Nebraska ranks #40 among US states for total patents filed in 2016, with 830 patents from 482 inventors across 77 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Nebraska 2016
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Omaha, NE | 326 | 187 |
| #2 | Lincoln, NE | 143 | 106 |
| #3 | Columbus, NE | 32 | 16 |
| #4 | Gothenburg, NE | 25 | 2 |
| #5 | Hastings, NE | 25 | 1 |
| #6 | Valley, NE | 19 | 13 |
| #7 | York, NE | 15 | 3 |
| #8 | Holdrege, NE | 14 | 4 |
| #9 | Papillion, NE | 11 | 11 |
| #10 | Kearney, NE | 11 | 10 |
| #11 | Bennington, NE | 11 | 6 |
| #12 | Lindsay, NE | 11 | 2 |
| #13 | Waverly, NE | 9 | 8 |
| #14 | Hickman, NE | 9 | 3 |
| #15 | Pierce, NE | 8 | 4 |
| #16 | Ogallala, NE | 8 | 5 |
| #17 | Gretna, NE | 7 | 5 |
| #18 | Sidney, NE | 7 | 7 |
| #19 | Gering, NE | 7 | 2 |
| #20 | Norfolk, NE | 6 | 4 |
| #21 | Indianola, NE | 6 | 2 |
| #22 | Seward, NE | 6 | 3 |
| #23 | Ord, NE | 6 | 1 |
| #24 | Bellevue, NE | 6 | 3 |
| #25 | Crete, NE | 5 | 2 |