Total Patents in 2011

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	30,748
2	Texas	48000	8,044
3	New York	36000	7,842
4	Massachusetts	25000	5,526
5	Washington	53000	5,266
6	Illinois	17000	4,594
7	Michigan	26000	4,397
8	New Jersey	34000	4,277
9	Minnesota	27000	4,227
10	Ohio	39000	3,903
11	Florida	12000	3,841
12	Pennsylvania	42000	3,652
13	North Carolina	37000	2,884
14	Colorado	08000	2,397
15	Oregon	41000	2,371
16	Arizona	04000	2,248
17	Georgia	13000	2,206
18	Wisconsin	55000	2,154
19	Connecticut	09000	2,121
20	Virginia	51000	1,737
21	Maryland	24000	1,638
22	Indiana	18000	1,633
23	Utah	49000	1,215
24	Idaho	16000	1,089
25	Tennessee	47000	1,080
26	Missouri	29000	1,003
27	Iowa	19000	856
28	Kansas	20000	805
28	New Hampshire	33000	805
30	South Carolina	45000	793
31	Nevada	32000	674
32	Kentucky	21000	551
33	Vermont	50000	536
34	Oklahoma	40000	529
35	Delaware	10000	457
36	Alabama	01000	416
37	New Mexico	35000	412
38	Louisiana	22000	368
39	Rhode Island	44000	351
40	Nebraska	31000	247
41	Maine	23000	202
42	Arkansas	05000	188
43	Mississippi	28000	172
44	Hawaii	15000	128
45	Montana	30000	114
46	West Virginia	54000	109
47	South Dakota	46000	106
48	District of Columbia	11000	102
49	North Dakota	38000	95
50	Wyoming	56000	74
51	Alaska	02000	32
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: July 17, 2012 at 12:59