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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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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