New Jersey ranks #8 among US states for total patents filed all time, with 411,593 patents from 69,400 inventors across 764 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 44.3 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New Jersey All Time
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Princeton, NJ | 18,657 | 2,186 |
| #2 | Plainsboro, NJ | 9,524 | 1,381 |
| #3 | Bound Brook, NJ | 8,853 | 1,249 |
| #4 | Morristown, NJ | 8,639 | 1,322 |
| #5 | Edison, NJ | 7,934 | 1,355 |
| #6 | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 7,893 | 1,035 |
| #7 | Jersey City, NJ | 6,972 | 1,424 |
| #8 | Somerville, NJ | 6,531 | 1,141 |
| #9 | Westfield, NJ | 6,055 | 765 |
| #10 | Holmdel, NJ | 4,934 | 509 |
| #11 | Flemington, NJ | 4,914 | 632 |
| #12 | Montgomery, NJ | 4,823 | 505 |
| #13 | Piscataway, NJ | 4,653 | 879 |
| #14 | Lawrenceville, NJ | 4,609 | 646 |
| #15 | Hackettstown, NJ | 4,591 | 793 |
| #16 | East Brunswick Township, NJ | 4,545 | 717 |
| #17 | Summit, NJ | 4,328 | 570 |
| #18 | New Providence, NJ | 4,190 | 512 |
| #19 | Hoboken, NJ | 3,810 | 616 |
| #20 | Cherry Hill, NJ | 3,808 | 765 |
| #21 | Pennington, NJ | 3,679 | 372 |
| #22 | Dover, NJ | 3,658 | 708 |
| #23 | Princeton Junction, NJ | 3,476 | 389 |
| #24 | Jalan Pedongkelan, NJ | 3,456 | 115 |
| #25 | Scotch Plains, NJ | 3,449 | 466 |