Total Patents in 1999

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	18,855
2	New York	36000	6,897
3	Texas	48000	6,417
4	New Jersey	34000	4,367
5	Illinois	17000	4,304
6	Pennsylvania	42000	4,077
7	Michigan	26000	4,039
8	Ohio	39000	4,003
9	Massachusetts	25000	3,822
10	Florida	12000	3,043
11	Minnesota	27000	2,903
12	Washington	53000	2,038
13	Connecticut	09000	2,026
14	Wisconsin	55000	1,998
15	Colorado	08000	1,984
16	North Carolina	37000	1,953
17	Indiana	18000	1,705
18	Maryland	24000	1,630
19	Arizona	04000	1,622
20	Georgia	13000	1,545
21	Oregon	41000	1,386
22	Idaho	16000	1,261
23	Virginia	51000	1,150
24	Missouri	29000	1,086
25	Tennessee	47000	1,014
26	Iowa	19000	819
27	Utah	49000	748
28	New Hampshire	33000	690
29	South Carolina	45000	655
30	Oklahoma	40000	545
31	Louisiana	22000	519
32	Kentucky	21000	508
33	Kansas	20000	494
34	Alabama	01000	469
35	Delaware	10000	442
36	Vermont	50000	363
37	Nevada	32000	356
37	New Mexico	35000	356
39	Rhode Island	44000	341
40	Nebraska	31000	229
41	Arkansas	05000	226
42	Mississippi	28000	220
43	West Virginia	54000	166
44	Maine	23000	145
45	Montana	30000	142
46	Hawaii	15000	97
47	South Dakota	46000	78
48	North Dakota	38000	77
49	Alaska	02000	66
50	District of Columbia	11000	63
51	Wyoming	56000	58
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