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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

South Elgin, IL ranks #4,701 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 579 patents from 110 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in South Elgin, IL include Broadcom, Transitions Optical, The Nielsen Company (Us). That works out to 24.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 110 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Andrei Warkentin Broadcom 72
2 Meng He Transitions Optical 64
3 David J. Kurzynski The Nielsen Company (Us) 49
#4 Sanjaya Kumar Cisco 35
#5 Ian Baker Google 19
#5 Steven M. Miller Regal King Manufacturing Limited 19
#7 Paul Brazis Motorola 18
#8 Arkadiusz Zimny Delphian Systems 16
#8 Brian Povich Central Garden & Pet 16
#10 Steven J. Talaga Greif International Holding B.V. 12
#11 Zachary N. McCoy Prince Castle 11
#11 Christian D. Freet Uop 11
#11 Douglas J. Anderson Honeywell 11
#11 Troy Reece Chicago Mercantile Exchange 11
#15 Tracy Kucaba Illinois Tool Works 9
#16 Jonathan R. Engelsma Motorola Mobility 8
#16 John Cummings Nomis 8
#16 Kevin Campbell Lsi 8
#16 Mark E. Gonciarz Illinois Tool Works 8
#16 Malay Gupta Motorola Mobility 8
#21 Kurt Christopherson General Kinematics 6
#21 Daniel J. Cederberg Spraying Systems 6
#23 John Innis Rockwell Collins 5
#23 Neal Nelson 5
#25 Nicholas Boruta 4
#25 Keith P. Johnson 4
#25 Vi Lam Trek Bicycle 4
#25 Kevin Totten Hoffer Plastics 4
#25 Jonathan Graunke Inx International Ink 4
#25 Joseph Popp 4
#25 Michael Romanenko Electrocom Gard 4
#25 Grant Kiel Transform Sr Brands 4
#25 Donald J. Westphal Pittway 4
#25 Michael Boruta 4
#35 Kenneth Dake Dsm Ip Assets B.V. 3
#35 Paul H. Bernthal The Hillshire Brands 3
#35 Michael Nusret 3
#35 Andrew M. Assad Eastman Kodak 3
#35 Mark Allen Schamberger Motorola 3
#35 Clayton Knight Cornelius 3
#35 Randall Lee Planck The Chamberlain Group 3
#35 Marvin Joseph Houser Freudenberg-Nok General Partnership 3
#35 Phetsamone Siriphong Cnh Industrial America 3
#44 Hugh J. Hoffman The Extractor 2
#44 Edward S. Buttermore Senior Ip Gmbh 2
#44 Apolinar Chaidez Motorola 2
#44 Andrew A. Kuester Honeywell 2
#44 Frank Frosolone 2
#44 Troy Reese Chicago Mercantile Exchange 2
#44 Rainer Farrag 2

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