New York ranks #2 among US states for total patents filed all time, with 729,625 patents from 115,490 inventors across 1,542 cities. On a per-capita basis that is 36.1 patents per 1,000 residents, a standard benchmark for comparing state-level R&D intensity.
Top Cities in New York All Time
| Rank | City | Patents | Inventors |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York, NY | 101,310 | 20,192 |
| #2 | Rochester, NY | 41,107 | 6,268 |
| #3 | Brooklyn, NY | 29,478 | 6,894 |
| #4 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 18,630 | 1,613 |
| #5 | Schenectady, NY | 15,286 | 1,353 |
| #6 | Niskayuna, NY | 14,963 | 949 |
| #7 | Webster, NY | 14,793 | 1,485 |
| #8 | Yorktown Heights, NY | 13,756 | 858 |
| #9 | Clifton Park, NY | 11,878 | 1,126 |
| #10 | Corning, NY | 9,946 | 1,196 |
| #11 | Fairport, NY | 9,515 | 1,225 |
| #12 | White Plains, NY | 9,235 | 917 |
| #13 | Pittsford, NY | 9,217 | 976 |
| #14 | Wappingers Falls, NY | 9,114 | 884 |
| #15 | Ithaca, NY | 8,607 | 1,653 |
| #16 | Ossining, NY | 7,758 | 613 |
| #17 | Albany, NY | 7,517 | 790 |
| #18 | Hopewell Junction, NY | 7,386 | 648 |
| #19 | Great Neck, NY | 7,356 | 1,852 |
| #20 | Penfield, NY | 6,069 | 745 |
| #21 | Chappaqua, NY | 6,018 | 336 |
| #22 | Syracuse, NY | 4,888 | 891 |
| #23 | Scarsdale, NY | 4,568 | 560 |
| #24 | Troy, NY | 4,027 | 610 |
| #25 | Fishkill, NY | 3,635 | 387 |