Top Cities for Patents 2017

Ranked by total patent count — worldwide

Showing 1,951–2,000 of 41,746 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
#1951 Buffalo, NY 67 41 0.2
#1952 Chester Springs, PA 67 41 —
#1953 Daejeon, WA 67 10 —
#1954 East Lansing, MI 67 52 1.4
#1955 Fort Lee, NJ 67 31 1.7
#1956 Harvard, MA 67 38 —
#1957 Herzogenrath, DE 67 27 —
#1958 High Point, NC 67 37 0.6
#1959 Loomis, CA 67 48 9.8
#1960 Lo Wu, NJ 67 23 —
#1961 Mantorville, MN 67 11 60.3
#1962 Niwot, CO 67 35 15.6
#1963 North Hinksey, GB 67 34 —
#1964 Ramsey, MN 67 26 2.4
#1965 Strasbourg, FR 67 56 —
#1966 Suneung-ri, NY 67 15 —
#1967 York, GB 67 31 —
#1968 Acworth, GA 66 32 2.9
#1969 Aki, JP 66 40 —
#1970 Alzenau, DE 66 45 —
#1971 Bel Air, MD 66 47 6.2
#1972 Champlin, MN 66 42 2.8
#1973 Greensburg, PA 66 36 4.4
#1974 Leichlingen, DE 66 36 —
#1975 Midland, TX 66 42 0.5
#1976 Montigny-le-Bretonneux, FR 66 46 —
#1977 Siena, IT 66 41 —
#1978 Sparks, NV 66 41 0.6
#1979 Twin Lakes, CA 66 17 —
#1980 Vero Beach, FL 66 44 4.0
#1981 Albany, OR 65 44 1.1
#1982 Arroyo Grande, CA 65 23 3.5
#1983 Brea, CA 65 41 1.4
#1984 Chattanooga, TN 65 48 0.4
#1985 Clyde Hill, WA 65 23 20.8
#1986 Daguantang, CA 65 9 —
#1987 Hsinchu, FL 65 4 —
#1988 Kiryat Tivon, IL 65 40 —
#1989 Lakeland, FL 65 47 0.6
#1990 Larchmont, NY 65 31 9.8
#1991 Le Pont-de-Claix, FR 65 47 —
#1992 Lindenhurst, IL 65 31 4.5
#1993 Marshalltown, IA 65 45 2.4
#1994 McLeansboro, IL 65 42 24.3
#1995 Modjeska, CA 65 23 102.8
#1996 Monza, IT 65 44 —
#1997 Nampa, ID 65 29 0.7
#1998 North Port, FL 65 12 0.9
#1999 Norwood, MA 65 43 2.1
#2000 Pingzhen District, TW 65 44 —

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