Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Willowbrook, IL ranks #2,902 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 1,054 patents from 166 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Willowbrook, IL include Cnh Industrial America, The Glad Products, Uchicago Argonne. That works out to 783.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–50 of 166 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Keith W. Wendte Cnh Industrial America 84
2 Robert T. Dorsey The Glad Products 69
3 Jason R. Maxwell The Glad Products 59
#4 Uthamalingam Balachandran Uchicago Argonne 49
#5 Jack F. Melvan The Glad Products 31
#6 Kishore Swaminathan Accenture Global Services Limited 30
#7 Kenneth E. Cisek The Glad Products 27
#7 Ravi Nallakrishnan Art 27
#7 Ranyi Zhu The Glad Products 27
#10 John Rusnak The Glad Products 25
#11 Moises B. Lorenzana 24
#12 Ronald J. Cisek The Glad Products 23
#13 Nicanor C. Ranchero Peerless Industries 21
#13 Theodore J. Fish The Glad Products 21
#13 Karen Denise McAffry The Procter & Gamble 21
#16 Dean Ferracane The Glad Products 20
#17 Sarah A. Kuhl The Glad Products 19
#18 Shakeel Nasir Honeywell 16
#18 Vedula K. Murty Uop 16
#20 Timothy J. Ofenloch John Deere 13
#20 Oliver Derza Walgreen 13
#20 Jeffrey S. Stiglic The Glad Products 13
#23 Kushan Vora Cnh Industrial America 11
#23 Silviu Velicu Epir 11
#25 Xiaoping Du University Of Illinois 10
#26 Dennis Hale Quality Craft Industries 9
#27 Anthony A. Romeo Arthrex 8
#27 Razi Abdul Rahim Hcl America 8
#29 Hsien-Hau Wang Uchicago Argonne 7
#29 Zeljko Vidovic The Glad Products 7
#29 Donghyeon Kang Uchicago Argonne 7
#29 Satish L. Kale Case Gmbh 7
#29 Ryan J. Coonce The Glad Products 7
#29 Brian S. Muldoon Uop 7
#29 Yun Xing Ford 7
#36 Rou Farhadieh Methode Electronics 6
#36 James Stanley Wen Products 6
#36 Wenwen Lin Northwestern University 6
#36 Patricia McWade Progress Rail Locomotive 6
#36 Ban-Yen Lai Chicago Bridge & Iron 6
#36 Joseph C. Kadlubowski Harper-Wyman 6
#36 Ted M. Knowlton Hemlock Semiconductor Operations 6
#43 Victor Saucedo American Air Liquide 5
#43 Sheldon H. D. Lee Argonne National Laboratory 5
#43 Edward L. Lee Dow Global Technologies 5
#43 Jiaqi Qiu Euclid Techlabs 5
#43 Karen Procknow GE 5
#43 Thomas W. Elmer Uchicago Argonne 5
#43 James W. Macqueene Ford 5
#50 Stanislav Stoupin Uchicago Argonne 4

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