Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Schaumburg, IL ranks #583 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 5,829 patents from 1,089 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Schaumburg, IL include Motorola, Hamilton Sundstrand, Vardon Golf Company. That works out to 74.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 1,089 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Frederick Vook Motorola 98
2 Dhaval Patel Hamilton Sundstrand 63
3 Dillis V. Allen Vardon Golf Company 57
#4 Roger Leung Honeywell 55
#5 Bharat Mittal Trading Technologies International 52
#5 Dale G. Schwent Motorola Mobility 52
#7 Deping Liu Huawei 51
#8 Sheila Zipfel Gilead Sciences 44
#8 Lin Cai Futurewei Technologies 44
#10 Henry T. Ewald Restaurant Technology 43
#11 Steven C. Jasper Motorola 41
#12 Kyle Kestner Prince Castle 39
#12 Jason LePinske Instant Brands Holdings 39
#12 Raj Shah Desoto 39
#15 Robert P. Sparkowski Chicago Display Marketing 38
#16 Karen Swinford Wilton Industries 37
#16 William J. Carlson Wlc Enterprises 37
#18 Wayne E. Bretl Zenith Electronics 36
#18 Prakash Mahesh GE 36
#18 Darrin Niemiec Wlc Enterprises 36
#18 Patrick L. Rakers Motorola 36
#22 Marc Chason Motorola 35
#22 James C. Muth Spacesaver 35
#22 Larry Moeller Illinois Tool Works 35
#25 Michael P. McGrath IBM 34
#25 Shao Wei Pan Motorola 34
#25 Kevin D. Kaschke Motorola 34
#25 Michael J. Vetter Uop 34
#25 Anatoly Andrianov Nokia Solutions And Networks Oy 34
#25 Koon-wah Leong Lifescan 34
#31 Kenneth N. Svetlik S-B Power Tool 33
#32 James W. McGinley Methode Electronics 31
#33 Alfred G. Brisson Trutek Research 30
#33 William S. Schjerven, SR. The Middleby 30
#35 David Pettinato Lifeline Scientific 29
#35 Nancy Jane Perkins Emeh 29
#37 Alan L. Wilson Motorola 28
#37 Charles P. Jenrick Cummins-Allison 28
#37 Plamen A. Ivanov Motorola Mobility 28
#40 Robert B. Schulein Etymotic Research 27
#40 Paul R. Kurek Uop 27
#40 Eric L. Krenz Motorola 27
#40 Thomas S. Messerges 27
#44 Edward J. Arkans The Kendall Company Lp 26
#44 William J. Turney Motorola 26
#44 Robert C. Jack Turtle Wax 26
#44 Thomas J. Senese 26
#48 Sathit Kulprathipanja Uop 25
#48 David L. Weigand National Semiconductor 25
#48 Hanan Ahmed Futurewei Technologies 25

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