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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Showing 1–200 of 44,591 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
1 Tokyo, JP 26,257 13,502
2 Seoul, KR 20,282 8,209
3 Beijing, CN 17,589 7,183
#4 San Francisco, CA 16,381 6,999 18.7
#5 San Jose, CA 15,721 6,617 15.5
#6 San Diego, CA 14,404 4,447 10.4
#7 Yokohama, JP 12,510 6,450
#8 Suwon-si, KR 12,389 5,232
#9 Seattle, WA 7,847 4,400 10.7
#10 Hsinchu, TW 7,712 2,863
#11 Daejeon, KR 7,551 3,331
#12 Shanghai, CN 7,384 4,184
#13 Sunnyvale, CA 6,725 3,097 43.2
#14 Osaka, JP 6,644 3,272
#15 Austin, TX 6,356 2,989 6.6
#16 Yongin-si, KR 6,331 2,672
#17 Portland, OR 5,450 1,798 8.3
#18 New York, NY 5,241 2,998 0.6
#19 Mountain View, CA 5,225 2,575 63.4
#20 Houston, TX 4,914 2,705 2.1
#21 Lo Wu, CN 4,781 1,974
#22 Palo Alto, CA 4,744 2,072 69.2
#23 Santa Clara, CA 4,650 2,128 36.4
#24 Taipei, TW 4,610 2,592
#25 Beijing, CN 4,590 767
#26 Fremont, CA 3,998 1,867 17.3
#27 Bengaluru, IN 3,980 2,762
#28 New Taipei, TW 3,703 1,914
#29 Los Angeles, CA 3,521 1,855 0.9
#30 Kyoto, JP 3,505 1,875
#31 Cupertino, CA 3,464 1,445 57.4
#32 Hwaseong-si, KR 3,428 1,573
#33 Cambridge, MA 3,358 1,850 28.4
#34 Nanhu, CN 3,248 2,103
#35 Kanchinakote, IN 3,247 1,706
#36 Chicago, IL 3,049 1,710 1.1
#37 Singapore, SG 2,937 1,847
#38 Bellevue, WA 2,893 1,360 19.1
#39 London, GB 2,822 1,687
#40 Munich, DE 2,781 1,650
#41 Redmond, WA 2,777 1,575 37.9
#42 Longbeilingcun, CN 2,683 1,199
#43 Suneung-ri, KR 2,487 843
#44 Toronto, CA 2,474 1,545
#45 Kawasaki, JP 2,425 1,338
#46 Seongnam-si, KR 2,342 1,156
#47 Taichung, TW 2,320 1,165
#48 Boise, ID 2,284 713
#49 Taoyuan, TW 2,225 1,183
#50 Seojong-myeon, KR 2,069 1,337
#51 Boston, MA 2,057 1,211 3.0
#52 Irvine, CA 2,027 1,077 6.6
#53 Redwood City, CA 2,005 1,047 23.8
#54 Hangzhou City, CN 1,989 1,153
#55 Atlanta, GA 1,963 1,187 3.9
#56 Berlin, DE 1,923 1,136
#57 Cincinnati, OH 1,915 826 6.2
#58 San Mateo, CA 1,873 919 17.7
#59 Shanghai, CN 1,873 451
#60 Saitama, JP 1,835 939
#61 Pittsburgh, PA 1,832 1,127 6.0
#62 Lo Wu, CN 1,819 331
#63 Los Altos, CA 1,811 762 57.3
#64 Nagoya, JP 1,798 859
#65 Brooklyn, NY 1,783 1,070
#66 Saratoga, CA 1,780 602 57.3
#67 Tokyo, JP 1,763 499
#68 Ann Arbor, MI 1,762 975 14.2
#69 Tangxia, CN 1,749 1,111
#70 Dhahran, SA 1,706 784
#71 Raleigh, NC 1,704 829 3.6
#72 Oakland, CA 1,651 883 3.8
#73 Eindhoven, NL 1,645 922
#74 Tainan, TW 1,639 850
#75 Los Gatos, CA 1,631 593 48.6
#76 Kariya, JP 1,627 887
#77 Paris, FR 1,617 1,085
#78 Shizuoka, JP 1,576 870
#79 Beaverton, OR 1,570 491 16.1
#80 Menlo Park, CA 1,554 754 46.0
#81 Plano, TX 1,554 661 5.4
#82 Toyota, JP 1,541 794
#83 San Antonio, TX 1,507 741 1.1
#84 Zhejiang, CN 1,501 959
#85 Chandler, AZ 1,458 590 5.3
#86 Dallas, TX 1,449 832 1.1
#87 Sydney, AU 1,439 648
#88 Pleasanton, CA 1,437 617 18.0
#89 Minneapolis, MN 1,417 881 3.3
#90 Hillsboro, OR 1,409 540 13.2
#91 Phoenix, AZ 1,402 745 0.9
#92 Seoul, KR 1,401 317
#93 Cambridge, GB 1,381 845
#94 Pune, IN 1,354 925
#95 Vancouver, CA 1,348 851
#96 Dongguan, CN 1,341 562
