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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
1 Tokyo, JP 23,701 12,564
2 Seoul, KR 18,756 7,292
3 Yokohama, JP 16,455 7,478
#4 San Jose, CA 13,841 5,790 13.7
#5 San Francisco, CA 12,858 4,702 14.7
#6 San Diego, CA 11,375 4,446 8.2
#7 Osaka, JP 8,231 4,091
#8 Seattle, WA 7,161 3,551 9.7
#9 Suwon-si, KR 6,576 2,862
#10 Daejeon, KR 6,394 3,012
#11 Yongin-si, KR 6,183 2,524
#12 Austin, TX 6,019 2,832 6.3
#13 Beijing, CN 5,971 3,083
#14 Hsinchu, TW 5,868 2,385
#15 Sunnyvale, CA 5,733 2,581 36.8
#16 Palo Alto, CA 4,764 2,001 69.5
#17 Mountain View, CA 4,621 2,129 56.1
#18 New Taipei, TW 4,186 2,260
#19 Portland, OR 4,186 1,621 6.4
#20 Houston, TX 4,039 2,278 1.8
#21 New York, NY 4,031 2,096 0.5
#22 Fremont, CA 3,817 1,686 16.6
#23 Cupertino, CA 3,741 1,508 62.0
#24 Kawasaki, JP 3,712 1,830
#25 Santa Clara, CA 3,684 1,581 28.9
#26 Taipei, TW 3,490 2,052
#27 Kyoto, JP 3,392 1,901
#28 Seojong-myeon, KR 3,143 1,741
#29 Redmond, WA 3,134 1,560 42.8
#30 Shanghai, CN 3,120 2,121
#31 Bellevue, WA 2,935 1,231 19.3
#32 Hwaseong-si, KR 2,772 1,165
#33 Bengaluru, IN 2,743 1,948
#34 Nanhu, CN 2,631 1,748
#35 Singapore, SG 2,396 1,474
#36 Chicago, IL 2,366 1,292 0.9
#37 Seongnam-si, KR 2,223 891
#38 Shizuoka, JP 2,208 1,010
#39 Los Angeles, CA 2,195 1,225 0.6
#40 Los Altos, CA 2,194 864 69.4
#41 Cambridge, MA 2,186 1,174 18.5
#42 Irvine, CA 2,161 1,024 7.0
#43 Raleigh, NC 2,065 899 4.4
#44 Taichung, TW 2,007 1,092
#45 Saratoga, CA 1,955 660 63.0
#46 Saitama, JP 1,939 976
#47 Beijing, CN 1,916 534
#48 Tokyo, JP 1,866 535
#49 Los Gatos, CA 1,845 658 55.0
#50 Ann Arbor, MI 1,837 845 14.8
#51 Munich, DE 1,815 1,082
#52 Redwood City, CA 1,798 882 21.3
#53 Tainan, TW 1,787 831
#54 Menlo Park, CA 1,705 770 50.5
#55 Tucson, AZ 1,680 705 3.1
#56 Anyang-si, KR 1,610 359
#57 Atlanta, GA 1,607 921 3.2
#58 Toronto, CA 1,568 999
#59 Cary, NC 1,511 650 8.7
#60 Ottawa, CA 1,497 810
#61 Eindhoven, NL 1,482 753
#62 Kirkland, WA 1,476 663 16.0
#63 London, GB 1,467 915
#64 Paris, FR 1,463 1,086
#65 Nagoya, JP 1,443 779
#66 Berlin, DE 1,417 915
#67 Seoul, KR 1,356 280
#68 Chiba, JP 1,354 705
#69 Pleasanton, CA 1,345 602 16.8
#70 Rochester, MN 1,339 448 11.0
#71 Cincinnati, OH 1,311 727 4.2
#72 Phoenix, AZ 1,300 625 0.8
#73 Boston, MA 1,276 707 1.9
#74 Plano, TX 1,263 590 4.4
#75 San Mateo, CA 1,254 614 11.9
#76 Ibaraki, JP 1,241 672
#77 Dallas, TX 1,235 660 0.9
#78 Chandler, AZ 1,224 561 4.4
#79 Boulder, CO 1,222 682 11.3
#80 Taoyuan, TW 1,206 611
#81 Kobe, JP 1,197 664
#82 Oakland, CA 1,194 610 2.7
#83 Kariya, JP 1,188 636
#84 Beaverton, OR 1,181 468 12.1
#85 Pittsburgh, PA 1,170 779 3.9
#86 Boise, ID 1,153 460
#87 Durham, NC 1,153 532 4.1
#88 Yokohama, JP 1,144 275
#89 Carlsbad, CA 1,143 504 10.0
#90 Wako, JP 1,124 696
#91 Stuttgart, DE 1,113 590
#92 Campbell, CA 1,101 423 25.1
#93 Sammamish, WA 1,090 579 16.2
#94 San Ramon, CA 1,090 475 12.9
#95 Toyota, JP 1,088 641
#96 Kasai, JP 1,065 583
#97 Brooklyn, NY 1,053 633
