Idaho ranks #32 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 1,795 patents from 925 inventors across 78 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.0 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Idaho 2017
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 1,019 | 435 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 147 | 80 |
| #3 | Idaho Falls, ID | 75 | 64 |
| #4 | Eagle, ID | 69 | 36 |
| #5 | Nampa, ID | 65 | 29 |
| #6 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 49 | 25 |
| #7 | Troy, ID | 45 | 32 |
| #8 | Kuna, ID | 27 | 13 |
| #9 | Pocatello, ID | 23 | 20 |
| #10 | Twin Falls, ID | 23 | 12 |
| #11 | Hayden, ID | 19 | 9 |
| #12 | Ketchum, ID | 16 | 10 |
| #13 | Sandpoint, ID | 14 | 12 |
| #14 | Caldwell, ID | 12 | 9 |
| #15 | Hailey, ID | 11 | 7 |
| #16 | Rexburg, ID | 11 | 6 |
| #17 | Emmett, ID | 10 | 3 |
| #18 | Rathdrum, ID | 8 | 3 |
| #19 | Star, ID | 8 | 7 |
| #20 | Blackfoot, ID | 8 | 7 |
| #21 | Shelley, ID | 7 | 6 |
| #22 | Ammon, ID | 7 | 5 |
| #23 | Sagle, ID | 6 | 5 |
| #24 | Middleton, ID | 6 | 6 |
| #25 | Garden City, ID | 6 | 2 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2017
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurtej S. Sandhu | Boise | Micron | 29 |
| 2 | Jason Johnson | Nampa | August Home | 26 |
| 3 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #4 | Scott E. Sills | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #5 | Jian Li | Boise | Micron | 15 |
| #6 | Sanh D. Tang | Boise | Micron | 14 |
| #7 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #7 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #9 | Chandra Mouli | Boise | Micron | 12 |
| #10 | Jaspreet S. Gandhi | Boise | Micron | 11 |
| #10 | D. V. Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 11 |
| #12 | Bo Zhao | Boise | Harbin Institute Of Technology | 10 |
| #12 | Swarnal Borthakur | Boise | onsemi | 10 |
| #12 | John D. Hopkins | Meridian | Micron | 10 |
| #15 | Harold B Noyes | Boise | Micron | 9 |
| #16 | F. Daniel Gealy | Kuna | Round Rock Research | 8 |
| #16 | Michael A. Smith | Boise | Micron | 8 |
| #16 | J. Thomas Pawlowski | Boise | Micron | 8 |
| #16 | Sanjay Tiwari | Meridian | Micron | 8 |
| #16 | Wayne Kinney | Emmett | Micron | 8 |
| #16 | Rajasekhar Venigalla | Boise | IBM | 8 |
| #16 | Bingwu Liu | Meridian | Globalfoundries | 8 |
| #23 | Kamal M. Karda | Boise | Micron | 7 |
| #23 | Kunal R. Parekh | Boise | Micron | 7 |
| #23 | Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege | Boise | Micron | 7 |