New Jersey ranks #10 among US states for total patents filed in 2023, with 13,404 patents from 6,594 inventors across 504 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 2023
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 720 | 371 |
| #2 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 571 | 55 |
| #3 | Jersey City, NJ | 503 | 285 |
| #4 | Bound Brook Junction, NJ | 415 | 104 |
| #5 | Montgomery, NJ | 332 | 58 |
| #6 | Plainsboro, NJ | 298 | 168 |
| #7 | Hoboken, NJ | 267 | 101 |
| #8 | Princeton Colonial Park, NJ | 224 | 28 |
| #9 | Edison, NJ | 222 | 146 |
| #10 | Skillman, NJ | 222 | 40 |
| #11 | Somerville, NJ | 205 | 68 |
| #12 | Fort Lee, NJ | 195 | 35 |
| #13 | Raritan, NJ | 173 | 54 |
| #14 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 166 | 75 |
| #15 | Princeton Junction, NJ | 155 | 50 |
| #16 | Morristown, NJ | 151 | 104 |
| #17 | Pennington, NJ | 150 | 63 |
| #18 | Piscataway, NJ | 138 | 102 |
| #19 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 128 | 64 |
| #20 | Marlboro, NJ | 128 | 45 |
| #21 | Bound Brook, NJ | 123 | 86 |
| #22 | Bloomfield, NJ | 116 | 46 |
| #23 | Manalapan, NJ | 116 | 46 |
| #24 | Whitehouse Station, NJ | 113 | 24 |
| #25 | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 110 | 76 |