New Jersey ranks #9 among US states for total patents filed in 2020, with 14,824 patents from 7,174 inventors across 496 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.6 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Jersey 2020
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 828 | 380 |
| #2 | Jersey City, NJ | 429 | 227 |
| #3 | Plainsboro, NJ | 391 | 195 |
| #4 | Holmdel, NJ | 318 | 64 |
| #5 | Morristown, NJ | 277 | 152 |
| #6 | Edison, NJ | 250 | 149 |
| #7 | Flemington, NJ | 241 | 68 |
| #8 | Bound Brook, NJ | 235 | 137 |
| #9 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 208 | 34 |
| #10 | Hoboken, NJ | 205 | 90 |
| #11 | Readington, NJ | 194 | 30 |
| #12 | Kendall Park, NJ | 190 | 28 |
| #13 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 185 | 82 |
| #14 | Bound Brook Junction, NJ | 184 | 46 |
| #15 | Marlboro, NJ | 181 | 50 |
| #16 | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 179 | 117 |
| #17 | Piscataway, NJ | 177 | 102 |
| #18 | Somerville, NJ | 171 | 88 |
| #19 | Manalapan, NJ | 170 | 61 |
| #20 | Princeton Junction, NJ | 164 | 54 |
| #21 | Montgomery, NJ | 162 | 72 |
| #22 | Pennington, NJ | 157 | 69 |
| #23 | Morganville, NJ | 155 | 68 |
| #24 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 142 | 67 |
| #25 | New Brunswick, NJ | 142 | 76 |