Kentucky ranks #32 among US states for total patents filed in 2023, with 1,882 patents from 1,133 inventors across 138 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 0.4 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Kentucky 2023
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisville, KY | 736 | 409 |
| #2 | Lexington, KY | 328 | 241 |
| #3 | Bowling Green, KY | 78 | 23 |
| #4 | Prospect, KY | 44 | 23 |
| #5 | Georgetown, KY | 40 | 32 |
| #6 | Crestwood, KY | 27 | 10 |
| #7 | Florence, KY | 27 | 20 |
| #8 | Owensboro, KY | 25 | 14 |
| #9 | Versailles, KY | 21 | 12 |
| #10 | Nicholasville, KY | 21 | 14 |
| #11 | Union, KY | 20 | 9 |
| #12 | Elizabethtown, KY | 20 | 14 |
| #13 | Covington, KY | 20 | 15 |
| #14 | Goshen, KY | 19 | 9 |
| #15 | Winchester, KY | 15 | 11 |
| #16 | Glasgow, KY | 15 | 6 |
| #17 | Bellevue, KY | 14 | 6 |
| #18 | Independence, KY | 14 | 8 |
| #19 | Burlington, KY | 14 | 7 |
| #20 | Park Lake, KY | 13 | 5 |
| #21 | Newport, KY | 13 | 8 |
| #22 | Fort Thomas, KY | 13 | 7 |
| #23 | Walton, KY | 12 | 7 |
| #24 | Erlanger, KY | 11 | 11 |
| #25 | Danville, KY | 11 | 6 |