Top Cities for Patents 2021

Ranked by total patent count — worldwide

Showing 1,951–2,000 of 42,968 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
#1951 Salinas, CA 69 41 0.4
#1952 Sherwood Park, CA 69 47 —
#1953 Trumbull, CT 69 38 —
#1954 Unterschleißheim, DE 69 48 —
#1955 Vejle, DK 69 31 —
#1956 Weifang, CN 69 46 —
#1957 Yamagata, JP 69 42 —
#1958 Bordeaux, FR 68 60 —
#1959 Brescia, IT 68 54 —
#1960 Buk-myeon, KR 68 43 —
#1961 Echterdingen, DE 68 51 —
#1962 Fallbrook, CA 68 35 2.1
#1963 Gloucester, MA 68 40 2.3
#1964 Ibaraki, JP 68 14 —
#1965 Klamath Falls, OR 68 7 3.1
#1966 Laurel, MD 68 53 2.3
#1967 Lübeck, DE 68 52 —
#1968 Mahwah, NJ 68 33 —
#1969 Matthews, NC 68 40 2.3
#1970 Montclair, NJ 68 44 —
#1971 North Plains, OR 68 28 19.8
#1972 Plymouth, MA 68 27 8.9
#1973 Porvoo, FI 68 42 —
#1974 Salem, VA 68 46 2.7
#1975 Shanghai, FL 68 17 —
#1976 Simsbury, CT 68 44 —
#1977 Springville, UT 68 35 1.9
#1978 St. Charles, IL 68 30 2.1
#1979 Uniontown, OH 68 41 9.5
#1980 Watsonville, CA 68 30 1.3
#1981 Yokohama, MO 68 12 —
#1982 Bergen, NO 67 48 —
#1983 Breda, NL 67 40 —
#1984 Chester Springs, PA 67 41 —
#1985 Concord, NC 67 36 0.6
#1986 Dormagen, DE 67 45 —
#1987 Fitchburg, WI 67 47 2.3
#1988 Foxborough, MA 67 36 10.8
#1989 Hertford, GB 67 53 —
#1990 Hialeah, FL 67 59 0.3
#1991 Kessel-Lo, BE 67 37 —
#1992 Kraków, MI 67 26 —
#1993 Krefeld, DE 67 43 —
#1994 Lancaster, OH 67 41 1.6
#1995 Lemon Grove, CA 67 47 2.4
#1996 Lynchburg, VA 67 43 0.8
#1997 Maumee, OH 67 35 4.8
#1998 Monte Sereno, CA 67 36 19.3
#1999 Monza, IT 67 47 —
#2000 North Reading, MA 67 35 —

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