Total Patents in 2009

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	23,354
2	Texas	48000	6,436
3	New York	36000	6,127
4	Washington	53000	4,856
5	Massachusetts	25000	4,038
6	Illinois	17000	3,615
7	Michigan	26000	3,516
8	New Jersey	34000	3,259
9	Pennsylvania	42000	3,064
10	Ohio	39000	3,023
11	Minnesota	27000	2,972
12	Florida	12000	2,899
13	North Carolina	37000	2,298
14	Oregon	41000	2,014
15	Colorado	08000	1,968
16	Wisconsin	55000	1,887
17	Arizona	04000	1,759
18	Georgia	13000	1,666
19	Connecticut	09000	1,661
20	Maryland	24000	1,444
21	Indiana	18000	1,246
22	Virginia	51000	1,208
23	Idaho	16000	985
24	Missouri	29000	877
25	Utah	49000	855
26	Tennessee	47000	785
27	Iowa	19000	730
28	New Hampshire	33000	608
29	South Carolina	45000	579
30	Kansas	20000	509
31	Vermont	50000	500
32	Kentucky	21000	457
33	Oklahoma	40000	445
34	Nevada	32000	426
35	Alabama	01000	377
36	Delaware	10000	342
37	New Mexico	35000	329
38	Louisiana	22000	315
39	Rhode Island	44000	305
40	Nebraska	31000	226
41	Arkansas	05000	154
42	Mississippi	28000	144
43	Maine	23000	130
44	West Virginia	54000	102
45	Hawaii	15000	96
46	North Dakota	38000	92
47	Montana	30000	91
48	Wyoming	56000	64
49	District of Columbia	11000	62
50	South Dakota	46000	56
51	Alaska	02000	55
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