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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

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Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
1 Tokyo, JP 21,927 12,001
2 San Diego, CA 18,965 4,615 13.7
3 Seoul, KR 18,781 7,884
#4 San Jose, CA 16,961 6,843 16.7
#5 San Francisco, CA 16,882 7,301 19.3
#6 Beijing, CN 13,975 6,824
#7 Suwon-si, KR 12,491 5,207
#8 Yokohama, JP 10,988 5,757
#9 Hsinchu, TW 8,790 3,110
#10 Seattle, WA 7,414 4,250 10.1
#11 Yongin-si, KR 7,260 2,785
#12 Sunnyvale, CA 7,084 3,136 45.5
#13 Daejeon, KR 6,829 3,171
#14 Shanghai, CN 6,748 4,098
#15 Austin, TX 6,453 3,047 6.7
#16 Portland, OR 5,809 1,813 8.9
#17 Lo Wu, CN 5,661 2,697
#18 Mountain View, CA 5,610 2,712 68.1
#19 Osaka, JP 5,541 2,888
#20 New York, NY 5,462 3,017 0.6
#21 Palo Alto, CA 4,984 2,084 72.7
#22 Santa Clara, CA 4,846 2,204 38.0
#23 Houston, TX 4,625 2,604 2.0
#24 Taipei, TW 4,407 2,403
#25 Fremont, CA 4,205 1,926 18.2
#26 Beijing, CN 4,197 764
#27 Kanchinakote, IN 4,187 2,344
#28 Hwaseong-si, KR 3,911 1,681
#29 Los Angeles, CA 3,767 1,895 1.0
#30 Cupertino, CA 3,592 1,427 59.5
#31 Cambridge, MA 3,556 1,932 30.0
#32 New Taipei, TW 3,529 1,884
#33 Bengaluru, IN 3,375 2,154
#34 Longbeilingcun, CN 3,311 1,766
#35 Chicago, IL 3,065 1,755 1.1
#36 Singapore, SG 3,044 1,808
#37 London, GB 3,031 1,854
#38 Kyoto, JP 2,917 1,613
#39 Suneung-ri, KR 2,816 1,109
#40 Redmond, WA 2,753 1,475 37.6
#41 Toronto, CA 2,724 1,596
#42 Bellevue, WA 2,694 1,311 17.7
#43 Munich, DE 2,626 1,616
#44 Taoyuan, TW 2,571 1,231
#45 Boise, ID 2,550 687
#46 Taichung, TW 2,386 1,123
#47 Redwood City, CA 2,323 1,096 27.6
#48 Boston, MA 2,262 1,303 3.4
#49 Irvine, CA 2,235 1,127 7.3
#50 Seongnam-si, KR 2,228 1,114
#51 Atlanta, GA 2,185 1,353 4.4
#52 Brooklyn, NY 2,085 1,100
#53 Kawasaki, JP 2,071 1,170
#54 Cincinnati, OH 2,050 822 6.6
#55 Ann Arbor, MI 2,028 987 16.4
#56 San Mateo, CA 1,947 916 18.4
#57 Pittsburgh, PA 1,927 1,169 6.4
#58 Nanhu, CN 1,920 1,306
#59 Los Altos, CA 1,912 741 60.5
#60 Tainan, TW 1,890 806
#61 Berlin, DE 1,886 1,030
#62 Saratoga, CA 1,856 590 59.8
#63 Shanghai, CN 1,809 450
#64 Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL 1,780 727
#65 Oakland, CA 1,767 945 4.0
#66 Menlo Park, CA 1,743 775 51.6
#67 San Antonio, TX 1,734 778 1.2
#68 Dhahran, SA 1,703 790
#69 Lo Wu, CN 1,687 346
#70 Beaverton, OR 1,682 500 17.2
#71 Plano, TX 1,654 697 5.8
#72 Los Gatos, CA 1,639 582 48.9
#73 Zhejiang, CN 1,590 1,033
#74 Chandler, AZ 1,572 601 5.7
#75 Pleasanton, CA 1,566 657 19.6
#76 Dallas, TX 1,548 871 1.2
#77 Tokyo, JP 1,543 429
#78 Raleigh, NC 1,527 798 3.3
#79 Seojong-myeon, KR 1,515 1,006
#80 Hangzhou City, CN 1,509 1,051
#81 Paris, FR 1,507 974
#82 Saitama, JP 1,495 850
#83 Nagoya, JP 1,493 773
#84 Montréal, CA 1,480 867
#85 Minneapolis, MN 1,476 889 3.4
#86 Phoenix, AZ 1,469 766 0.9
#87 Santa Monica, CA 1,460 643 15.7
#88 Berkeley, CA 1,426 752 11.5
#89 Seoul, KR 1,406 303
#90 Shizuoka, JP 1,406 815
#91 Milpitas, CA 1,376 644 17.1
#92 Toyota, JP 1,362 682
#93 Hillsboro, OR 1,351 506 12.7
