US States — Patent Rankings 2022

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents Inventors Cities
1 California 145,260 65,961 768
2 Texas 32,520 16,454 541
3 Massachusetts 25,043 13,863 382
#4 Washington 24,233 13,115 247
#5 New York 23,707 12,227 818
#6 Michigan 17,142 9,276 499
#7 Illinois 15,340 8,257 534
#8 Pennsylvania 13,892 7,706 715
#9 Ohio 13,446 7,190 550
#10 New Jersey 12,881 6,720 523
#11 Minnesota 12,480 6,876 375
#12 Oregon 11,339 4,240 129
#13 Florida 11,303 6,655 382
#14 North Carolina 10,705 5,755 292
#15 Colorado 8,797 5,114 174
#16 Wisconsin 8,464 4,587 384
#17 Virginia 8,445 4,063 257
#18 Arizona 8,174 4,079 95
#19 Connecticut 7,524 3,820 215
#20 Georgia 7,224 4,233 244
#21 Indiana 6,009 3,524 305
#22 Maryland 5,837 3,746 259
#23 Utah 4,215 2,515 143
#24 Missouri 3,623 2,337 213
#25 Tennessee 3,616 2,090 189
#26 Idaho 3,260 1,239 79
#27 Iowa 3,013 1,700 248
#28 New Hampshire 2,767 1,522 169
#29 South Carolina 2,758 1,643 143
#30 Nevada 1,999 1,043 31
#31 Kansas 1,932 1,157 154
#32 Kentucky 1,826 1,035 143
#33 Oklahoma 1,700 935 100
#34 New Mexico 1,309 853 49
#35 Alabama 1,215 876 138
#36 Rhode Island 1,121 616 55
#37 Delaware 1,013 608 33
#38 Louisiana 904 680 103
#39 Vermont 887 425 88
#40 Arkansas 882 627 94
#41 District of Columbia 804 456 1
#42 Nebraska 781 517 86
#43 Maine 707 438 122
#44 Montana 586 322 56
#45 Mississippi 415 307 86
#46 Hawaii 369 216 36
#47 South Dakota 326 237 52
#48 North Dakota 311 215 50
#49 Wyoming 309 187 30
#50 West Virginia 271 182 60
#51 Puerto Rico 122 89 29
#52 Alaska 97 70 18
#53 Virgin Islands 8 4 2
#54 Guam 4 3 2

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