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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Showing 1–200 of 43,435 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
1 Tokyo, JP 25,532 13,453
2 Seoul, KR 19,886 8,082
3 San Francisco, CA 16,045 7,035 18.4
#4 San Jose, CA 15,977 6,693 15.8
#5 Beijing, CN 14,438 6,435
#6 San Diego, CA 13,146 4,495 9.5
#7 Yokohama, JP 13,088 6,509
#8 Suwon-si, KR 10,629 4,536
#9 Seattle, WA 8,315 4,505 11.3
#10 Hsinchu, TW 7,046 2,737
#11 Austin, TX 7,004 3,164 7.3
#12 Daejeon, KR 6,970 3,209
#13 Osaka, JP 6,823 3,377
#14 Sunnyvale, CA 6,650 3,062 42.7
#15 Shanghai, CN 6,300 3,739
#16 Yongin-si, KR 6,199 2,652
#17 Mountain View, CA 5,361 2,642 65.1
#18 Portland, OR 5,317 1,855 8.2
#19 New York, NY 5,106 2,984 0.6
#20 Palo Alto, CA 4,814 2,152 70.2
#21 Bengaluru, IN 4,810 3,441
#22 Houston, TX 4,797 2,552 2.1
#23 Santa Clara, CA 4,596 2,083 36.0
#24 Taipei, TW 4,433 2,482
#25 Nanhu, CN 4,259 2,727
#26 Fremont, CA 4,209 1,880 18.3
#27 Beijing, CN 3,819 730
#28 Cupertino, CA 3,768 1,477 62.4
#29 Kyoto, JP 3,655 1,892
#30 New Taipei, TW 3,498 1,901
#31 Cambridge, MA 3,430 1,823 29.0
#32 Chicago, IL 3,265 1,816 1.2
#33 Los Angeles, CA 3,242 1,742 0.8
#34 Hwaseong-si, KR 3,231 1,462
#35 Redmond, WA 3,144 1,700 42.9
#36 Lo Wu, CN 3,115 1,037
#37 Bellevue, WA 3,041 1,412 20.0
#38 Kawasaki, JP 2,711 1,513
#39 Seojong-myeon, KR 2,678 1,690
#40 Munich, DE 2,674 1,615
#41 Singapore, SG 2,607 1,679
#42 London, GB 2,526 1,591
#43 Irvine, CA 2,318 1,142 7.5
#44 Redwood City, CA 2,230 1,107 26.5
#45 Seongnam-si, KR 2,221 1,112
#46 Toronto, CA 2,204 1,349
#47 Taoyuan, TW 2,198 1,146
#48 Cincinnati, OH 2,178 867 7.0
#49 Boise, ID 2,147 667
#50 Atlanta, GA 2,135 1,243 4.3
#51 Taichung, TW 2,123 1,110
#52 Boston, MA 2,085 1,168 3.1
#53 Kanchinakote, IN 2,057 821
#54 Tangxia, CN 2,008 1,358
#55 Raleigh, NC 1,963 908 4.2
#56 Los Altos, CA 1,936 775 61.2
#57 Ann Arbor, MI 1,906 1,002 15.4
#58 Hangzhou City, CN 1,868 961
#59 Tucson, AZ 1,844 753 3.4
#60 Brooklyn, NY 1,840 1,013
#61 San Mateo, CA 1,834 902 17.4
#62 Tokyo, JP 1,832 502
#63 Saratoga, CA 1,831 618 59.0
#64 Berlin, DE 1,813 1,088
#65 Tainan, TW 1,781 842
#66 Eindhoven, NL 1,766 1,028
#67 Menlo Park, CA 1,761 805 52.1
#68 Suneung-ri, KR 1,756 555
#69 Paris, FR 1,740 1,196
#70 Shanghai, CN 1,734 431
#71 Shizuoka, JP 1,730 864
#72 Oakland, CA 1,722 882 3.9
#73 Saitama, JP 1,697 910
#74 Plano, TX 1,635 661 5.7
#75 Pittsburgh, PA 1,625 1,013 5.4
#76 Los Gatos, CA 1,620 619 48.3
#77 Ottawa, CA 1,609 752
#78 Nagoya, JP 1,586 748
#79 Kariya, JP 1,585 859
#80 Lo Wu, CN 1,583 315
#81 Dallas, TX 1,540 850 1.2
#82 Pleasanton, CA 1,504 623 18.8
#83 Toyota, JP 1,474 769
#84 Cary, NC 1,469 600 8.4
#85 Kirkland, WA 1,464 696 15.9
#86 San Antonio, TX 1,463 828 1.0
#87 Longbeilingcun, CN 1,450 554
#88 Phoenix, AZ 1,447 762 0.9
#89 Seoul, KR 1,424 319
#90 Beaverton, OR 1,413 504 14.5
#91 Berkeley, CA 1,391 727 11.2
#92 Cambridge, GB 1,368 831
#93 Sammamish, WA 1,356 634 20.1
#94 Vancouver, CA 1,329 847
#95 Chandler, AZ 1,312 576 4.8
#96 Santa Monica, CA 1,306 567 14.0
