Gilmer, TX ranks #16,606 worldwide for total patents filed all time, with 90 patents from 27 inventors. Leading employers of inventors based in Gilmer, TX include Rick Meritt Investments, Eastman Chemical, Revtech Industries. That works out to 18.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a common benchmark for comparing regional innovation intensity.
Showing 1–27 of 27 inventors
| Rank ↑ | Inventor ↕ | Primary Company ↕ | Patents ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Meritt | Rick Meritt Investments | 26 |
| 2 | Kenneth Wayne Hampton, Jr. | Eastman Chemical | 14 |
| 3 | Janet K. Peters | Revtech Industries | 9 |
| #4 | Jody Lee Rodgers | Eastman Chemical | 6 |
| #5 | John L. Keith | — | 4 |
| #5 | L. Jay Harris | — | 4 |
| #7 | Eugene H. Brown | Eastman Chemical | 3 |
| #7 | James Hicks | Mastercard | 3 |
| #9 | Shawn Schrecengost | ExxonMobil | 2 |
| #9 | Brandon Johnston | — | 2 |
| #11 | Mary Jo Slaughter | — | 1 |
| #11 | Linda C. Smith | — | 1 |
| #11 | James C Cowan | — | 1 |
| #11 | Joshua Cade Jarvis | — | 1 |
| #11 | George Pritchett | — | 1 |
| #11 | Danny R. Watkins | — | 1 |
| #11 | Jaime Espinoza | — | 1 |
| #11 | Christopher Glenn Caffey | — | 1 |
| #11 | Clint Lyndell Caffey | — | 1 |
| #11 | Larry Parsons | — | 1 |
| #11 | Paul Martin Kern | — | 1 |
| #11 | Michael Lane Gentsch | — | 1 |
| #11 | Ronald Jim Slaughter | — | 1 |
| #11 | C. Leon Lovett | Stemco Co. | 1 |
| #11 | Mary E. Sanders | — | 1 |
| #11 | Richard Hawkinberry | — | 1 |
| #11 | Larry Monasco | — | 1 |
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