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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Oswego, IL ranks #3,144 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 960 patents from 226 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Oswego, IL include Standard Car Truck, Braeburn Systems, Rockwell Automation. That works out to 27.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 226 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John D. Anderson Standard Car Truck 79
2 Daniel S. Poplawski Braeburn Systems 44
3 Robert Joseph McGreevy Rockwell Automation 41
#4 Aurelian Ioan Furcoiu Mueller International 37
#5 Tenkasi V. Ramabadran Google 36
#6 Jeffrey Chiu Wilton Industries 28
#7 Brandon Davis Aries Clean Technologies 22
#8 Paul J. Zinn Ecolab Usa 20
#9 Curtis R. Davidson Honeywell 18
#10 Bradley S. Silvers Micro Enhanced Technology 16
#11 Eric W. Cler Caterpillar 15
#12 Lee Serota 13
#12 Ashraf Abouelleil Mueller International 13
#14 Megan Serwacki Molex 12
#15 John D. Anderson GE 11
#16 Stephen J. Smick Mueller International 10
#16 John A. Navis Janin Group 10
#18 Xuejun Wang Ecolab Usa 9
#18 Robert E. DeWitt Orbit Irrigation Products 9
#18 Wayne E. Harshberger, II Caterpillar 9
#18 Miguel A Saltijeral Industrial Fence 9
#22 David E. Gamache Veolia Water Technologies 8
#22 Richard Schnell Ross Operating Valve 8
#22 Paul Xu Philips 8
#22 Kevin Dombkowski AT&T 8
#22 Joseph Scheibenreif Emcore 8
#22 Craig Conley Restaurant Technology 8
#22 David Eckhardt Weber-Stephen Products 8
#22 James A. Dirksen Cabot Microelectronics 8
#30 Barry Mei Caterpillar 7
#30 Oyelayo O. Ajayi Uchicago Argonne 7
#30 Timothy Gibbs Sidles Caterpillar 7
#30 Ruth Ann Doyle Bp Corporation North America 7
#30 Steven Gutkowski Masonite 7
#30 Peggy J. Qualls Bank of America 7
#30 Daniel W. Hickey Arris International 7
#37 Ubaldo Cepeda Arris International 6
#37 Leonidas E. Ocola Uchicago Argonne 6
#37 John Dewey Gates Caterpillar 6
#37 Arden A. Warner Fermi Research Alliance 6
#37 Dwain E. Frieh Arris Enterprises 6
#42 Kenneth G. Empson Holland 5
#42 Abel Gutierrez 5
#42 Eric C. Bachman 5
#42 Wayne R. Wilcox 5
#42 Peter J. Gubricky Salco Products 5
#42 Randal S. Aspen A. Y. Mcdonald Mfg. 5
#42 Scott G. Brown Wm. Wrigley Jr. 5
#42 James M. Hallam Tellabs Operations 5
#42 Alex J. Falesch 5

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