New Mexico ranks #34 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 1,484 patents from 919 inventors across 53 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.7 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Mexico 2017
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Albuquerque, NM | 844 | 524 |
| #2 | Los Alamos, NM | 192 | 113 |
| #3 | Santa Fe, NM | 117 | 69 |
| #4 | Rio Rancho, NM | 65 | 44 |
| #5 | Edgewood, NM | 43 | 17 |
| #6 | Las Cruces, NM | 29 | 22 |
| #7 | Corrales, NM | 21 | 14 |
| #8 | Tijeras, NM | 20 | 13 |
| #9 | Los Lunas, NM | 14 | 11 |
| #10 | Socorro, NM | 10 | 9 |
| #11 | Moriarty, NM | 10 | 3 |
| #12 | Sandia Park, NM | 10 | 10 |
| #13 | Bernalillo, NM | 9 | 8 |
| #14 | Anthony, NM | 8 | 5 |
| #15 | Taos, NM | 7 | 5 |
| #16 | Ranchos des Placitas, NM | 6 | 3 |
| #17 | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM | 6 | 1 |
| #18 | Kirtland, NM | 5 | 1 |
| #19 | Alamogordo, NM | 4 | 3 |
| #20 | Raton, NM | 4 | 3 |
| #21 | Tesuque, NM | 4 | 1 |
| #22 | Farmington, NM | 3 | 1 |
| #23 | Grants, NM | 3 | 1 |
| #24 | South Valley, NM | 3 | 2 |
| #25 | Carlsbad, NM | 3 | 2 |