New York ranks #3 among US states for total patents filed in 2020, with 30,862 patents from 13,306 inventors across 824 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.5 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New York 2020
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York, NY | 5,288 | 2,870 |
| #2 | Brooklyn, NY | 1,666 | 937 |
| #3 | Niskayuna, NY | 1,086 | 303 |
| #4 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 887 | 256 |
| #5 | White Plains, NY | 781 | 205 |
| #6 | Yorktown Heights, NY | 766 | 192 |
| #7 | Rochester, NY | 691 | 409 |
| #8 | Clifton Park, NY | 689 | 224 |
| #9 | Schenectady, NY | 683 | 134 |
| #10 | Albany, NY | 658 | 171 |
| #11 | Corning, NY | 449 | 221 |
| #12 | Chappaqua, NY | 405 | 70 |
| #13 | Ithaca, NY | 404 | 228 |
| #14 | Ossining, NY | 348 | 104 |
| #15 | Wappingers Falls, NY | 326 | 94 |
| #16 | Troy, NY | 274 | 90 |
| #17 | Great Neck, NY | 249 | 149 |
| #18 | Hopewell Junction, NY | 248 | 87 |
| #19 | Scarsdale, NY | 246 | 94 |
| #20 | Webster, NY | 238 | 110 |
| #21 | Syracuse, NY | 227 | 92 |
| #22 | Riverside, NY | 199 | 56 |
| #23 | Slingerlands, NY | 197 | 27 |
| #24 | Pittsford, NY | 194 | 108 |
| #25 | Saratoga Springs, NY | 194 | 60 |