Indiana ranks #20 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 6,673 patents from 3,552 inventors across 320 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 Indiana 2017
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indianapolis, IN | 846 | 466 |
| #2 | Carmel, IN | 506 | 234 |
| #3 | West Lafayette, IN | 472 | 247 |
| #4 | Columbus, IN | 337 | 167 |
| #5 | Bloomington, IN | 312 | 172 |
| #6 | Warsaw, IN | 263 | 123 |
| #7 | Fort Wayne, IN | 259 | 154 |
| #8 | Evansville, IN | 242 | 83 |
| #9 | Zionsville, IN | 221 | 90 |
| #10 | Fishers, IN | 178 | 79 |
| #11 | Noblesville, IN | 146 | 79 |
| #12 | Lafayette, IN | 142 | 93 |
| #13 | Westfield, IN | 131 | 60 |
| #14 | Granger, IN | 106 | 58 |
| #15 | Batesville, IN | 102 | 40 |
| #16 | South Bend, IN | 99 | 57 |
| #17 | Greenwood, IN | 93 | 58 |
| #18 | Winona Lake, IN | 90 | 25 |
| #19 | Elkhart, IN | 78 | 49 |
| #20 | Avon, IN | 69 | 37 |
| #21 | Newburgh, IN | 49 | 22 |
| #22 | Goshen, IN | 48 | 30 |
| #23 | Brownsburg, IN | 47 | 33 |
| #24 | Valparaiso, IN | 47 | 33 |
| #25 | Muncie, IN | 46 | 17 |