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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
1 Tokyo, JP 24,516 12,997
2 Seoul, KR 20,006 7,818
3 Yokohama, JP 14,772 6,993
#4 San Jose, CA 14,037 5,991 13.8
#5 San Francisco, CA 13,015 5,438 14.9
#6 San Diego, CA 10,945 4,341 7.9
#7 Beijing, CN 8,587 4,214
#8 Seattle, WA 7,597 3,993 10.3
#9 Suwon-si, KR 7,379 3,369
#10 Osaka, JP 7,105 3,650
#11 Daejeon, KR 6,434 3,083
#12 Austin, TX 6,377 2,852 6.6
#13 Yongin-si, KR 5,890 2,638
#14 Hsinchu, TW 5,885 2,393
#15 Sunnyvale, CA 5,444 2,644 34.9
#16 Mountain View, CA 4,817 2,331 58.5
#17 Houston, TX 4,507 2,508 2.0
#18 Portland, OR 4,502 1,708 6.9
#19 Palo Alto, CA 4,445 1,983 64.8
#20 New York, NY 4,361 2,400 0.5
#21 Shanghai, CN 4,060 2,595
#22 Fremont, CA 3,646 1,677 15.8
#23 Taipei, TW 3,643 2,159
#24 Santa Clara, CA 3,533 1,667 27.7
#25 New Taipei, TW 3,498 1,960
#26 Kyoto, JP 3,437 1,917
#27 Cupertino, CA 3,436 1,457 56.9
#28 Bengaluru, IN 3,430 2,448
#29 Seojong-myeon, KR 3,168 1,817
#30 Nanhu, CN 3,045 1,976
#31 Hwaseong-si, KR 3,006 1,314
#32 Kawasaki, JP 2,898 1,553
#33 Bellevue, WA 2,846 1,255 18.7
#34 Redmond, WA 2,738 1,462 37.4
#35 Chicago, IL 2,688 1,413 1.0
#36 Cambridge, MA 2,551 1,336 21.6
#37 Los Angeles, CA 2,468 1,396 0.6
#38 Beijing, CN 2,373 631
#39 Singapore, SG 2,372 1,498
#40 Taichung, TW 2,265 1,124
#41 Seongnam-si, KR 2,225 1,016
#42 Tokyo, JP 2,054 551
#43 Los Altos, CA 2,039 817 64.5
#44 Irvine, CA 1,969 1,040 6.4
#45 Munich, DE 1,952 1,204
#46 Shizuoka, JP 1,950 992
#47 Atlanta, GA 1,946 1,107 3.9
#48 Redwood City, CA 1,937 991 23.0
#49 Raleigh, NC 1,928 891 4.1
#50 Saratoga, CA 1,919 666 61.8
#51 Taoyuan, TW 1,837 1,084
#52 Eindhoven, NL 1,824 976
#53 Ann Arbor, MI 1,778 929 14.4
#54 Toronto, CA 1,730 1,091
#55 Tainan, TW 1,720 837
#56 Los Gatos, CA 1,707 626 50.9
#57 London, GB 1,694 1,101
#58 Tucson, AZ 1,678 710 3.1
#59 Saitama, JP 1,653 847
#60 Menlo Park, CA 1,651 789 48.9
#61 Cincinnati, OH 1,645 799 5.3
#62 Rochester, MN 1,610 482 13.3
#63 Kariya, JP 1,597 884
#64 Tangxia, CN 1,553 901
#65 Paris, FR 1,522 1,052
#66 Berlin, DE 1,520 918
#67 Boston, MA 1,512 888 2.2
#68 Nagoya, JP 1,497 789
#69 Pittsburgh, PA 1,484 884 4.9
#70 Cary, NC 1,480 642 8.5
#71 Lo Wu, CN 1,479 576
#72 Seoul, KR 1,444 290
#73 Ottawa, CA 1,422 739
#74 Toyota, JP 1,412 690
#75 Oakland, CA 1,399 714 3.2
#76 Brooklyn, NY 1,366 772
#77 San Mateo, CA 1,364 707 12.9
#78 Carlsbad, CA 1,361 575 11.9
#79 Pleasanton, CA 1,349 626 16.9
#80 Phoenix, AZ 1,338 669 0.8
#81 Dallas, TX 1,326 743 1.0
#82 Kirkland, WA 1,292 637 14.0
#83 Suneung-ri, KR 1,271 411
#84 Chiba, JP 1,257 658
#85 Stuttgart, DE 1,222 663
#86 Boulder, CO 1,211 670 11.2
#87 Plano, TX 1,209 567 4.2
#88 Beaverton, OR 1,198 474 12.3
#89 Kobe, JP 1,193 692
#90 Shanghai, CN 1,182 377
#91 San Ramon, CA 1,176 481 13.9
#92 Canton, MI 1,139 390
#93 Minneapolis, MN 1,136 663 2.6
#94 Boise, ID 1,131 458
#95 Wako, JP 1,128 725
#96 Anyang-si, KR 1,127 368
#97 Campbell, CA 1,118 435 25.4
