Idaho ranks #32 among US states for total patents filed in 2016, with 1,928 patents from 911 inventors across 71 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Idaho 2016
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 1,153 | 460 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 179 | 89 |
| #3 | Idaho Falls, ID | 98 | 71 |
| #4 | Eagle, ID | 96 | 42 |
| #5 | Nampa, ID | 62 | 26 |
| #6 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 32 | 24 |
| #7 | Pocatello, ID | 23 | 20 |
| #8 | Twin Falls, ID | 19 | 12 |
| #9 | Hayden, ID | 19 | 11 |
| #10 | Kuna, ID | 18 | 11 |
| #11 | Ketchum, ID | 16 | 9 |
| #12 | Troy, ID | 15 | 13 |
| #13 | Caldwell, ID | 13 | 7 |
| #14 | Star, ID | 10 | 6 |
| #15 | Garden City, ID | 10 | 5 |
| #16 | Rathdrum, ID | 10 | 3 |
| #17 | Ammon, ID | 10 | 5 |
| #18 | Hailey, ID | 9 | 5 |
| #19 | Emmett, ID | 6 | 1 |
| #20 | Preston, ID | 6 | 3 |
| #21 | Sandpoint, ID | 5 | 4 |
| #22 | Wilder, ID | 5 | 2 |
| #23 | Menan, ID | 5 | 5 |
| #24 | Rigby, ID | 5 | 4 |
| #25 | Middleton, ID | 5 | 4 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2016
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurtej S. Sandhu | Boise | Micron | 59 |
| 2 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 23 |
| 3 | Scott E. Sills | Boise | Micron | 22 |
| #4 | Sanh D. Tang | Boise | Micron | 21 |
| #5 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #6 | Timothy M. Hollis | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #7 | Jason Johnson | Nampa | August Home | 13 |
| #7 | John K. Zahurak | Eagle | Micron | 13 |
| #7 | D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #7 | Jian Li | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #7 | Harold B Noyes | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #7 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #13 | Chandra Mouli | Boise | Micron | 12 |
| #13 | Yongjun Jeff Hu | Boise | Micron | 12 |
| #13 | Troy A. Manning | Meridian | Micron | 12 |
| #16 | Kamal M. Karda | Boise | Micron | 11 |
| #17 | Swarnal Borthakur | Boise | onsemi | 10 |
| #17 | Michael A. Smith | Boise | Micron | 10 |
| #19 | Keun Soo Song | Boise | Sk Hynix | 9 |
| #19 | Terry M. Grunzke | Boise | Micron | 9 |
| #19 | Jaspreet S. Gandhi | Boise | Micron | 9 |
| #19 | Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege | Boise | Micron | 9 |
| #19 | Wei Zhou | Boise | Micron | 9 |
| #19 | Marc Sulfridge | Boise | onsemi | 9 |
| #25 | Kunal R. Parekh | Boise | Micron | 8 |