Utility Patents in 2010

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	27,337
2	Texas	48000	7,545
3	New York	36000	7,082
4	Washington	53000	5,258
5	Massachusetts	25000	4,923
6	New Jersey	34000	3,874
7	Michigan	26000	3,823
8	Illinois	17000	3,611
9	Minnesota	27000	3,597
10	Pennsylvania	42000	3,351
11	Ohio	39000	3,230
12	Florida	12000	2,978
13	North Carolina	37000	2,636
14	Colorado	08000	2,135
15	Oregon	41000	2,040
16	Arizona	04000	1,976
17	Georgia	13000	1,905
18	Connecticut	09000	1,875
19	Wisconsin	55000	1,814
20	Virginia	51000	1,587
21	Maryland	24000	1,578
22	Indiana	18000	1,492
23	Idaho	16000	1,095
24	Utah	49000	1,017
25	Missouri	29000	975
26	Tennessee	47000	925
27	Iowa	19000	763
28	New Hampshire	33000	725
29	Vermont	50000	642
30	Kansas	20000	615
31	Nevada	32000	540
32	Kentucky	21000	536
33	South Carolina	45000	517
34	Oklahoma	40000	516
35	Alabama	01000	444
36	New Mexico	35000	434
37	Delaware	10000	367
38	Louisiana	22000	304
39	Rhode Island	44000	276
40	Nebraska	31000	214
41	Maine	23000	211
42	Mississippi	28000	145
43	Arkansas	05000	144
44	Hawaii	15000	121
45	West Virginia	54000	118
46	North Dakota	38000	107
47	Montana	30000	105
48	District of Columbia	11000	82
48	Wyoming	56000	82
50	South Dakota	46000	70
51	Alaska	02000	28
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