Global Inventor Statistics: Tracking 5 MM plus Utility Patents and 5 MM plus Inventors (1/1/2002 - 5/30/2023)

Country

Top Prolific Inventors

1. Kangguo Cheng
2,661
2. Tao Luo
2,140
3. Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
1,977
4. Frederick E. Shelton, IV
1,936
5. Roderick A. Hyde
1,884
6. Peter Gaal
1,689
7. Wanshi Chen
1,654
8. Junyi Li
1,518
9. Alexander Reznicek
1,188
10. Gurtej Singh Sandhu
1,117

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Most Innovative Cities

1. San Jose
154,939
2. San Francisco
87,265
3. Sunnyvale
80,650
4. San Diego
78,222
5. Palo Alto
61,311
6. Austin
60,863
7. Mountain View
59,398
8. Seattle
57,028
9. Fremont
54,778
10. Cupertino
49,115

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Innovative Companies

1.
128,371
2.
43,238
3.
42,602
4.
31,467
5.
27,979
6.
26,190
7.
25,364
8.
24,117
9.
20,228
10.
17,915

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Top Universities

1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
10,231
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5,391
3. Leland Stanford Junior University
3,662
4. University of Texas System
3,592
5. California Institute of Technology
3,142
6. University of Michigan
2,419
7. The Johns Hopkins University
2,377
8. Harvard College
2,091
9. Arizona State University
1,996
10. University of Pennsylvania
1,776

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