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Sunman, IN ranks #3,837 worldwide for total patents filed in 2020, with 32 patents from 7 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sunman, IN include The Procter & Gamble, Hill-Rom Services, Schlage Lock Company. That works out to 35.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–7 of 7 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 John Allen Manifold The Procter & Gamble 17
2 Keith A. Huster Hill-Rom Services 5
3 Gabriel D. Focke Schlage Lock Company 4
#4 Buford A. Cooper Wayne/Scott Fetzer 3
#5 Joseph Allen Eckstein The Procter & Gamble 1
#5 Meg Elizabeth Hall The Procter & Gamble 1
#5 Christopher C. Bovard Batesville Services 1

Part of Indiana