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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Richmond, IL ranks #11,539 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 161 patents from 38 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Richmond, IL include Custom Accessories, Abbott, Koss. That works out to 77.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–38 of 38 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Anthony Salvatore Ferenzi Custom Accessories 42
2 Thomas W. von Geldern Abbott 20
3 Jeffrey K. Bovee Koss 16
#4 Anthony Martinez Geberit Technik Ag 8
#5 Dennis J. Budnick Motorola Mobility 7
#6 James Louis Kuhnwald Illinois Tool Works 6
#6 Tom von Geldern Abbott 6
#8 Karl J. Mazur Thermoflex 5
#8 Robert Gliniecki Baxter International 5
#10 Thomas E. Rock AMD 4
#10 Edmund Matayoshi Abb Vie 4
#10 Ryan Affara Watlow Electric Manufacturing 4
#13 Art Volbrecht Watlow Electric Manufacturing 3
#13 Thomas von Geldern 3
#15 Graham Fischer Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#15 Gil Ramos Watlow Electric Manufacturing 2
#15 Russell Myers Danaher 2
#15 Tom Geldern Abbott 2
#19 William W. Coss The Quaker Oats 1
#19 Bartel G. Turk The Quaker Oats 1
#19 James Chrzan Fenwal 1
#19 Anthony J. Salgado 1
#19 Charles J. Hollenbach 1
#19 Kenneth J. Steele Edwards Lifesciences 1
#19 Gregory J. Domski, Jr. Northwestern University 1
#19 Perry W. Danler 1
#19 Scott Stilin Watlow Electric Manufacturing 1
#19 John F. Canalle 1
#19 Kenneth K. Kazimier 1
#19 Robert J. Weinburg Baxter International 1
#19 Rick Hatlen Watlow Electric Manufacturing 1
#19 Ken Everett 1
#19 Mitchell T. Diaco Watlow Electric Manufacturing 1
#19 Ernest J. Varga 1
#19 Arthur Wagoner 1
#19 Patrick K. Loewe 1
#19 Margaret E. Stried Abbott 1
#19 Keith B. Bozer The Quaker Oats 1

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