New Jersey ranks #9 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 13,899 patents from 7,092 inventors across 503 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Jersey 2017
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 797 | 346 |
| #2 | Plainsboro, NJ | 364 | 176 |
| #3 | Morristown, NJ | 322 | 149 |
| #4 | Jersey City, NJ | 301 | 177 |
| #5 | Bound Brook, NJ | 295 | 171 |
| #6 | Edison, NJ | 267 | 143 |
| #7 | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 253 | 140 |
| #8 | Flemington, NJ | 226 | 100 |
| #9 | Holmdel, NJ | 222 | 66 |
| #10 | Pennington, NJ | 196 | 68 |
| #11 | Hoboken, NJ | 188 | 89 |
| #12 | Westfield, NJ | 178 | 75 |
| #13 | Marlboro, NJ | 163 | 41 |
| #14 | Piscataway, NJ | 155 | 95 |
| #15 | Somerville, NJ | 155 | 104 |
| #16 | Montgomery, NJ | 151 | 83 |
| #17 | Manalapan, NJ | 149 | 59 |
| #18 | Morganville, NJ | 149 | 66 |
| #19 | New Providence, NJ | 143 | 56 |
| #20 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 140 | 77 |
| #21 | Summit, NJ | 139 | 63 |
| #22 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 137 | 29 |
| #23 | Hackettstown, NJ | 130 | 94 |
| #24 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 125 | 71 |
| #25 | New Brunswick, NJ | 124 | 67 |