Indiana ranks #20 among US states for total patents filed all time, with 170,798 patents from 33,936 inventors across 600 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 25.2 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in Indiana All Time
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indianapolis, IN | 27,038 | 5,011 |
| #2 | West Lafayette, IN | 10,599 | 1,852 |
| #3 | Carmel, IN | 10,215 | 1,387 |
| #4 | Fort Wayne, IN | 7,884 | 1,899 |
| #5 | Columbus, IN | 7,832 | 1,378 |
| #6 | Warsaw, IN | 5,171 | 777 |
| #7 | Evansville, IN | 4,859 | 911 |
| #8 | Bloomington, IN | 4,691 | 943 |
| #9 | Zionsville, IN | 4,029 | 470 |
| #10 | Fishers, IN | 3,476 | 589 |
| #11 | Greenwood, IN | 3,425 | 649 |
| #12 | South Bend, IN | 3,405 | 809 |
| #13 | Lafayette, IN | 3,404 | 808 |
| #14 | Elkhart, IN | 3,336 | 828 |
| #15 | Noblesville, IN | 3,020 | 624 |
| #16 | Batesville, IN | 2,865 | 287 |
| #17 | Kokomo, IN | 2,705 | 628 |
| #18 | Granger, IN | 2,603 | 433 |
| #19 | Westfield, IN | 1,996 | 283 |
| #20 | Mishawaka, IN | 1,371 | 338 |
| #21 | Anderson, IN | 1,324 | 360 |
| #22 | Brownsburg, IN | 1,234 | 252 |
| #23 | Newburgh, IN | 1,233 | 240 |
| #24 | Winona Lake, IN | 1,224 | 90 |
| #25 | Goshen, IN | 1,210 | 306 |