Top Cities for Patents All Time

Ranked by total patent count — worldwide

Showing 1,901–1,950 of 111,555 cities

Rank City Patents Inventors Per 1k pop.
#1901 Glendora, CA 1,686 353 32.1
#1902 Boxford, MA 1,685 245 692.9
#1903 Skaneateles, NY 1,685 171 665.2
#1904 Carmel, NY 1,683 217 223.3
#1905 Elk River, MN 1,682 238 65.1
#1906 Springfield, MO 1,682 510 9.9
#1907 Ottobrunn, DE 1,681 341 —
#1908 Midland, TX 1,680 491 12.7
#1909 Gloucester, GB 1,677 389 —
#1910 Wheeling, IL 1,675 399 42.8
#1911 Manlius, NY 1,673 275 358.9
#1912 Decatur, IL 1,671 423 23.7
#1913 Fallbrook, CA 1,670 304 51.8
#1914 Hofuf, SA 1,668 426 —
#1915 Chester Springs, PA 1,666 227 —
#1916 Grand Haven, MI 1,666 357 151.3
#1917 Kailua, HI 1,666 169 —
#1918 Placentia, CA 1,665 422 32.1
#1919 Cypress, CA 1,664 389 33.2
#1920 Charleston, WV 1,663 354 34.0
#1921 Hudsonville, MI 1,663 300 218.0
#1922 Wilmington, MA 1,663 314 71.2
#1923 Boerne, TX 1,661 232 93.0
#1924 Rowlett, TX 1,661 304 26.6
#1925 Otofuke, JP 1,660 546 —
#1926 Kernersville, NC 1,659 355 62.7
#1927 Queens, NY 1,659 268 —
#1928 Hartsdale, NY 1,657 164 490.7
#1929 Tokyo, IL 1,657 39 —
#1930 Akita, JP 1,656 283 —
#1931 Seoul, NJ 1,655 59 —
#1932 Sheffield, GB 1,655 662 —
#1933 Carol Stream, IL 1,654 346 41.5
#1934 Claremont, CA 1,654 371 44.4
#1935 Greensburg, PA 1,654 371 110.4
#1936 Witham, GB 1,653 433 —
#1937 Clemmons, NC 1,652 260 78.1
#1938 Sun Prairie, WI 1,652 287 45.9
#1939 Clinton Township, MI 1,651 448 —
#1940 Armonk, NY 1,650 167 367.1
#1941 Mendota Heights, MN 1,650 202 140.5
#1942 Annandale, NJ 1,649 185 991.6
#1943 Bolton, MA 1,649 214 —
#1944 Woodbridge, CT 1,649 239 —
#1945 Chino, CA 1,648 387 18.0
#1946 Leipzig, DE 1,648 682 —
#1947 Nagakute, JP 1,648 59 —
#1948 San Marino, CA 1,648 232 131.7
#1949 Cockeysville, MD 1,646 330 68.1
#1950 Bristol, CT 1,644 363 27.0

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