New Jersey ranks #10 among US states for total patents filed in 2022, with 12,881 patents from 6,720 inventors across 523 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Jersey 2022
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 726 | 366 |
| #2 | Jersey City, NJ | 519 | 291 |
| #3 | Plainsboro, NJ | 311 | 176 |
| #4 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 277 | 54 |
| #5 | Edison, NJ | 242 | 145 |
| #6 | Montgomery, NJ | 240 | 59 |
| #7 | Hoboken, NJ | 235 | 89 |
| #8 | Bound Brook Junction, NJ | 226 | 66 |
| #9 | Morristown, NJ | 189 | 117 |
| #10 | Somerville, NJ | 180 | 61 |
| #11 | Princeton Colonial Park, NJ | 169 | 29 |
| #12 | Marlboro, NJ | 164 | 43 |
| #13 | Bound Brook, NJ | 158 | 111 |
| #14 | Piscataway, NJ | 155 | 95 |
| #15 | Skillman, NJ | 153 | 29 |
| #16 | Fort Lee, NJ | 142 | 38 |
| #17 | Raritan, NJ | 140 | 51 |
| #18 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 137 | 70 |
| #19 | Manalapan, NJ | 135 | 54 |
| #20 | Pennington, NJ | 135 | 58 |
| #21 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 125 | 75 |
| #22 | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 125 | 86 |
| #23 | Morganville, NJ | 123 | 50 |
| #24 | Princeton Junction, NJ | 123 | 47 |
| #25 | Summit, NJ | 117 | 64 |