Idaho ranks #29 among US states for total patents filed in 2019, with 2,564 patents from 1,069 inventors across 80 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 Idaho 2019
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 1,548 | 533 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 197 | 94 |
| #3 | Idaho Falls, ID | 134 | 70 |
| #4 | Eagle, ID | 118 | 51 |
| #5 | Nampa, ID | 93 | 33 |
| #6 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 55 | 23 |
| #7 | Troy, ID | 45 | 34 |
| #8 | Twin Falls, ID | 41 | 28 |
| #9 | Kuna, ID | 26 | 13 |
| #10 | Hayden, ID | 25 | 7 |
| #11 | Pocatello, ID | 23 | 16 |
| #12 | Sandpoint, ID | 18 | 13 |
| #13 | Rathdrum, ID | 16 | 6 |
| #14 | Burley, ID | 14 | 13 |
| #15 | Caldwell, ID | 13 | 8 |
| #16 | Onaway, ID | 13 | 4 |
| #17 | Ammon, ID | 10 | 6 |
| #18 | Hailey, ID | 10 | 9 |
| #19 | Dixie, ID | 9 | 1 |
| #20 | Ketchum, ID | 9 | 8 |
| #21 | Shelley, ID | 8 | 6 |
| #22 | Sagle, ID | 6 | 4 |
| #23 | Garden City, ID | 6 | 2 |
| #24 | Emmett, ID | 6 | 1 |
| #25 | Cocolalla, ID | 5 | 2 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2019
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glen E. Hush | Boise | Micron | 26 |
| 2 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 25 |
| 3 | Gurtej S. Sandhu | Boise | Micron | 21 |
| #4 | Michael A. Smith | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #4 | Timothy M. Hollis | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #4 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #7 | Scott J. Derner | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #7 | Peter Feeley | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #7 | Cody Peterson | Hayden | Rohinni | 18 |
| #10 | Scott E. Sills | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #10 | Richard C. Murphy | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #10 | Christopher John Kawamura | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #13 | Perry V. Lea | Eagle | Micron | 15 |
| #13 | Harold B Noyes | Boise | Micron | 15 |
| #13 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 15 |
| #16 | Yongjun Jeff Hu | Boise | Micron | 14 |
| #16 | Rajasekhar Venigalla | Boise | IBM | 14 |
| #16 | Peter Reisen | Nampa | Forage Genetics International | 14 |
| #16 | Jian Li | Boise | Micron | 14 |
| #16 | Yushi Hu | Boise | Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. | 14 |
| #21 | Dean D. Gans | Nampa | Micron | 13 |
| #21 | Jason Johnson | Nampa | August Home | 13 |
| #21 | Everett A. McTeer | Eagle | Micron | 13 |
| #24 | John D. Hopkins | Meridian | Micron | 12 |
| #24 | Jaspreet S. Gandhi | Boise | Micron | 12 |