#97 Minneapolis, MN 1,299 782 3.0
#98 Pune, IN 1,290 858
#99 Hillsboro, OR 1,256 519 11.8
#100 Boulder, CO 1,253 683 11.6
#101 Milpitas, CA 1,243 626 15.5
#102 Sakai, JP 1,241 528
#103 Kobe, JP 1,238 650
#104 Wako, JP 1,236 714
#105 Nes Ziona, IL 1,230 897
#106 Campbell, CA 1,229 478 28.0
#107 Dhahran, SA 1,212 536
#108 Zhejiang, CN 1,200 714
#109 Haifa, IL 1,195 651
#110 Durham, NC 1,186 654 4.2
#111 Carlsbad, CA 1,174 516 10.2
#112 Chiba, JP 1,164 679
#113 Sydney, AU 1,161 600
#114 Tokyo, JP 1,161 272
#115 Philadelphia, PA 1,133 613 0.7
#116 Hyderabad, IN 1,126 823
#117 Montréal, CA 1,116 679
#118 Chesterfield, MO 1,106 754 22.1
#119 Stuttgart, DE 1,104 623
#120 Las Vegas, NV 1,099 496 1.7
#121 Kaohsiung, TW 1,082 420
#122 Dongguan, CN 1,080 470
#123 Denver, CO 1,078 669 1.5
#124 Rochester, MN 1,064 462 8.8
#125 Newton, MA 1,063 504 11.9
#126 Somerville, MA 1,058 593 13.1
#127 Charlotte, NC 1,055 606 1.2
#128 Lexington, MA 1,048 469 30.4
#129 Foster City, CA 1,022 505 30.2
#130 San Ramon, CA 1,010 474 11.9
#131 Kasai, JP 1,000 565
#132 Ibaraki, JP 998 585
#133 Baltimore, MD 994 583 1.7
#134 Hamburg, DE 990 614
#135 Suwon-si, KR 988 198
#136 Calgary, CA 986 622
#137 Paju-si, KR 984 449
#138 Nagaokakyo, JP 982 473
#139 Stockholm, SE 976 504
#140 Madison, WI 975 630 3.6
#141 Incheon, KR 968 548
#142 Brookline, MA 965 538 15.3
#143 Zürich, CH 935 592
#144 Folsom, CA 933 277 11.6
#145 Canton, MI 930 357
#146 Village of La Jolla, CA 912 410
#147 Indianapolis, IN 910 480
#148 Moscow, RU 905 604
#149 Scottsdale, AZ 897 393 3.7
#150 Milano, IT 895 569
#151 Round Rock, TX 892 336 7.5
#152 Dashulong, TW 885 190
#153 Pasadena, CA 876 491 6.3
#154 Longbeilingcun, CN 871 168
#155 Hsinchu, TW 867 215
#156 Yokohama, JP 860 237
#157 Hamamatsu, JP 857 412
#158 Miami, FL 851 507 1.9
#159 Poughkeepsie, NY 848 269 26.9
#160 Anyang-si, KR 847 372
#161 Santa Cruz, CA 846 345 13.4
#162 Xiamen, CN 846 449
#163 Nanjing, CN 845 556
#164 Nagano, JP 830 424
#165 Helsinki, FI 813 478
#166 Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL 812 304
#167 Matsumoto, JP 810 365
#168 Lund, SE 808 368
#169 Arlington, MA 798 392 17.2
#170 Washington, DC 798 425 1.2
#171 Salt Lake City, UT 797 532 4.0
#172 Bothell, WA 792 455 16.4
#173 Hiroshima, JP 780 461
#174 Melbourne, AU 777 529
#175 Bloomington, IL 775 225 9.8
#176 Princeton, NJ 773 362 25.2
#177 Orlando, FL 761 499 2.5
#178 Albuquerque, NM 759 510 1.3
#179 Barcelona, ES 756 537
#180 Troy, MI 750 351 8.6
#181 Yamanashi, JP 749 405
#182 Niskayuna, NY 748 247 36.0
#183 Dublin, IE 747 416
#184 Allen, TX 740 282 7.1
#185 Grenoble, FR 719 466
#186 Tampa, FL 718 419 1.9
#187 Espoo, FI 717 392
#188 Auckland, NZ 713 450
#189 Chengdu, CN 700 476
#190 Moissy-Cramayel, FR 694 408
#191 Waterloo, CA 693 379
#192 Dublin, CA 681 340 9.4
#193 Fujian, CN 681 309
#194 Suzhou, CN 675 438
#195 Fort Collins, CO 673 408 4.0
#196 Corvallis, OR 672 253 11.2
#197 Yokkaichi, JP 670 308
#198 Belmont, CA 669 344 23.6
#199 Tochigi, JP 669 363
#200 Issaquah, WA 668 339 16.7

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