#98 Vancouver, CA 1,106 724
#99 Cambridge, GB 1,097 670
#100 Chandler, AZ 1,088 573 3.9
#101 Tokyo, JP 1,079 296
#102 Kasai, JP 1,067 609
#103 Durham, NC 1,066 568 3.8
#104 Sammamish, WA 1,059 543 15.7
#105 Chesterfield, MO 1,051 653 21.0
#106 Ibaraki, JP 1,047 638
#107 Montréal, CA 1,046 536
#108 Berkeley, CA 1,039 560 8.4
#109 Calgary, CA 1,038 618
#110 Newton, MA 1,031 511 11.6
#111 Lexington, MA 1,019 452 29.6
#112 Nes Ziona, IL 1,018 681
#113 Hillsboro, OR 985 454 9.2
#114 Yokohama, JP 982 255
#115 Nagaokakyo, JP 977 438
#116 Sakai, JP 966 433
#117 Suwon-si, KR 963 187
#118 Charlotte, NC 962 517 1.1
#119 San Antonio, TX 952 578 0.7
#120 Madison, WI 941 579 3.5
#121 Santa Monica, CA 939 449 10.1
#122 Milpitas, CA 934 477 11.6
#123 Lo Wu, CN 928 247
#124 Hamburg, DE 915 615
#125 Poughkeepsie, NY 911 242 28.9
#126 Matsumoto, JP 910 421
#127 Niskayuna, NY 905 294 43.5
#128 Haifa, IL 897 491
#129 Nagano, JP 882 468
#130 Brookline, MA 874 455 13.8
#131 Kaohsiung, TW 869 307
#132 Denver, CO 865 493 1.2
#133 Albuquerque, NM 854 557 1.5
#134 Foster City, CA 846 463 25.0
#135 Round Rock, TX 837 317 7.0
#136 Hyderabad, IN 833 637
#137 Stockholm, SE 832 471
#138 Village of La Jolla, CA 831 336
#139 Hamamatsu, JP 822 378
#140 Pasadena, CA 821 403 5.9
#141 Kanchinakote, IN 819 388
#142 Indianapolis, IN 813 454
#143 Philadelphia, PA 805 531 0.5
#144 Los Altos Hills, CA 804 199 94.7
#145 Tochigi, JP 803 369
#146 Helsinki, FI 797 485
#147 Chiyoda, JP 787 421
#148 Baltimore, MD 785 466 1.3
#149 Dhahran, SA 785 342
#150 Incheon, KR 784 475
#151 Yamanashi, JP 781 408
#152 Santa Cruz, CA 775 330 12.3
#153 Schenectady, NY 773 124 11.5
#154 Salt Lake City, UT 759 469 3.8
#155 Espoo, FI 755 419
#156 Pune, IN 750 526
#157 Dashulong, TW 748 170
#158 Milano, IT 744 491
#159 Hangzhou City, CN 742 503
#160 Troy, MI 738 335 8.4
#161 Scottsdale, AZ 737 375 3.0
#162 Barcelona, ES 733 519
#163 Paju-si, KR 723 359
#164 Somerville, MA 721 445 8.9
#165 Sydney, AU 721 438
#166 Las Vegas, NV 720 406 1.1
#167 Arlington, MA 703 368 15.2
#168 Moscow, RU 703 551
#169 Melbourne, AU 698 496
#170 Livermore, CA 694 315 7.9
#171 Fort Collins, CO 693 390 4.1
#172 Zürich, CH 692 414
#173 Daejeon, KR 685 140
#174 Woodbury, MN 685 311 9.1
#175 Tampa, FL 678 382 1.8
#176 Orlando, FL 671 425 2.2
#177 Rochester, NY 671 372 3.2
#178 Baoshan, TW 667 381
#179 Bothell, WA 664 385 13.8
#180 Novi, MI 663 255 10.0
#181 Princeton, NJ 662 309 21.6
#182 Miami, FL 656 440 1.5
#183 Spring, TX 655 336 10.5
#184 Hiroshima, JP 650 421
#185 Grenoble, FR 646 428
#186 Waterloo, CA 646 338
#187 Allen, TX 639 256 6.1
#188 Yorktown Heights, NY 631 175 334.9
#189 Hsinchu, TW 629 186
#190 Woodinville, WA 626 292 47.9
#191 Zhejiang, CN 625 407
#192 Nagoya, JP 618 213
#193 Tokyo, JP 616 85
#194 Ebeye 608 416
#195 Belmont, CA 607 316 21.4
#196 Washington, DC 600 361 0.9
#197 Chapel Hill, NC 595 335 9.6
#198 Hengshan, TW 592 377
#199 Hitachinaka, JP 592 291
#200 Hiratsuka, JP 589 271

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