Kentucky ranks #30 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 1,988 patents from 1,194 inventors across 152 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Kentucky 2017
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisville, KY | 493 | 315 |
| #2 | Lexington, KY | 491 | 299 |
| #3 | Georgetown, KY | 79 | 39 |
| #4 | Bowling Green, KY | 62 | 25 |
| #5 | Bellevue, KY | 45 | 5 |
| #6 | Crestwood, KY | 44 | 22 |
| #7 | Florence, KY | 40 | 19 |
| #8 | Nicholasville, KY | 35 | 22 |
| #9 | Paducah, KY | 27 | 17 |
| #10 | Versailles, KY | 25 | 9 |
| #11 | Winchester, KY | 24 | 13 |
| #12 | Covington, KY | 24 | 18 |
| #13 | Prospect, KY | 24 | 16 |
| #14 | Independence, KY | 22 | 14 |
| #15 | Owensboro, KY | 21 | 13 |
| #16 | Richmond, KY | 20 | 19 |
| #17 | Elizabethtown, KY | 20 | 11 |
| #18 | Union, KY | 17 | 4 |
| #19 | La Grange, KY | 16 | 9 |
| #20 | Williamsburg, KY | 16 | 5 |
| #21 | Morganfield, KY | 15 | 14 |
| #22 | Burlington, KY | 15 | 10 |
| #23 | Walton, KY | 14 | 8 |
| #24 | Newport, KY | 14 | 8 |
| #25 | Henderson, KY | 14 | 2 |