New Jersey ranks #9 among US states for total patents filed in 2016, with 12,819 patents from 6,767 inventors across 488 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Jersey 2016
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 744 | 350 |
| #2 | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 316 | 142 |
| #3 | Plainsboro, NJ | 311 | 162 |
| #4 | Morristown, NJ | 310 | 156 |
| #5 | Jersey City, NJ | 309 | 155 |
| #6 | Bound Brook, NJ | 275 | 150 |
| #7 | Edison, NJ | 232 | 143 |
| #8 | Somerville, NJ | 163 | 91 |
| #9 | Montgomery, NJ | 161 | 82 |
| #10 | Pennington, NJ | 156 | 66 |
| #11 | Flemington, NJ | 153 | 92 |
| #12 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 152 | 76 |
| #13 | Holmdel, NJ | 152 | 58 |
| #14 | Manalapan, NJ | 148 | 54 |
| #15 | Marlboro, NJ | 148 | 38 |
| #16 | Piscataway, NJ | 147 | 90 |
| #17 | Hackettstown, NJ | 147 | 93 |
| #18 | Hoboken, NJ | 143 | 75 |
| #19 | New Brunswick, NJ | 142 | 82 |
| #20 | Westfield, NJ | 141 | 77 |
| #21 | Morganville, NJ | 141 | 64 |
| #22 | Wayne, NJ | 135 | 63 |
| #23 | New Providence, NJ | 127 | 55 |
| #24 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 125 | 31 |
| #25 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 123 | 75 |