New York ranks #3 among US states for total patents filed in 2017, with 28,835 patents from 12,278 inventors across 833 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New York 2017
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York, NY | 4,326 | 2,310 |
| #2 | Brooklyn, NY | 1,316 | 760 |
| #3 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 1,070 | 296 |
| #4 | Niskayuna, NY | 867 | 300 |
| #5 | Schenectady, NY | 837 | 132 |
| #6 | Rochester, NY | 730 | 450 |
| #7 | Yorktown Heights, NY | 716 | 179 |
| #8 | Clifton Park, NY | 578 | 208 |
| #9 | White Plains, NY | 549 | 165 |
| #10 | Corning, NY | 503 | 210 |
| #11 | Albany, NY | 411 | 139 |
| #12 | Chappaqua, NY | 403 | 61 |
| #13 | Wappingers Falls, NY | 337 | 87 |
| #14 | Troy, NY | 332 | 70 |
| #15 | Ithaca, NY | 331 | 200 |
| #16 | Ossining, NY | 322 | 89 |
| #17 | Webster, NY | 309 | 137 |
| #18 | Hopewell Junction, NY | 289 | 93 |
| #19 | Great Neck, NY | 260 | 135 |
| #20 | Pittsford, NY | 250 | 111 |
| #21 | Scarsdale, NY | 227 | 86 |
| #22 | Riverside, NY | 186 | 46 |
| #23 | Fairport, NY | 182 | 94 |
| #24 | Syracuse, NY | 174 | 93 |
| #25 | Horseheads, NY | 171 | 75 |