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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025

Showing 1–200 of 45,474 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
1 Tokyo, JP 26,486 13,515
2 Seoul, KR 21,202 8,035
3 San Diego, CA 19,371 4,598 14.0
#4 San Jose, CA 17,191 6,779 17.0
#5 Beijing, CN 17,143 7,568
#6 San Francisco, CA 16,570 7,122 19.0
#7 Suwon-si, KR 14,095 5,536
#8 Yokohama, JP 12,513 6,021
#9 Hsinchu, TW 9,367 3,084
#10 Lo Wu, CN 9,328 3,882
#11 Shanghai, CN 8,332 4,869
#12 Daejeon, KR 8,284 3,588
#13 Seattle, WA 7,141 4,143 9.7
#14 Yongin-si, KR 7,003 2,761
#15 Sunnyvale, CA 6,782 3,000 43.5
#16 Osaka, JP 6,663 3,188
#17 Austin, TX 6,310 3,030 6.6
#18 Mountain View, CA 5,609 2,666 68.1
#19 New York, NY 5,559 3,241 0.6
#20 Portland, OR 5,489 1,847 8.4
#21 Longbeilingcun, CN 5,444 2,641
#22 Beijing, CN 5,434 795
#23 Santa Clara, CA 5,034 2,178 39.4
#24 Palo Alto, CA 4,909 1,994 71.6
#25 Kanchinakote, IN 4,835 2,695
#26 Taipei, TW 4,512 2,369
#27 Houston, TX 4,494 2,587 1.9
#28 Cupertino, CA 4,169 1,456 69.0
#29 Fremont, CA 4,079 1,881 17.7
#30 Hwaseong-si, KR 3,980 1,677
#31 Los Angeles, CA 3,965 1,953 1.0
#32 Kyoto, JP 3,623 1,901
#33 Cambridge, MA 3,585 1,960 30.3
#34 New Taipei, TW 3,510 1,741
#35 Singapore, SG 3,444 1,870
#36 London, GB 3,440 1,935
#37 Chicago, IL 3,295 1,848 1.2
#38 Suneung-ri, KR 3,270 1,162
#39 Bengaluru, IN 3,144 1,993
#40 Munich, DE 3,128 1,773
#41 Bellevue, WA 2,612 1,231 17.2
#42 Toronto, CA 2,606 1,613
#43 Redmond, WA 2,554 1,432 34.9
#44 Boston, MA 2,471 1,377 3.7
#45 Taoyuan, TW 2,452 1,195
#46 Seongnam-si, KR 2,434 1,160
#47 Zhejiang, CN 2,410 1,381
#48 Taichung, TW 2,347 1,090
#49 Cincinnati, OH 2,325 916 7.5
#50 Irvine, CA 2,316 1,176 7.5
#51 Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL 2,236 933
#52 Lo Wu, CN 2,208 367
#53 Redwood City, CA 2,203 1,037 26.1
#54 Boise, ID 2,201 684
#55 Atlanta, GA 2,157 1,290 4.3
#56 Pittsburgh, PA 2,118 1,235 7.0
#57 Berlin, DE 2,099 1,055
#58 Brooklyn, NY 2,093 1,106
#59 Shanghai, CN 2,077 488
#60 Saratoga, CA 2,060 570 66.3
#61 Hangzhou City, CN 2,040 1,311
#62 Dongguan, CN 1,995 827
#63 San Mateo, CA 1,989 976 18.8
#64 Nanhu, CN 1,910 1,324
#65 Los Altos, CA 1,860 734 58.8
#66 Ann Arbor, MI 1,834 979 14.8
#67 Kawasaki, JP 1,831 1,120
#68 San Antonio, TX 1,808 772 1.3
#69 Oakland, CA 1,783 930 4.0
#70 Saitama, JP 1,782 870
#71 Los Gatos, CA 1,780 581 53.1
#72 Nagoya, JP 1,779 838
#73 Tainan, TW 1,745 783
#74 Paris, FR 1,722 1,130
#75 Plano, TX 1,710 736 6.0
#76 Tokyo, JP 1,706 447
#77 Pleasanton, CA 1,675 699 21.0
#78 Beaverton, OR 1,669 530 17.1
#79 Musashino, JP 1,662 510
#80 Kariya, JP 1,658 869
#81 Dhahran, SA 1,620 723
#82 Menlo Park, CA 1,615 715 47.8
#83 Nanjing, CN 1,567 970
#84 Raleigh, NC 1,557 788 3.3
#85 Montréal, CA 1,555 846
#86 Phoenix, AZ 1,555 786 1.0
#87 Seoul, KR 1,552 305
#88 Chandler, AZ 1,550 584 5.6
#89 Dallas, TX 1,549 866 1.2
#90 Minneapolis, MN 1,516 948 3.5
#91 Chengdu, CN 1,494 719
#92 Shizuoka, JP 1,472 865
#93 Eindhoven, NL 1,456 884
#94 Paju-si, KR 1,437 572
#95 Santa Monica, CA 1,418 583 15.2
