US States — Patent Rankings 2020

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents Inventors Cities
1 California 155,812 68,989 747
2 Texas 35,484 17,455 546
3 New York 30,862 13,306 824
#4 Washington 29,246 14,769 234
#5 Massachusetts 27,990 14,474 379
#6 Michigan 21,081 10,373 492
#7 Illinois 18,012 9,161 565
#8 Ohio 15,665 7,937 561
#9 New Jersey 14,824 7,174 496
#10 Minnesota 14,665 7,575 384
#11 Pennsylvania 14,280 7,986 697
#12 Florida 12,655 7,109 365
#13 North Carolina 11,779 5,993 315
#14 Oregon 11,596 4,557 131
#15 Colorado 9,804 5,433 166
#16 Connecticut 9,573 4,387 220
#17 Arizona 9,007 4,273 97
#18 Georgia 8,830 4,647 228
#19 Wisconsin 8,710 4,845 402
#20 Virginia 8,603 4,224 276
#21 Maryland 7,024 4,116 240
#22 Indiana 6,835 3,983 327
#23 Utah 5,179 2,797 137
#24 Missouri 4,342 2,681 251
#25 Tennessee 3,734 2,204 205
#26 South Carolina 3,578 1,948 149
#27 New Hampshire 3,312 1,693 170
#28 Iowa 3,192 1,791 264
#29 Idaho 2,923 1,182 77
#30 Nevada 2,360 1,150 31
#31 Kentucky 2,135 1,184 142
#32 Kansas 2,035 1,176 149
#33 Oklahoma 1,727 1,063 131
#34 Rhode Island 1,369 671 54
#35 Arkansas 1,365 712 100
#36 New Mexico 1,358 916 56
#37 Alabama 1,350 902 148
#38 Vermont 1,144 515 91
#39 Delaware 1,126 653 28
#40 Louisiana 1,068 786 116
#41 Nebraska 945 570 81
#42 Maine 845 437 119
#43 District of Columbia 825 448 1
#44 Montana 497 300 48
#45 Mississippi 495 335 85
#46 South Dakota 399 263 57
#47 Hawaii 355 219 37
#48 North Dakota 351 232 44
#49 West Virginia 326 233 78
#50 Wyoming 312 190 35
#51 Puerto Rico 184 104 29
#52 Alaska 115 84 19
#53 Virgin Islands 12 7 3
#54 Guam 5 4 2

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