#98 Poughkeepsie, NY 1,053 259 33.4
#99 Tokyo, JP 1,051 282
#100 Minneapolis, MN 1,040 650 2.4
#101 Suneung-ri, KR 1,019 339
#102 Berkeley, CA 1,003 512 8.1
#103 Nagano, JP 985 483
#104 Cambridge, GB 980 592
#105 Lexington, MA 971 421 28.2
#106 Shanghai, CN 971 359
#107 Tangxia, CN 968 540
#108 Charlotte, NC 961 495 1.1
#109 Newton, MA 953 500 10.7
#110 Matsumoto, JP 950 377
#111 Canton, MI 949 339
#112 Vancouver, CA 948 572
#113 Daxi District, TW 939 650
#114 Brookline, MA 930 399 14.7
#115 Milpitas, CA 922 448 11.5
#116 Chesterfield, MO 914 557 18.3
#117 Hamburg, DE 914 632
#118 Baoshan, TW 885 483
#119 Santa Cruz, CA 875 358 13.9
#120 Lo Wu, CN 858 436
#121 Haifa, IL 851 496
#122 Hillsboro, OR 848 387 8.0
#123 Rochester, NY 844 464 4.0
#124 Nes Ziona, IL 841 617
#125 Los Altos Hills, CA 835 215 98.4
#126 Montréal, CA 835 483
#127 Calgary, CA 833 545
#128 Espoo, FI 832 439
#129 Denver, CO 829 466 1.2
#130 Madison, WI 828 506 3.1
#131 Waterloo, CA 827 363
#132 Foster City, CA 823 385 24.4
#133 Nagaokakyo, JP 818 411
#134 Moscow, RU 813 547
#135 Lo Wu, CN 792 243
#136 Baltimore, MD 785 482 1.3
#137 Salt Lake City, UT 784 482 3.9
#138 Village of La Jolla, CA 783 336
#139 Milano, IT 781 503
#140 Stockholm, SE 778 372
#141 Tochigi, JP 775 365
#142 Daejeon, KR 774 138
#143 Las Vegas, NV 771 419 1.2
#144 Niskayuna, NY 763 291 36.7
#145 Santa Monica, CA 754 410 8.1
#146 Fort Collins, CO 751 427 4.4
#147 Chiyoda, JP 748 417
#148 Princeton, NJ 744 350 24.2
#149 Albuquerque, NM 741 485 1.3
#150 San Antonio, TX 738 480 0.5
#151 Helsinki, FI 730 453
#152 Sakai, JP 724 330
#153 Round Rock, TX 722 318 6.0
#154 Incheon, KR 720 458
#155 Hamamatsu, JP 717 415
#156 Yorktown Heights, NY 715 172 379.5
#157 Suwon-si, KR 714 163
#158 Tokyo, JP 709 90
#159 Arlington, MA 708 357 15.3
#160 Orlando, FL 707 432 2.3
#161 Nagoya, JP 705 247
#162 Schenectady, NY 704 133 10.5
#163 Woodbury, MN 693 301 9.2
#164 Mississauga, CA 684 386
#165 Livermore, CA 677 281 7.7
#166 Somerville, MA 677 386 8.3
#167 Pasadena, CA 671 387 4.8
#168 Scottsdale, AZ 664 337 2.8
#169 Hiroshima, JP 661 440
#170 Sydney, AU 660 374
#171 Yokkaichi, JP 659 327
#172 Allen, TX 653 253 6.2
#173 Hsinchu, TW 652 182
#174 Indianapolis, IN 651 391
#175 Hyderabad, IN 650 473
#176 Woodinville, WA 649 280 49.7
#177 Ebeye 648 414
#178 Chapel Hill, NC 643 320 10.4
#179 Atsugi, JP 641 209
#180 Naperville, IL 639 333 4.3
#181 Hiratsuka, JP 637 286
#182 Fukuoka, JP 635 397
#183 Kaohsiung, TW 632 241
#184 Reno, NV 630 289 2.4
#185 Dresden, DE 626 369
#186 Hangzhou City, CN 622 364
#187 Toyama, JP 621 274
#188 Philadelphia, PA 620 381 0.4
#189 Pune, IN 619 445
#190 Troy, MI 616 294 7.1
#191 Novi, MI 612 253 9.2
#192 Grenoble, FR 607 384
#193 Bothell, WA 603 364 12.5
#194 Sugar Land, TX 602 337 5.4
#195 Hitachinaka, JP 600 298
#196 Longmont, CO 597 308 6.0
#197 Shiojiri, JP 597 242
#198 Tsukuba, JP 595 379
#199 Clifton Park, NY 593 226
#200 Paju-si, KR 588 322

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