Global Inventor Statistics: Tracking 5 MM plus Utility Patents and 5 MM plus Inventors (1/1/2002 - 6/6/2023)

State

Top Prolific Inventors

1. Tao Luo
2,169
2. Peter Gaal
1,699
3. Wanshi Chen
1,659
4. Xiaoxia Zhang
1,038
5. Ahmadreza Rofougaran
971
6. Marta Karczewicz
949
7. Hao Xu
873
8. Jing Sun
867
9. Muriel Y Ishikawa
837
10. Tingfang Ji
826

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Most Innovative Cities

1. San Jose
155,185
2. San Francisco
87,447
3. Sunnyvale
80,764
4. San Diego
78,394
5. Palo Alto
61,372
6. Mountain View
59,498
7. Fremont
54,850
8. Cupertino
49,170
9. Santa Clara
49,103
10. Los Altos
30,049

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Innovative Companies

1.
42,643
2.
31,556
3.
26,251
4.
24,156
5.
17,415
6.
11,102
7.
9,447
8.
5,536
9.
5,060
10.
5,048

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Top Universities

1. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
10,248
2. Leland Stanford Junior University
3,669
3. California Institute of Technology
3,145
4. University of Southern California
1,220
5. THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
781
6. TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
420
7. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
260
8. Electric Power Research Institute Incorporated
172
9. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
152
10. Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
98

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