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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sterling, IL ranks #5,793 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 439 patents from 96 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sterling, IL include Wahl Clipper, Texas Instruments, Koss. That works out to 29.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 96 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chad Aulwes Wahl Clipper 83
2 Larry K. Johnson Texas Instruments 38
3 Bruce V. Johnson Wahl Clipper 19
#4 Gregory S. Wahl Wahl Clipper 18
#4 Jeffery K. Bovee Koss 18
#6 George Ernest Morris British Petroleum 17
#6 Raymond A. Nielsen Wahl Clipper 17
#8 Scott F. Dobias Mr. Bar-B-Q Products 13
#9 Steve Yde Wahl Clipper 11
#9 James H. Chambers Johnson & Johnson 11
#11 John F. Wahl Wahl Clipper 10
#11 Donald L. Haag GE 10
#11 Edward Brill Wahl Clipper 10
#14 Jeff Gesiakowski Wahl Clipper 9
#15 Ben Phillips Wahl Clipper 6
#15 Dov Levenglick Freeescale Semiconductor 6
#17 Jacob R. Schrader Walmart Apollo 5
#17 Rick Habben Wahl Clipper 5
#17 Timothy D. Stephens Wahl Clipper 5
#17 Eric Fisher Wahl Clipper 5
#17 Andrew Elston Wahl Clipper 5
#17 Randy L. Miller Wahl Clipper 5
#17 Christine Marie Bushman Wahl Clipper 5
#24 Ramesh Ganapathy Pierce Biotechnology 4
#24 Craig J. Froeter 4
#26 Roy E. Meyer Wahl Clipper 3
#26 Raphael A. Gonzalez GE 3
#26 Lee A. Naffziger Borg-Warner Automotive Electronic & Mechanical Systems 3
#26 Sam Zhang Wahl Clipper 3
#26 Bengie T. Phillips Wahl Clipper 3
#26 Christopher M. Blumhoff Honeywell 3
#32 Willard H. Stanley GE 2
#32 Timothy P. Toohill White Consolidated Industries 2
#32 Mark Petitgoue 2
#32 Craig Dohner 2
#32 Lawrence S. Gebhardt 2
#32 C. Larry Coe L&P Property Management 2
#32 Robert L. Lenz 2
#32 Marshella M. Goben State Farm 2
#32 Douglas E. CROWDER, JR. Frantz Manufacturing 2
#32 Chenglu Huang Wahl Clipper 2
#32 Terry L. Donat 2
#32 Daniel Saathoff Wahl Clipper 2
#32 Chester E. Moyers 2
#32 Joel F. Klein 2
#32 Ted W. Swanson 2
#32 Marc Geil Wahl Clipper 2
#32 Curtis William Fisher 2
#49 Joseph Carl 1
#49 William C. Scribner 1

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