Indiana ranks #21 among US states for total patents filed in 2022, with 6,009 patents from 3,524 inventors across 305 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Indiana 2022
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indianapolis, IN | 910 | 483 |
| #2 | West Lafayette, IN | 584 | 363 |
| #3 | Carmel, IN | 441 | 219 |
| #4 | Columbus, IN | 421 | 241 |
| #5 | Fort Wayne, IN | 196 | 127 |
| #6 | Warsaw, IN | 177 | 97 |
| #7 | Bloomington, IN | 165 | 109 |
| #8 | Lafayette, IN | 155 | 95 |
| #9 | Zionsville, IN | 146 | 84 |
| #10 | Batesville, IN | 138 | 57 |
| #11 | Fishers, IN | 136 | 86 |
| #12 | Evansville, IN | 119 | 65 |
| #13 | Greenwood, IN | 100 | 59 |
| #14 | South Bend, IN | 92 | 64 |
| #15 | Elkhart, IN | 91 | 68 |
| #16 | Noblesville, IN | 91 | 57 |
| #17 | New Albany, IN | 70 | 24 |
| #18 | Granger, IN | 69 | 50 |
| #19 | Winona Lake, IN | 65 | 24 |
| #20 | Kokomo, IN | 65 | 44 |
| #21 | Westfield, IN | 61 | 45 |
| #22 | Mishawaka, IN | 55 | 31 |
| #23 | Brownsburg, IN | 48 | 32 |
| #24 | Avon, IN | 44 | 33 |
| #25 | Madison, IN | 44 | 21 |