Patent Leaderboard
USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Sunman, IN ranks #2,941 worldwide for total patents filed in 2021, with 42 patents from 11 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Sunman, IN include The Procter & Gamble, Wayne/Scott Fetzer, Hill-Rom Services. That works out to 46.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.

Showing 1–11 of 11 inventors

Rank Inventor Primary Company Patents
1 Joseph Allen Eckstein The Procter & Gamble 13
2 John Allen Manifold The Procter & Gamble 9
3 Buford A. Cooper Wayne/Scott Fetzer 6
#4 Keith A. Huster Hill-Rom Services 5
#5 Gabriel D. Focke Schlage Lock Company 2
#5 Christopher Scott Kraus The Procter & Gamble 2
#7 Leroy Joseph Kocher The Procter & Gamble 1
#7 Joseph Eckstein General Motors 1
#7 Richard Knueven 1
#7 Kara Schott 1
#7 Matthew R. Knue Hill-Rom Services 1

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