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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sugar Grove, IL ranks #4,946 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 541 patents from 88 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sugar Grove, IL include International Truck Intellectual Property Company, AT&T, Mcs Industries. That works out to 58.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 88 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Chris Ito International Truck Intellectual Property Company 115
2 Kenneth Voight AT&T 42
3 Michael Lee Pyle Mcs Industries 41
#4 Joseph A. Schneider Stoneage 26
#5 Bruce Konen Ideal Industries 24
#6 David Wells Thinking Machines 20
#7 Jerome A. Maloney Emerson Network Power, Energy Systems, North America 19
#8 Erich A. Schoedl Miner Enterprises 15
#9 John Bitner Watson Laboratories 14
#9 Eric Wehrli The Azek Group 14
#11 Dale H. Storck Agrigenics 12
#12 Harry B. Hartman Amoco 10
#12 Richard B. Vilim Uchicago Argonne 10
#14 David F. Lemmerhirt Sonetics Ultrasound 9
#15 Scott A. Walters Elevance Renewable Sciences 8
#15 Riley A. Albers Caterpillar 8
#17 Spencer C. Rees Wen Products 7
#17 Jeffrey Powell Cnh America 7
#19 Nick DeFrancesco Components Express 6
#19 Albert J. Kovach Bp Amoco 6
#19 John P. Marek Caterpillar 6
#22 Phillip A. Hartz Caterpillar 5
#22 JinJoo Bae Ball Horticultural 5
#22 Eric R. O'Brien Caterpillar 5
#22 Thomas MALEWIG Macneil Ip 5
#26 Edgar Beaulieu Aquascape Designs 4
#26 Mitchell James Wagner The Gorilla Glue Company 4
#26 Peter H. Henning Plano Molding Company 4
#26 Kelly Seifert Masonite 4
#26 Joseph S. Oberweis 4
#31 Vance A. Stayner 3
#31 Tim Wood Opal Labs 3
#31 Cathy C. Doucette Nalco Company 3
#31 Will Hope Experian Information Solutions 3
#31 Kathleen C. Whildin AT&T 3
#31 Wilson T. Piatt, Jr. American Can 3
#37 Diana Brown Nolte AT&T 2
#37 Michael W. McCarthy 2
#37 John H. Bacon United Laboratories 2
#37 Jeffrey A. McCracken Cts 2
#37 S. Kristine Cahill Wm. Wrigley Jr. 2
#37 Joseph Golab Ineos Bio Sa 2
#37 Robert E. Pierson Plano Molding Company 2
#37 Philip F. Gronberg International Engine Intellectual Property Company 2
#37 Brian Schifler 2
#37 Ross J. Cortino Huhtamaki 2
#37 Scott Niedzwiecki Solo Cup Operating 2
#37 Allen P. Burkman Ncr 2
#49 William N. Keifer Caterpillar 1
#49 Laura N. Chen Arris Enterprises 1

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