Government Statistics > Patents Issued (most recent) by state

Rank	States	Amount
# 1	California:	303,592
# 2	New York:	139,544
# 3	Texas:	106,463
# 4	New Jersey:	95,136
# 5	Illinois:	92,974
# 6	Pennsylvania:	84,618
# 7	Ohio:	83,265
# 8	Michigan:	82,589
# 9	Massachusetts:	69,616
# 10	Florida:	55,303
# 11	Minnesota:	48,550
# 12	Connecticut:	45,008
# 13	Wisconsin:	36,818
# 14	Indiana:	33,766
# 15	Washington:	32,901
# 16	North Carolina:	31,587
# 17	Colorado:	31,339
# 18	Maryland:	29,470
# 19	Arizona:	27,065
# 20	Virginia:	23,797
# 21	Georgia:	23,774
# 22	Oregon:	23,386
# 23	Missouri:	20,864
# 24	Tennessee:	17,301
# 25	Oklahoma:	16,955
# 26	Idaho:	14,903
# 27	Iowa:	13,330
# 28	Utah:	12,413
# 29	South Carolina:	12,229
# 30	Louisiana:	11,803
# 31	Delaware:	10,827
# 32	New Hampshire:	10,766
# 33	Kentucky:	9,738
# 34	Kansas:	9,086
# 35	Alabama:	9,017
# 36	Rhode Island:	6,413
# 37	New Mexico:	6,345
# 38	Vermont:	5,613
# 39	Nevada:	5,591
# 40	Nebraska:	4,697
# 41	West Virginia:	4,321
# 42	Arkansas:	3,867
# 43	Mississippi:	3,597
# 44	Maine:	3,099
# 45	Montana:	2,623
# 46	Hawaii:	1,946
# 47	North Dakota:	1,603
# 48	District of Columbia:	1,576
# 49	South Dakota:	1,385
# 50	Wyoming:	1,282
# 51	Alaska:	1,075
# 52	Puerto Rico:	582
# 53	US Virgin Islands:	62
# 54	Guam:	31
	Total:	1,725,501
	Weighted average:	31,953.7

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