Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wauconda, IL ranks #3,376 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 886 patents from 165 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wauconda, IL include Here Global B.V., Tredegar Film Products, Global Traffic Technologies. That works out to 62.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 165 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Bruce Bernhardt Here Global B.V. 67
2 Jeffrey A. Middlesworth Tredegar Film Products 35
3 Mark Schwartz Global Traffic Technologies 30
#4 Samantha M. Planas Fenwal 29
#5 Keith F. McDaniel Abb Vie 28
#6 Paul Fordham Google 27
#7 William K. Morgan Motorola 26
#8 David Machamer Globus Medical 25
#9 Glenn Starkey Progressive Components International 24
#10 Donald E. Charles Siemens Industry 20
#10 James Kipp Baxter International 20
#12 Frank R. Busch Pfizer 16
#12 Gilberto Cavada Hoover Limited 16
#12 Christopher D. Drobnik C.R. Bard 16
#15 Anthony Cerniglia Progressive Components International 15
#15 Carl J. Steigerwald The Kendall Company Lp 15
#17 Michael W. Lassota Food Equipment Technologies Company 13
#18 Cyndie S. Hackl Illinois Tool Works 11
#19 Veronica R. Reichert Motorola 10
#19 Martin J. Kimbell Delta Faucet 10
#19 Maury L. Boeshore Seminis Vegetable Seeds 10
#19 John Morici Gyrus Acmi 10
#19 Alton Paul Werronen Amazon 10
#19 R. Daniel Webster Baxter Travenol Laboratories 10
#25 Mark Coulter Stack-On Products 8
#25 Gyula Jozsef Nadas Walgreen 8
#25 Roy T. Mitsche Uop 8
#25 Jeffrey A. Sierawski Google 8
#25 Clinton D. Nelson 8
#25 Robin D. Cooper Baxter Healthcare Sa 8
#31 Steve Heller Oracle 7
#31 Kristen Yoohee Min 7
#31 Thomas A. Ketzer Signode Industrial Group 7
#31 Russell Alan Wielgos Walgreen 7
#31 Thomas Fanta S&C Electric 7
#36 Donald V. Matesi Hollister Incorporated 6
#36 Rebecca Mudrock Uop 6
#36 Calvin E. Kasel Illinois Tool Works 6
#36 Larry P. Feigen G.D. Searle 6
#36 Mark Pierce Welch Allyn 6
#36 Paul A. Matuszewski Abbott 6
#42 Teri Burke Medline Industries, Lp 5
#42 Antonio Vitucci Honeywell 5
#42 Shirley P. Grey 5
#42 Kenneth B. Riordan Motorola 5
#42 Gretchen Kunas Baxter International 5
#42 Anthony Casale Hydraforce 5
#42 James S. Mielke Motorola 5
#42 James E. Juul Curatek Pharmaceuticals Holding 5
#42 Freddie C. Webb Knaack Manufacturing 5

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