Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Wheeling, IL ranks #1,924 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,683 patents from 399 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Wheeling, IL include Baxter International, Sage Products, Abbott. That works out to 43.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 399 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John T. Foley Baxter International 56
2 Lawrence G. Ponsi Sage Products 37
2 Fortuna Haviv Abbott 37
#4 Maximilian Adamski, Jr. Union Special 36
#5 Steven P. Lankton Uop 31
#6 Ilya Makhlin Molex 29
#7 Kent E. Crouse Energy Savings 27
#8 Christopher Combs Intel 22
#8 William E. Ruehl Illinois Tool Works 22
#8 Joshua A. Valenti Panduit 22
#11 Yuriy Belenkiy Molex 20
#12 Marco Laubach Robert Bosch Gmbh 19
#13 Louis D. Finkelstein Motorola 18
#13 Catalin Captarencu Triteq Lock And Security 18
#13 Michael Kipnis Cyclazoom 18
#13 Rafael Bury United States Gypsum 18
#17 Caryl M. Styrsky Allstate Insurance 16
#18 Ian Fotheringham 15
#18 Douglas G. Stewart Uop 15
#20 John Y. Babico Regenesis Biomedical 14
#20 Sreenivasa M. Nerayanuru Zenith Electronics 14
#20 Thomas A. Verachtert Uop 14
#23 Peter Rolicki Kolcraft Enterprises 13
#23 Marilyn J. Stapleton Genetec 13
#23 Robert R. Parker Bell And Howell 13
#23 Shannon Bard Aquapore Moisture Systems,Inc. 13
#27 Michael L. Schrimmer Chemical Light 12
#27 Larry Ponsi Sage Products 12
#27 Aleksandr Likhterman Allstate Insurance 12
#27 Gaurav Hasija Walgreen 12
#27 Ketan M. Patel Abbott 12
#27 Steve S. Kim General Motors 12
#27 James R. Brunette Motorola 12
#34 Pedro Ortiz-Toral Gas Technology Institute 11
#34 Daniel A. Linzmeier Motorola 11
#34 Patrick J. McVey Careband 11
#34 Gary W. Trecker Kraft Foods Holdings 11
#34 Manjunath Rao Allstate Insurance 11
#34 Rong Liu Hearthware Home Products 11
#34 Richard A. Jenkins Moore Business Forms 11
#41 Robert M. Judd Heart Imaging Technologies 10
#41 Steven J. Carroll Trading Technologies International 10
#41 Peter P. Payne Honeywell 10
#44 Franklin Fong Juno Manufacturing 9
#44 Steven C. Slowik Acco Brands 9
#44 Gary E. Western Motorola 9
#44 Anish A. Ukani Seagate Technology 9
#44 Julius Lucaci Black & Decker 9
#44 Leroy A. Sutton Zenith Electronics 9
#44 Donald P. Martin Qwint Systems 9

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