Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

West Chicago, IL ranks #2,093 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,522 patents from 269 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in West Chicago, IL include Wms Gaming, Commscope Technologies, Illinois Tool Works. That works out to 59.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 269 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Mark B. Gagner Wms Gaming 225
2 Trent J. Miller 65
3 Mark Smrha Commscope Technologies 64
#4 Kenneth LeVey Illinois Tool Works 57
#5 James Scott Murray Wayne-Dalton 56
#6 Robert J. Welch Metro Industries 37
#7 Robert A. O'Neil Newell Operating 35
#8 Kenneth J. Shanton Wiggins Teape Group Limited 33
#8 Ellen Leue Ball Horticultural 33
#10 Kenneth A. James 30
#11 Jeffrey Howe Arris Enterprises 25
#12 Andrew Skipor Motorola 21
#12 Michael W. Anderson Magneco/Metrel 21
#14 Thomas Schumacher Wpc Machinery 20
#14 Cornelis Van De Klippe Greif International Holding B.V. 20
#14 Adam Wolfe Boost Auto Parts 20
#17 John W. Tadlock Everpure 18
#18 Jeff Howe Honeywell 17
#18 Aziz Sattar Uop 17
#20 Owen Bailey Delphi Technologies 13
#21 David McCallum Microlink Devices 12
#22 Dennis Newkirk Motorola 11
#22 Samuel G. Logan Suncast Technologies 11
#22 Paul R. Chabria Press-A-Lite 11
#25 Frank A. Chambers Amoco 10
#25 Dennis M. Breen, IV Ideal Industries 10
#25 David Filicicchia Bell And Howell 10
#25 Thomas G. Premo Molex 10
#25 Lynn K. Tilly Amsted Industries Incorporated 10
#25 Robert W. Fish AT&T 10
#25 Joseph C. Weibler The Curran 10
#25 Grover T. Surratt AT&T 10
#33 Charles D. Macenski Ubiquiti Networks 9
#33 Robin Mair Rudolph Technologies 9
#33 George A. Holmes Unknown 9
#33 Douglas O'Brien Belden Wire & Cable 9
#33 Dwight Sullivan Stern Pinball 9
#38 David W. Kincheloe King Instrument 8
#38 Thomas Carney Camx Power 8
#38 William L. Avery, Jr. Direct Supply 8
#38 Hans Kautzky Coramed Technologies 8
#38 Timothy J. Rittof Veolia Water Technologies 8
#38 Robert Hitchcock Illinois Tool Works 8
#44 Wayne E. Meyers Evergreen Group, Incorporated 7
#44 Tracey L. Wright Wms Gaming 7
#44 Michael Bodnar Furnas Electric 7
#44 Timothy A. Rauworth Honeywell 7
#44 Paul Markelz 7
#44 Edwin Cebula Data East Pinball 7
#44 Stuart Koch Plastofilm Industries 7

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