Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Villa Park, IL ranks #3,121 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 969 patents from 246 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Villa Park, IL include Lsi, University Of Illinois, Wm. Wrigley Jr.. That works out to 43.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 246 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Brian A. Day Lsi 55
2 Ananda Chakrabarty University Of Illinois 46
3 Mansukh M. Patel Wm. Wrigley Jr. 41
#4 Shrirang Jambhekar Motorola 23
#5 Thomas M. Kopera Wms Gaming 21
#6 Don E. Heskett Kdf Fluid Treatment 20
#7 Donald B. Owen Allied Precision Industries 19
#8 Austin R. Baer Von Duprin 18
#9 Mitchell E. Bianchin Edsal Manufacturing Company 17
#10 Irina A. Sokolova Abbott 16
#11 Yoichiro Ishikawa Fujitsu Limited 15
#11 William E. Shultz 15
#13 Steven A. Jacks Panduit 14
#13 Everett W. Stoub Siemens Gammasonics 14
#15 William A. Ryan Knowles Electronics 13
#15 Bruce D. Alexander Bp Amoco 13
#17 John Thomas Pawlak Siemens Medical Solutions Usa 12
#17 Kevin Brennan Georgia Tech Research 12
#19 Michael P. Lasecki Engineered Machined Products 11
#19 William Dubon Pentair Electronic Packaging 11
#19 Daniel S. Griesmann 11
#19 David Cygan Gas Technology Institute 11
#19 Zubair Ahmed Khan Seagate Technology 11
#24 Richard L. Jahnke Wesley Jessen 10
#24 Corey Jevon Norman The Chamberlain Group 10
#26 Keith Gray Delorme Publishing 9
#26 Daniel T. Turner Cnh Industrial America 9
#26 David V. Rodgers International Engine Intellectual Property Company 9
#26 Andrew Kolak Molex 9
#26 Philip D. Laible Uchicago Argonne 9
#26 Clarence E. Albertson Borgwarner 9
#32 Ronald A. Anderson Unknown 8
#33 John M. Tomaszewski Ca 7
#33 Kenneth Russo Emc Ip Holding Company 7
#33 Donald H. Slocum Masonite 7
#33 Harry Fuerhaupter Motorola 7
#33 Philip F. Finney 7
#38 S. Douglas Falls Information Planning & Management Service 6
#38 Michael L. Valesh 6
#38 Robert J. Abrant Gte Communication Systems 6
#38 Robert Rekart General Bathroom Products 6
#38 Stephen T. King Uop 6
#38 Zheng Wang Creanova Ag 6
#44 Mark E. Reno Uop 5
#44 James A. Muehlenbein Novel Products 5
#44 Ming Jiang Brunswick 5
#44 Martin N. Sexton Sanford 5
#44 Gary J. Novak Fel-Pro Incorporated 5
#44 Keith R. Karasek 5
#44 Michael A. Deddo Turtle Wax 5

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