#94 Kirkland, WA 1,341 642 14.6
#95 Dongguan, CN 1,336 556
#96 Kariya, JP 1,333 752
#97 Eindhoven, NL 1,331 846
#98 Pune, IN 1,326 872
#99 Vancouver, CA 1,301 844
#100 Kaohsiung, TW 1,287 654
#101 Cambridge, GB 1,285 804
#102 Boulder, CO 1,257 694 11.6
#103 Ottawa, CA 1,244 724
#104 Nanjing, CN 1,240 818
#105 Campbell, CA 1,229 502 28.0
#106 Denver, CO 1,225 728 1.7
#107 Sydney, AU 1,224 650
#108 Cary, NC 1,217 575 7.0
#109 San Ramon, CA 1,210 493 14.3
#110 Tucson, AZ 1,206 721 2.2
#111 Hyderabad, IN 1,205 832
#112 Charlotte, NC 1,203 697 1.4
#113 Chengdu, CN 1,185 669
#114 Philadelphia, PA 1,184 651 0.7
#115 Sammamish, WA 1,174 551 17.4
#116 Paju-si, KR 1,160 513
#117 Foster City, CA 1,136 545 33.6
#118 Nagaokakyo, JP 1,129 488
#119 Las Vegas, NV 1,125 507 1.8
#120 Dashulong, TW 1,116 315
#121 Haifa, IL 1,105 605
#122 Carlsbad, CA 1,092 500 9.5
#123 Chesterfield, MO 1,064 734 21.3
#124 Durham, NC 1,058 606 3.7
#125 Suwon-si, KR 1,050 203
#126 Calgary, CA 1,048 665
#127 Somerville, MA 1,044 604 12.9
#128 Wako, JP 1,030 597
#129 Fujian, CN 1,028 491
#130 Stuttgart, DE 1,023 604
#131 Zürich, CH 1,023 685
#132 Newton, MA 1,018 464 11.4
#133 Hsinchu, TW 989 214
#134 Musashino, JP 985 412
#135 Kobe, JP 968 604
#136 Madison, WI 968 620 3.6
#137 Sakai, JP 964 456
#138 Lexington, MA 963 453 27.9
#139 Chiba, JP 961 570
#140 Baltimore, MD 960 569 1.6
#141 Santa Cruz, CA 954 377 15.2
#142 Scottsdale, AZ 952 423 3.9
#143 Incheon, KR 941 537
#144 Washington, DC 930 474 1.4
#145 Longbeilingcun, CN 914 167
#146 Village of La Jolla, CA 905 379
#147 Tokyo, JP 902 251
#148 Stockholm, SE 901 431
#149 Albuquerque, NM 899 569 1.6
#150 Brookline, MA 898 518 14.2
#151 McLean, VA 890 334 17.5
#152 Suzhou, CN 879 606
#153 Canton, MI 874 353
#154 Tangxia, CN 867 574
#155 Pasadena, CA 865 513 6.2
#156 Qingdao, CN 864 542
#157 Shandong, CN 843 490
#158 Helsinki, FI 837 464
#159 Arlington, MA 827 421 17.9
#160 Ibaraki, JP 827 490
#161 Round Rock, TX 820 299 6.9
#162 Indianapolis, IN 818 474
#163 Salt Lake City, UT 813 509 4.1
#164 Folsom, CA 810 243 10.1
#165 Moissy-Cramayel, FR 804 484
#166 Xiamen, CN 798 424
#167 Jinshanmian, TW 796 271
#168 Moscow, RU 794 489
#169 Milano, IT 790 500
#170 Bothell, WA 785 455 16.3
#171 Anyang-si, KR 780 344
#172 Chennai, IN 777 534
#173 Melbourne, AU 775 445
#174 Dublin, CA 771 366 10.6
#175 Cheonan-si, KR 765 363
#176 Allen, TX 764 301 7.3
#177 Matsumoto, JP 762 344
#178 Nes Ziona, IL 748 523
#179 Kasai, JP 747 463
#180 Lund, SE 745 340
#181 Hamburg, DE 744 515
#182 Orlando, FL 744 464 2.4
#183 Miami, FL 738 484 1.7
#184 Louisville, KY 736 409 3.0
#185 Troy, MI 734 367 8.4
#186 Milwaukee, WI 730 363 1.3
#187 San Carlos, CA 724 251 23.6
#188 Zhubeikou, TW 721 199
#189 Princeton, NJ 720 371 23.5
#190 Tochigi, JP 711 383
#191 Auckland, NZ 707 375
#192 Nagano, JP 698 375
#193 Tampa, FL 693 410 1.8
#194 Dublin, IE 692 416
#195 Vienna, VA 691 135 42.0
#196 Hamamatsu, JP 690 346
#197 Hubei, CN 690 415
#198 Jiaocheng District, CN 690 279
#199 Tempe, AZ 689 372 3.8
#200 Survanagiri, IN 671 407

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