Etnyre & 1
#22 Scott R. Figi 1

Part of Illinois