#97 Tucson, AZ 1,312 714 2.4
#98 Milpitas, CA 1,311 650 16.3
#99 Ottawa, CA 1,298 678
#100 Wako, JP 1,287 686
#101 Kirkland, WA 1,286 637 13.9
#102 Montréal, CA 1,262 811
#103 Philadelphia, PA 1,260 635 0.8
#104 Boulder, CO 1,252 725 11.6
#105 Santa Monica, CA 1,245 554 13.4
#106 Sakai, JP 1,238 538
#107 Cary, NC 1,235 551 7.1
#108 Stuttgart, DE 1,226 698
#109 Nagaokakyo, JP 1,224 493
#110 Berkeley, CA 1,212 657 9.8
#111 Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL 1,196 471
#112 Sammamish, WA 1,191 582 17.7
#113 Denver, CO 1,179 710 1.6
#114 Kaohsiung, TW 1,170 513
#115 Hyderabad, IN 1,159 835
#116 Charlotte, NC 1,151 645 1.3
#117 Durham, NC 1,149 661 4.0
#118 Nes Ziona, IL 1,137 792
#119 Campbell, CA 1,122 456 25.5
#120 Nanjing, CN 1,114 694
#121 Chiba, JP 1,112 620
#122 Kobe, JP 1,108 651
#123 Carlsbad, CA 1,107 500 9.7
#124 Tokyo, JP 1,101 264
#125 San Ramon, CA 1,088 478 12.9
#126 Haifa, IL 1,081 578
#127 Longbeilingcun, CN 1,062 177
#128 Hamburg, DE 1,039 616
#129 Zürich, CH 1,028 623
#130 Suwon-si, KR 1,024 205
#131 Stockholm, SE 1,017 529
#132 Foster City, CA 1,013 514 30.0
#133 Moscow, RU 1,003 638
#134 Madison, WI 1,002 598 3.7
#135 Newton, MA 1,002 494 11.3
#136 Chesterfield, MO 997 679 19.9
#137 Scottsdale, AZ 977 413 4.0
#138 Calgary, CA 975 659
#139 Helsinki, FI 967 513
#140 Ibaraki, JP 962 578
#141 Lexington, MA 954 422 27.7
#142 Kasai, JP 949 563
#143 Somerville, MA 947 587 11.7
#144 Round Rock, TX 936 358 7.8
#145 Paju-si, KR 930 459
#146 Hsinchu, TW 923 216
#147 Indianapolis, IN 910 483
#148 Incheon, KR 907 561
#149 Las Vegas, NV 906 471 1.4
#150 Baltimore, MD 903 575 1.5
#151 Dashulong, TW 895 258
#152 Chengdu, CN 894 587
#153 Fujian, CN 894 432
#154 Brookline, MA 891 502 14.1
#155 Folsom, CA 862 238 10.7
#156 Pasadena, CA 862 520 6.2
#157 Musashino, JP 854 364
#158 Canton, MI 850 342
#159 Santa Cruz, CA 847 348 13.4
#160 Suzhou, CN 847 546
#161 Salt Lake City, UT 838 539 4.2
#162 Village of La Jolla, CA 837 376
#163 Corvallis, OR 833 268 13.9
#164 Nagano, JP 830 410
#165 Matsumoto, JP 829 369
#166 Milano, IT 821 565
#167 Chennai, IN 809 554
#168 Xiamen, CN 805 424
#169 Washington, DC 804 456 1.2
#170 Arlington, MA 790 397 17.1
#171 Bothell, WA 779 466 16.2
#172 Albuquerque, NM 778 493 1.4
#173 Anyang-si, KR 777 365
#174 Yamanashi, JP 777 428
#175 Yokohama, JP 767 228
#176 Espoo, FI 761 392
#177 Moissy-Cramayel, FR 758 443
#178 Auckland, NZ 754 394
#179 Hiroshima, JP 752 463
#180 Rochester, MN 751 418 6.2
#181 Dublin, CA 733 339 10.1
#182 Hubei, CN 733 411
#183 Lund, SE 730 330
#184 Orlando, FL 730 467 2.4
#185 Princeton, NJ 726 366 23.7
#186 Melbourne, AU 724 534
#187 Dublin, IE 723 456
#188 Hamamatsu, JP 723 385
#189 Miami, FL 719 479 1.6
#190 Grenoble, FR 709 484
#191 Barcelona, ES 696 485
#192 Shandong, CN 695 402
#193 Troy, MI 694 319 8.0
#194 Tempe, AZ 689 400 3.8
#195 Belmont, CA 688 329 24.3
#196 McLean, VA 688 252 13.6
#197 Qingdao, CN 687 433
#198 Beijing, CN 686 143
#199 Cheonan-si, KR 683 339
#200 Tampa, FL 683 371 1.8

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