Total Patents 2006 Through 2010

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	123,263
2	Texas	48000	33,590
3	New York	36000	32,558
4	Washington	53000	22,337
5	Massachusetts	25000	21,397
6	Illinois	17000	19,333
7	Michigan	26000	19,249
8	New Jersey	34000	17,630
9	Ohio	39000	16,508
10	Minnesota	27000	16,034
11	Pennsylvania	42000	15,973
12	Florida	12000	15,783
13	North Carolina	37000	11,616
14	Oregon	41000	11,345
15	Colorado	08000	10,603
16	Wisconsin	55000	10,117
17	Arizona	04000	9,539
18	Connecticut	09000	8,835
19	Georgia	13000	8,744
20	Maryland	24000	7,566
21	Indiana	18000	7,018
22	Virginia	51000	6,505
23	Idaho	16000	6,459
24	Missouri	29000	4,527
25	Utah	49000	4,293
26	Tennessee	47000	4,230
27	Iowa	19000	3,579
28	New Hampshire	33000	3,211
29	South Carolina	45000	2,987
30	Kansas	20000	2,884
31	Vermont	50000	2,714
32	Oklahoma	40000	2,611
33	Kentucky	21000	2,503
34	Nevada	32000	2,469
35	Alabama	01000	2,056
36	Delaware	10000	1,841
37	New Mexico	35000	1,737
38	Rhode Island	44000	1,696
39	Louisiana	22000	1,651
40	Nebraska	31000	1,186
41	Arkansas	05000	876
42	Mississippi	28000	794
43	Maine	23000	768
44	Montana	30000	591
45	West Virginia	54000	554
46	Hawaii	15000	524
47	North Dakota	38000	445
48	District of Columbia	11000	360
49	South Dakota	46000	343
50	Wyoming	56000	312
51	Alaska	02000	185
Data Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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States IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators. Read "About the Profile" for the best understanding of the data, ranks and computations. This profile is produced by STATS Indiana, a web service of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Major support for this effort is provided by the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Updated: May 20, 2011 at 14:01