Total Patents in 1994

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	10,393
2	New York	36000	5,443
3	Texas	48000	4,253
4	Illinois	17000	3,318
5	New Jersey	34000	3,247
6	Michigan	26000	3,215
7	Ohio	39000	3,092
8	Pennsylvania	42000	3,083
9	Massachusetts	25000	2,649
10	Florida	12000	2,294
11	Minnesota	27000	1,964
12	Connecticut	09000	1,833
13	Wisconsin	55000	1,391
14	North Carolina	37000	1,189
15	Colorado	08000	1,180
16	Maryland	24000	1,172
17	Indiana	18000	1,165
18	Washington	53000	1,151
19	Arizona	04000	1,053
20	Virginia	51000	969
21	Georgia	13000	962
22	Oregon	41000	780
23	Missouri	29000	759
24	Tennessee	47000	685
25	Oklahoma	40000	621
26	South Carolina	45000	510
27	Utah	49000	481
28	Iowa	19000	460
29	Delaware	10000	451
29	New Hampshire	33000	451
31	Louisiana	22000	442
32	Idaho	16000	366
33	Kentucky	21000	339
34	Alabama	01000	338
35	Kansas	20000	327
36	Rhode Island	44000	274
37	New Mexico	35000	260
38	Nevada	32000	211
39	Nebraska	31000	185
40	Vermont	50000	171
41	West Virginia	54000	163
42	Mississippi	28000	162
43	Arkansas	05000	159
44	Maine	23000	140
45	Hawaii	15000	99
46	Montana	30000	98
47	North Dakota	38000	60
48	Alaska	02000	55
49	Wyoming	56000	52
50	District of Columbia	11000	48
51	South Dakota	46000	47
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: August 25, 2010 at 10:18