New York ranks #3 among US states for total patents filed in 2016, with 27,120 patents from 11,723 inventors across 799 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New York 2016
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York, NY | 4,031 | 2,096 |
| #2 | Brooklyn, NY | 1,053 | 633 |
| #3 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 1,053 | 259 |
| #4 | Rochester, NY | 844 | 464 |
| #5 | Niskayuna, NY | 763 | 291 |
| #6 | Yorktown Heights, NY | 715 | 172 |
| #7 | Schenectady, NY | 704 | 133 |
| #8 | Clifton Park, NY | 593 | 226 |
| #9 | White Plains, NY | 556 | 136 |
| #10 | Webster, NY | 427 | 155 |
| #11 | Corning, NY | 386 | 193 |
| #12 | Chappaqua, NY | 384 | 61 |
| #13 | Wappingers Falls, NY | 357 | 90 |
| #14 | Ossining, NY | 337 | 90 |
| #15 | Hopewell Junction, NY | 328 | 94 |
| #16 | Ithaca, NY | 324 | 192 |
| #17 | Albany, NY | 301 | 137 |
| #18 | Troy, NY | 282 | 72 |
| #19 | Pittsford, NY | 268 | 119 |
| #20 | Great Neck, NY | 238 | 129 |
| #21 | Scarsdale, NY | 209 | 77 |
| #22 | Fairport, NY | 204 | 114 |
| #23 | Penfield, NY | 197 | 57 |
| #24 | Somers, NY | 172 | 58 |
| #25 | Syracuse, NY | 161 | 81 |