Top Cities for Patents 2025

Ranked by total patent count — worldwide

Showing 1,951–2,000 of 40,155 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
#1951 Coopersburg, PA 51 22 20.8
#1952 Dublin, CA 51 24 —
#1953 Fairview, TX 51 18 4.9
#1954 Gan Yavne, IL 51 9 —
#1955 Greifensee, CH 51 9 —
#1956 Handa, JP 51 21 —
#1957 Holliston, MA 51 29 —
#1958 Jinan, CA 51 19 —
#1959 Middletown, PA 51 37 6.8
#1960 Mount Pleasant, SC 51 35 0.6
#1961 Nagano, JP 51 21 —
#1962 New Brighton, MN 51 38 2.2
#1963 Newtown, CT 51 28 26.6
#1964 Oak Creek, WI 51 33 1.4
#1965 Pleasantville, NY 51 21 6.8
#1966 Plymouth, MA 51 27 6.7
#1967 Reggio nell'Emilia, IT 51 36 —
#1968 Royersford, PA 51 20 10.3
#1969 Salem, NH 51 33 —
#1970 Salem, OR 51 23 0.3
#1971 San Juan, PR 51 28 —
#1972 South Orange, NJ 51 20 —
#1973 Springfield, MO 51 36 0.3
#1974 Summerville, SC 51 35 1.0
#1975 Suzhou, MA 51 14 —
#1976 Takasaki, JP 51 30 —
#1977 Tolland, CT 51 28 —
#1978 Vero Beach, FL 51 34 3.1
#1979 Versailles, FR 51 31 —
#1980 Williston, VT 51 20 —
#1981 Yamagata, JP 51 38 —
#1982 Antony, FR 50 32 —
#1983 Bryn Mawr, PA 50 29 8.5
#1984 Cukeng, TW 50 5 —
#1985 Furth, DE 50 25 —
#1986 Glen Ellyn, IL 50 34 1.7
#1987 Hadano, JP 50 19 —
#1988 Humble, TX 50 31 3.0
#1989 Inagi, JP 50 20 —
#1990 Incheon, CA 50 21 —
#1991 Iselin, NJ 50 29 2.5
#1992 Leawood, KS 50 31 1.5
#1993 Lüfeng, CN 50 20 —
#1994 Maddux Spring, AR 50 32 —
#1995 Moitzfeld, DE 50 30 —
#1996 Oberkochen, DE 50 38 —
#1997 Oro Valley, AZ 50 35 1.1
#1998 Pleasant Grove, UT 50 36 1.3
#1999 Puning, CN 50 32 —
#2000 Raynham, MA 50 30 —

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