Idaho ranks #26 among US states for total patents filed in 2024, with 3,268 patents from 1,264 inventors across 78 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.8 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Idaho 2024
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 2,201 | 684 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 300 | 122 |
| #3 | Idaho Falls, ID | 97 | 74 |
| #4 | Nampa, ID | 94 | 37 |
| #5 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 71 | 34 |
| #6 | Eagle, ID | 62 | 34 |
| #7 | Twin Falls, ID | 51 | 24 |
| #8 | Pocatello, ID | 36 | 26 |
| #9 | Troy, ID | 31 | 23 |
| #10 | Rexburg, ID | 24 | 13 |
| #11 | Kuna, ID | 22 | 11 |
| #12 | Hayden, ID | 19 | 13 |
| #13 | Rigby, ID | 19 | 8 |
| #14 | Ammon, ID | 15 | 9 |
| #15 | Sandpoint, ID | 14 | 9 |
| #16 | Caldwell, ID | 13 | 11 |
| #17 | Middleton, ID | 13 | 7 |
| #18 | Emmett, ID | 8 | 5 |
| #19 | Rathdrum, ID | 8 | 2 |
| #20 | Wilder, ID | 8 | 1 |
| #21 | Garden City, ID | 7 | 5 |
| #22 | Paul, ID | 7 | 2 |
| #23 | Webb, ID | 6 | 6 |
| #24 | Malad, ID | 6 | 4 |
| #25 | Council, ID | 6 | 1 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2024
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John D. Hopkins | Meridian | Micron | 44 |
| 2 | Jonathan S. Parry | Boise | Micron | 41 |
| 3 | Scott E. Schaefer | Boise | Micron | 32 |
| 3 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 32 |
| #5 | Kang-Yong Kim | Boise | Micron | 30 |
| #6 | Jordan D. Greenlee | Boise | Micron | 27 |
| #7 | Aaron P. Boehm | Boise | Micron | 25 |
| #8 | Marco Sforzin | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #8 | Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #8 | Kunal R. Parekh | Boise | Micron | 24 |
| #11 | Giuseppe Cariello | Boise | Micron | 23 |
| #12 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 21 |
| #13 | David Aaron Palmer | Boise | Micron | 20 |
| #14 | Deping He | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #14 | Yuan He | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #16 | Karthik Sarpatwari | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #16 | Kamal M. Karda | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #16 | Carla L. Christensen | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #16 | Sujeet Ayyapureddi | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #16 | Shuangqiang Luo | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #21 | Reshmi Basu | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #21 | Indra V. Chary | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #21 | Dean D. Gans | Nampa | Micron | 16 |
| #21 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #25 | Nevil N. Gajera | Boise | Micron | 15 |