Top Cities for Patents 2019

Ranked by total patent count — worldwide

Showing 1,951–2,000 of 43,611 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
#1951 Melville, NY 74 26 3.8
#1952 Mentor, OH 74 50 1.6
#1953 Nae-myeon, KR 74 47 —
#1954 New Paltz, NY 74 26 10.1
#1955 Riegelsberg, DE 74 59 —
#1956 Salem, VA 74 55 2.9
#1957 Suwon-si, OR 74 17 —
#1958 Ankara, TR 73 71 —
#1959 Bielefeld, DE 73 67 —
#1960 Bonney Lake, WA 73 30 3.2
#1961 Bordeaux, FR 73 60 —
#1962 Centerton, AR 73 22 4.1
#1963 Curitiba, BR 73 45 —
#1964 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 73 36 1.4
#1965 Ecublens, CH 73 40 —
#1966 El Cerrito, CA 73 28 14.4
#1967 Elkhart, IN 73 49 1.4
#1968 Foxborough, MA 73 43 11.7
#1969 Grafton, MA 73 40 —
#1970 Hartford, CT 73 34 0.6
#1971 Heilbronn, DE 73 45 —
#1972 Ichinomiya, JP 73 41 —
#1973 Koganei, JP 73 44 —
#1974 Laishui, CN 73 52 —
#1975 Lo Wu, MI 73 15 —
#1976 Mechanicsburg, PA 73 34 7.8
#1977 Melaka City, MY 73 51 —
#1978 Middletown, DE 73 25 3.1
#1979 Nanchang, CN 73 46 —
#1980 Newnan, GA 73 41 1.7
#1981 North Salem, NY 73 10 —
#1982 Oettingen, DE 73 63 —
#1983 Siena, IT 73 44 —
#1984 Tübingen, DE 73 58 —
#1985 Würzburg, DE 73 41 —
#1986 Yoqneam Illit, MA 73 2 —
#1987 Algonquin, IL 72 29 2.4
#1988 Baofeng County, CN 72 57 —
#1989 Beijing, GA 72 27 —
#1990 Hingham, MA 72 38 12.0
#1991 Koblenz, DE 72 44 —
#1992 Middelfart, DK 72 53 —
#1993 Monona, WI 72 21 8.3
#1994 Mount Pleasant, SC 72 45 0.8
#1995 Rhinebeck, NY 72 18 26.7
#1996 Rowlett, TX 72 36 1.1
#1997 Sayla, IN 72 56 —
#1998 Seoul, PA 72 23 —
#1999 Suwon-si, WA 72 16 —
#2000 Thornhill, CA 72 14 —

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