Idaho ranks #26 among US states for total patents filed in 2022, with 3,260 patents from 1,239 inventors across 79 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Idaho 2022
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 2,284 | 713 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 303 | 106 |
| #3 | Nampa, ID | 83 | 34 |
| #4 | Eagle, ID | 73 | 44 |
| #5 | Idaho Falls, ID | 72 | 59 |
| #6 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 50 | 25 |
| #7 | Troy, ID | 49 | 29 |
| #8 | Twin Falls, ID | 36 | 22 |
| #9 | Pocatello, ID | 23 | 19 |
| #10 | Kuna, ID | 23 | 13 |
| #11 | Ketchum, ID | 17 | 9 |
| #12 | Rexburg, ID | 17 | 10 |
| #13 | Hayden, ID | 16 | 8 |
| #14 | Garden City, ID | 13 | 8 |
| #15 | Sandpoint, ID | 10 | 9 |
| #16 | Paul, ID | 10 | 2 |
| #17 | Council, ID | 8 | 2 |
| #18 | Ammon, ID | 8 | 7 |
| #19 | Caldwell, ID | 8 | 6 |
| #20 | Emmett, ID | 7 | 2 |
| #21 | Wilder, ID | 7 | 1 |
| #22 | Dixie, ID | 6 | 1 |
| #23 | Webb, ID | 6 | 4 |
| #24 | Burley, ID | 6 | 6 |
| #25 | Rigby, ID | 6 | 5 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2022
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 39 |
| 2 | John D. Hopkins | Meridian | Micron | 34 |
| 3 | Kamal M. Karda | Boise | Micron | 25 |
| #4 | Richard C. Murphy | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #4 | Yuan He | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #4 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #7 | Jonathan S. Parry | Boise | Micron | 23 |
| #8 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 22 |
| #9 | David Aaron Palmer | Boise | Micron | 21 |
| #9 | Peter Feeley | Boise | Micron | 21 |
| #11 | James S. Rehmeyer | Boise | Micron | 20 |
| #11 | Glen E. Hush | Boise | Micron | 20 |
| #11 | Gurtej S. Sandhu | Boise | Micron | 20 |
| #14 | Scott E. Sills | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #15 | Karthik Sarpatwari | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #15 | Giuseppe Cariello | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #15 | Bhumika Chhabra | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #18 | Owen R. Fay | Meridian | Micron | 17 |
| #18 | Matthew D. Rowley | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #18 | Carla L. Christensen | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #18 | Shane Nowell | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #22 | Aaron P. Boehm | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #22 | Tae H. Kim | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #22 | Debra M. Bell | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #22 | Joseph T. Pawlowski | Boise | Micron | 16 |