Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Skokie, IL ranks #1,066 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 3,191 patents from 674 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Skokie, IL include Chicago Mercantile Exchange, G.D. Searle, Travel Caddy. That works out to 47.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 674 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Zachary Bonig Chicago Mercantile Exchange 73
2 Barnett S. Pitzele G.D. Searle 63
3 Andrezj Redzisz Travel Caddy 59
#4 Man Ki Yoo Masco Bath 57
#5 Joo H. Song Wm. Wrigley Jr. 53
#6 Mark Russell G.D. Searle 43
#7 Edward Gogol Chicago Mercantile Exchange 42
#7 Hari Matsuda International Jensen Incorporated 42
#9 Burton L. Siegal Kiwi Coders 41
#10 Alan E. Moormann G.D. Searle 40
#11 Alinawaz Ismaili Allstate Insurance 39
#11 David Grabelsky 3Com 39
#13 Ralph D. Gillespie Uop 38
#14 Robert T. Gordon 37
#14 Guillermo Haro Kraft Foods Holdings 37
#16 Wendy Chen Enel X North America 34
#16 Nizal Chandrakumar G.D. Searle 34
#18 Eric M. Pryzby Wms Gaming 32
#18 Michael Joseph Kukla Johnson & Johnson 32
#20 Yuval Halpern Borg-Warner Chemicals 30
#21 John M. Torkelson Northwestern University 27
#21 Bruce I. Rosen Amoco 27
#23 Shadi Khoshaba AT&T 26
#24 Lawrence Share Illinois Tool Works 25
#25 Shaofeng Lu Polytec Gmbh 24
#25 Jeffery A. Zablocki G.D. Searle 24
#27 Kalipada Pahan Rush University Medical Center 23
#28 Ralph LaZar General Binding 22
#28 Scott L. Roos Juno Lighting 22
#30 Jack Goldberg Etymotic Research 21
#30 Miroslav Vuckovic Tanita 21
#32 Lifeng Geng G.D. Searle 20
#32 Tamir Levy Gold & Levy 20
#34 Howie Q. Tran Uop 19
#34 David Walker Bj Services 19
#34 Gil Gold Gold & Levy 19
#34 Iosif K. Rabovitser Gas Technology Institute 19
#38 Daniel A. Batzel Donlar 18
#39 Drew Phalen Medline Industries, Lp 17
#39 Alok K. Awasthi Pharmacia 17
#39 Asami Tanaka Fujitsu Limited 17
#39 Russell G. Rasmussen Marvin Glass & Associates 17
#43 Philippe Inagaki Flexterra 16
#44 Barrett Rabinow Baxter International 15
#44 John M. Jarosz S&C Electric 15
#46 Gerald Dobbins Kee Action Sports I 14
#46 David Feng Allegiance 14
#46 Klementina Khait Northwestern University 14
#49 Seymour Bazell Uresil 13
#49 Thomas Faber Bell And Howell 13

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