Idaho ranks #26 among US states for total patents filed in 2023, with 3,579 patents from 1,268 inventors across 79 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.9 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Idaho 2023
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 2,550 | 687 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 262 | 105 |
| #3 | Idaho Falls, ID | 110 | 76 |
| #4 | Nampa, ID | 87 | 34 |
| #5 | Eagle, ID | 82 | 35 |
| #6 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 58 | 24 |
| #7 | Troy, ID | 53 | 40 |
| #8 | Twin Falls, ID | 45 | 26 |
| #9 | Rexburg, ID | 30 | 13 |
| #10 | Pocatello, ID | 26 | 21 |
| #11 | Hayden, ID | 21 | 14 |
| #12 | Kuna, ID | 19 | 13 |
| #13 | Sandpoint, ID | 19 | 12 |
| #14 | Burley, ID | 15 | 13 |
| #15 | Garden City, ID | 12 | 5 |
| #16 | Rigby, ID | 11 | 7 |
| #17 | Caldwell, ID | 11 | 10 |
| #18 | Ammon, ID | 11 | 9 |
| #19 | Salmon, ID | 7 | 5 |
| #20 | Rathdrum, ID | 7 | 1 |
| #21 | Ketchum, ID | 7 | 7 |
| #22 | Malad, ID | 6 | 4 |
| #23 | Orofino, ID | 6 | 6 |
| #24 | Emmett, ID | 6 | 4 |
| #25 | Webb, ID | 5 | 5 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2023
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 45 |
| 2 | Peter Feeley | Boise | Micron | 38 |
| 2 | Richard C. Murphy | Boise | Micron | 38 |
| #4 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 33 |
| #5 | Shane Nowell | Boise | Micron | 31 |
| #5 | John D. Hopkins | Meridian | Micron | 31 |
| #7 | Jonathan S. Parry | Boise | Micron | 30 |
| #8 | David Aaron Palmer | Boise | Micron | 28 |
| #9 | Aaron P. Boehm | Boise | Micron | 27 |
| #9 | Giuseppe Cariello | Boise | Micron | 27 |
| #11 | Glen E. Hush | Boise | Micron | 26 |
| #11 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 26 |
| #13 | Vijay S. Ramesh | Boise | Micron | 25 |
| #13 | Bhumika Chhabra | Boise | Micron | 25 |
| #15 | Karthik Sarpatwari | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #16 | Kamal M. Karda | Boise | Micron | 23 |
| #17 | Jordan D. Greenlee | Boise | Micron | 21 |
| #18 | Scott E. Schaefer | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #18 | Zahra Hosseinimakarem | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #20 | Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #21 | Timothy M. Hollis | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #22 | Yuan He | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #22 | Qing Liang | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #22 | Nevil N. Gajera | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #22 | Louis J. Lintereur | Boise | Medtronic | 16 |