Idaho ranks #27 among US states for total patents filed in 2025, with 2,651 patents from 1,024 inventors across 78 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 Idaho 2025
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Boise, ID | 1,834 | 575 |
| #2 | Meridian, ID | 218 | 90 |
| #3 | Idaho Falls, ID | 97 | 56 |
| #4 | Eagle, ID | 67 | 33 |
| #5 | Nampa, ID | 53 | 19 |
| #6 | Coeur d'Alene, ID | 51 | 25 |
| #7 | Twin Falls, ID | 44 | 27 |
| #8 | Rigby, ID | 25 | 6 |
| #9 | Troy, ID | 23 | 18 |
| #10 | Pocatello, ID | 22 | 14 |
| #11 | Hayden, ID | 19 | 7 |
| #12 | Burley, ID | 15 | 15 |
| #13 | Kuna, ID | 13 | 9 |
| #14 | Caldwell, ID | 10 | 9 |
| #15 | Sandpoint, ID | 8 | 6 |
| #16 | Rexburg, ID | 6 | 6 |
| #17 | Hailey, ID | 6 | 4 |
| #18 | Ketchum, ID | 6 | 5 |
| #19 | Webb, ID | 5 | 5 |
| #20 | Ammon, ID | 5 | 5 |
| #21 | Victor, ID | 5 | 3 |
| #22 | Driggs, ID | 5 | 2 |
| #23 | Garden City, ID | 5 | 4 |
| #24 | Rathdrum, ID | 5 | 4 |
| #25 | Lowman, ID | 5 | 1 |
Top Inventors in Idaho 2025
| Rank | Inventor | City | Company | Patents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John D. Hopkins | Meridian | Micron | 42 |
| 2 | Jordan D. Greenlee | Boise | Micron | 32 |
| 3 | Jonathan S. Parry | Boise | Micron | 29 |
| #4 | Scott E. Schaefer | Boise | Micron | 28 |
| #5 | Aaron P. Boehm | Boise | Micron | 27 |
| #6 | Sujeet Ayyapureddi | Boise | Micron | 26 |
| #7 | Bo Zhao | Boise | Harbin Institute Of Technology | 25 |
| #7 | Haitao Liu | Boise | Micron | 25 |
| #9 | Kang-Yong Kim | Boise | Micron | 23 |
| #10 | Kamal M. Karda | Boise | Micron | 22 |
| #10 | Fatma Arzum Simsek-Ege | Boise | Micron | 22 |
| #12 | Giuseppe Cariello | Boise | Micron | 20 |
| #13 | Alyssa N. Scarbrough | Boise | Micron | 19 |
| #13 | Douglas Max Grover | Rigby | Micro Focus | 19 |
| #15 | Kunal R. Parekh | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #15 | Marco Sforzin | Boise | Micron | 18 |
| #17 | Durai Vishak Nirmal Ramaswamy | Boise | Micron | 17 |
| #18 | David Aaron Palmer | Boise | Micron | 16 |
| #19 | Matthew A. Prather | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #19 | Kyle K. Kirby | Eagle | Micron | 13 |
| #19 | Owen R. Fay | Meridian | Micron | 13 |
| #19 | Nancy M. Lomeli | Boise | Micron | 13 |
| #23 | Wei Zhou | Boise | Micron | 12 |
| #23 | Fabio Pellizzer | Boise | Micron | 12 |
| #23 | Shuangqiang Luo | Boise | Micron | 12 |