#96 Berkeley, CA 1,412 788 11.4
#97 Cambridge, GB 1,397 875
#98 Vancouver, CA 1,390 893
#99 Pune, IN 1,377 953
#100 Denver, CO 1,352 796 1.9
#101 Stuttgart, DE 1,347 746
#102 Campbell, CA 1,335 494 30.4
#103 Milpitas, CA 1,332 679 16.6
#104 Hefei, CN 1,326 591
#105 Charlotte, NC 1,305 704 1.5
#106 Boulder, CO 1,298 751 12.0
#107 Kaohsiung, TW 1,298 639
#108 Suzhou, CN 1,298 811
#109 Hyderabad, IN 1,297 883
#110 Toyota, JP 1,296 660
#111 Hillsboro, OR 1,280 515 12.0
#112 Sakai, JP 1,278 541
#113 Seojong-myeon, KR 1,258 881
#114 Ottawa, CA 1,247 692
#115 Philadelphia, PA 1,231 680 0.8
#116 Las Vegas, NV 1,225 511 1.9
#117 Shandong, CN 1,218 640
#118 Nagaokakyo, JP 1,213 535
#119 Moissy-Cramayel, FR 1,209 652
#120 San Ramon, CA 1,197 515 14.2
#121 Fujian, CN 1,184 550
#122 Longbeilingcun, CN 1,184 201
#123 Kirkland, WA 1,181 626 12.8
#124 Suwon-si, KR 1,178 204
#125 Cary, NC 1,174 547 6.7
#126 Hofuf, SA 1,142 266
#127 Durham, NC 1,139 684 4.0
#128 Haifa, IL 1,135 597
#129 Hsinchu, TW 1,126 228
#130 Zürich, CH 1,125 726
#131 Calgary, CA 1,124 667
#132 Sydney, AU 1,114 645
#133 Incheon, KR 1,112 615
#134 Dashulong, TW 1,098 294
#135 Carlsbad, CA 1,095 493 9.5
#136 Chesterfield, MO 1,095 748 21.9
#137 Madison, WI 1,095 661 4.1
#138 Kobe, JP 1,086 634
#139 Qingdao, CN 1,086 649
#140 Jiaocheng District, CN 1,080 381
#141 Somerville, MA 1,071 607 13.2
#142 Tucson, AZ 1,064 688 2.0
#143 Hubei, CN 1,060 543
#144 Reno, NV 1,050 327 4.0
#145 Sammamish, WA 1,030 552 15.3
#146 Tokyo, JP 1,027 249
#147 Chiba, JP 1,017 589
#148 Newton, MA 1,007 475 11.3
#149 Foster City, CA 1,005 490 29.7
#150 Lexington, MA 985 430 28.6
#151 Stockholm, SE 983 470
#152 Helsinki, FI 964 501
#153 Baltimore, MD 960 599 1.6
#154 Santa Cruz, CA 952 381 15.1
#155 Ibaraki, JP 948 527
#156 Xiamen, CN 942 472
#157 Auckland, NZ 941 472
#158 McLean, VA 917 301 18.1
#159 Kasai, JP 914 531
#160 Brookline, MA 912 513 14.4
#161 Wako, JP 896 521
#162 Pasadena, CA 891 511 6.4
#163 Milano, IT 876 547
#164 Village of La Jolla, CA 876 418
#165 Washington, DC 876 487 1.3
#166 Survanagiri, IN 871 561
#167 Hamburg, DE 863 578
#168 Moscow, RU 860 550
#169 Scottsdale, AZ 860 379 3.6
#170 Cheonan-si, KR 851 423
#171 Orlando, FL 849 530 2.8
#172 Arlington, MA 845 400 18.2
#173 Espoo, FI 843 388
#174 Indianapolis, IN 841 472
#175 Troy, MI 840 352 9.6
#176 Salt Lake City, UT 839 487 4.2
#177 Miami, FL 825 501 1.9
#178 Erlangen, DE 820 396
#179 Oshkosh, WI 820 227 12.3
#180 Folsom, CA 819 249 10.2
#181 Chennai, IN 803 566
#182 Tangxia, CN 798 532
#183 Albuquerque, NM 794 489 1.4
#184 Anyang-si, KR 788 361
#185 Milwaukee, WI 785 418 1.4
#186 Canton, MI 774 331
#187 Allen, TX 763 293 7.3
#188 Melbourne, AU 759 472
#189 Zhubeikou, TW 756 193
#190 Hamamatsu, JP 753 400
#191 Princeton, NJ 753 353 24.5
#192 Tianjin, CN 750 496
#193 Lund, SE 741 334
#194 Beijing, CN 739 138
#195 Hong Kong, CN 737 503
#196 Ningbo City, CN 735 428
#197 Herndon, VA 731 162 29.6
#198 Vienna, VA 731 147 44.4
#199 Bothell, WA 729 453 15.1
#200 Novi, MI 729 279 11.0

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