Indiana ranks #21 among US states for total patents filed in 2019, with 7,199 patents from 3,883 inventors across 313 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Indiana 2019
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indianapolis, IN | 1,118 | 538 |
| #2 | West Lafayette, IN | 531 | 282 |
| #3 | Carmel, IN | 504 | 250 |
| #4 | Columbus, IN | 376 | 234 |
| #5 | Zionsville, IN | 307 | 107 |
| #6 | Fort Wayne, IN | 265 | 169 |
| #7 | Warsaw, IN | 259 | 130 |
| #8 | Bloomington, IN | 250 | 153 |
| #9 | Evansville, IN | 187 | 88 |
| #10 | Fishers, IN | 173 | 84 |
| #11 | Lafayette, IN | 158 | 110 |
| #12 | Batesville, IN | 135 | 58 |
| #13 | Noblesville, IN | 129 | 75 |
| #14 | Granger, IN | 127 | 67 |
| #15 | Greenwood, IN | 115 | 67 |
| #16 | Westfield, IN | 106 | 55 |
| #17 | South Bend, IN | 85 | 56 |
| #18 | Elkhart, IN | 73 | 49 |
| #19 | Winona Lake, IN | 72 | 27 |
| #20 | Avon, IN | 70 | 44 |
| #21 | Seymour, IN | 68 | 37 |
| #22 | Brownsburg, IN | 57 | 38 |
| #23 | Crawfordsville, IN | 55 | 22 |
| #24 | Urbana, IN | 50 | 1 |
| #25 | Newburgh, IN | 50 | 22 |