New Jersey ranks #11 among US states for total patents filed in 2025, with 10,693 patents from 5,082 inventors across 486 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 1.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Jersey 2025
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 619 | 284 |
| #2 | Jersey City, NJ | 577 | 287 |
| #3 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 475 | 80 |
| #4 | Bound Brook Junction, NJ | 351 | 138 |
| #5 | Montgomery, NJ | 259 | 48 |
| #6 | Plainsboro, NJ | 249 | 112 |
| #7 | Princeton Colonial Park, NJ | 213 | 43 |
| #8 | Edison, NJ | 202 | 110 |
| #9 | Hoboken, NJ | 171 | 77 |
| #10 | Princeton Junction, NJ | 170 | 43 |
| #11 | Skillman, NJ | 154 | 36 |
| #12 | Pennington, NJ | 152 | 59 |
| #13 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 142 | 46 |
| #14 | Raritan, NJ | 122 | 57 |
| #15 | Somerville, NJ | 121 | 26 |
| #16 | Parsippany, NJ | 110 | 67 |
| #17 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 108 | 64 |
| #18 | Franklin Lakes, NJ | 101 | 22 |
| #19 | Morristown, NJ | 94 | 55 |
| #20 | Fort Lee, NJ | 90 | 32 |
| #21 | Morganville, NJ | 87 | 48 |
| #22 | Summit, NJ | 86 | 52 |
| #23 | Westfield, NJ | 84 | 40 |
| #24 | Piscataway, NJ | 81 | 51 |
| #25 | Manalapan, NJ | 81 | 29 |