Global 100 Cities in Terms of USPTO Patents
Data Refreshed as of October 14, 2025
| 2025 YTD Patents | Ranking 2025 YTD | Ranking 2024 | Ranking 2023 | City | Country |
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| 11,082 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Tokyo, JP |  |
| 7,294 | 2 | 2 | 2 | San Jose, CA (US) |  |
| 7,170 | 3 | 5 | 9 | Shenzhen, CN |  |
| 7,093 | 4 | 6 | 6 | Beijing, CN | |
| 7,059 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Seoul, KR |  |
| 6,532 | 6 | 4 | 3 | San Francisco, CA (US) | |
| 6,247 | 7 | 7 | 5 | San Diego, CA (US) | |
| 5,567 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Suwon-Si, KR | |
| 4,268 | 9 | 11 | 14 | Shanghai, CN | |
| 4,192 | 10 | 9 | 7 | Sunnyvale, CA (US) | |
| 4,067 | 11 | 12 | 25 | GuangDong, CN | |
| 3,900 | 12 | 13 | 12 | Bengaluru, IN |  |
| 3,833 | 13 | 10 | 10 | Kanagawa, JP | |
| 3,606 | 14 | 16 | 15 | Hsinchu, TW |  |
| 3,214 | 15 | 15 | 13 | Seattle, WA (US) | |
| 3,056 | 16 | 14 | 11 | Mountain View, CA (US) | |
| 2,874 | 17 | 17 | 17 | Austin, TX (US) | |
| 2,803 | 18 | 18 | 16 | Fremont, CA (US) | |
| 2,708 | 19 | 23 | 22 | Yongin Si, KR | |
| 2,683 | 20 | 19 | 21 | New York, NY (US) | |
| 2,680 | 21 | 20 | 18 | Santa-Clara, CA (US) | |
| 2,581 | 22 | 21 | 20 | Hwaseong-Si, KR | |
| 2,485 | 23 | 25 | 23 | Portland, OR (US) | |
| 2,406 | 24 | 22 | 24 | Cupertino, CA (US) | |
| 2,368 | 25 | 24 | 19 | Palo-Alto, CA (US) | |
| 2,357 | 26 | 28 | 26 | New Taipei, TW | |
| 2,275 | 27 | 26 | 29 | Osaka, JP | |
| 2,217 | 28 | 29 | 35 | DaeJeon, KR | |
| 2,125 | 29 | 27 | 27 | Los Angeles, CA (US) | |
| 2,075 | 30 | 31 | 28 | Taipei, TW | |
| 1,967 | 31 | 30 | 38 | Munich, DE |  |
| 1,894 | 32 | 34 | 36 | London, GB |  |
| 1,742 | 33 | 35 | 32 | Cambridge, MA (US) | |
| 1,706 | 34 | 32 | 30 | Houston, TX (US) | |
| 1,688 | 35 | 33 | 31 | Seongnam-Si, KR | |
| 1,662 | 36 | 37 | 33 | Gyeonggi-Do, KR | |
| 1,612 | 37 | 49 | 77 | Zhejiang, CN | |
| 1,579 | 38 | 36 | 37 | Chicago, IL (US) | |
| 1,568 | 39 | 39 | 44 | Singapore, SG |  |
| 1,504 | 40 | 38 | 53 | Kyoto, JP | |
| 1,477 | 41 | 41 | 43 | Saratoga, CA (US) | |
| 1,427 | 42 | 40 | 34 | Bellevue, WA (US) | |
| 1,405 | 43 | 50 | 45 | Taichung, TW | |
| 1,400 | 44 | 47 | 48 | Irvine, CA (US) | |
| 1,365 | 45 | 56 | 52 | Taoyuan, TW | |
| 1,354 | 46 | 44 | 50 | Tel Aviv, IL |  |
| 1,335 | 47 | 45 | 41 | Redwood City, CA (US) | |
| 1,313 | 48 | 43 | 46 | Boston, MA (US) | |
| 1,291 | 49 | 60 | 93 | Dongguan, CN | |
| 1,280 | 50 | 46 | 42 | San Mateo, CA (US) | |
| 1,276 | 51 | 48 | 39 | Redmond, WA (US) | |
| 1,244 | 52 | 42 | 40 | Los Altos, CA (US) | |
| 1,203 | 53 | 55 | 51 | Oakland, CA (US) | |
| 1,187 | 54 | 54 | 55 | Los Gatos, CA (US) | |
| 1,134 | 55 | 51 | 54 | Brooklyn, NY (US) | |
| 1,107 | 56 | 53 | 49 | Menlo Park, CA (US) | |
| 1,099 | 57 | 61 | 83 | Hangzhou, CN | |
| 1,095 | 58 | 59 | 57 | Toronto, CA |  |
| 1,083 | 59 | 52 | 47 | Yokohama, JP | |
| 1,045 | 60 | 58 | 58 | Pleasanton, CA (US) | |
| 1,041 | 61 | 71 | 65 | Tainan, TW | |
| 1,024 | 62 | 57 | 56 | Nagoya, JP | |
| 1,003 | 63 | 62 | 61 | Atlanta, GA (US) | |
| 990 | 64 | 68 | 68 | Paris, FR |  |
| 968 | 65 | 65 | 67 | Campbell, CA (US) | |
| 956 | 66 | 64 | 62 | Beaverton, OR (US) | |
| 929 | 67 | 83 | 97 | Jiangsu, CN | |
| 896 | 68 | 63 | 59 | Milpitas, CA (US) | |
| 887 | 69 | 67 | 69 | Phoenix, AZ (US) | |
| 886 | 70 | 66 | 63 | Plano, TX (US) | |
| 883 | 71 | 76 | 72 | Dallas, TX (US) | |
| 854 | 72 | 72 | 64 | Ann Arbor, MI (US) | |
| 851 | 73 | 94 | 75 | Toyota, JP | |
| 844 | 75 | 80 | 78 | Hong Kong, CN | |
| 844 | 74 | 88 | 96 | Guangzhou, CN | |
| 838 | 76 | 75 | 84 | Denver, CO (US) | |
| 829 | 77 | 96 | 87 | Hsinchu County, TW | |
| 821 | 78 | 86 | 79 | Kaohsiung, TW | |
| 816 | 79 | 69 | 70 | San Ramon, CA (US) | |
| 813 | 80 | 97 | 88 | Carlsbad, CA (US) | |
| 799 | 81 | 70 | 73 | Minneapolis, MN (US) | |
| 794 | 82 | 77 | 66 | Raleigh, NC (US) | |
| 787 | 83 | 73 | 60 | Boise, ID (US) | |
| 784 | 84 | 79 | 76 | Berkeley, CA (US) | |
| 780 | 85 | 82 | 95 | Stuttgart, DE | |
| 764 | 87 | 74 | 85 | Saitama, JP | |
| 764 | 86 | 87 | 92 | Incheon, KR | |
| 762 | 88 | 78 | 80 | Pittsburgh, PA (US) | |
| 756 | 89 | 84 | 86 | Berlin, DE | |
| 753 | 90 | 90 | 82 | Chandler, AZ (US) | |
| 752 | 91 | 81 | 90 | Kariya, JP | |
| 742 | 92 | 92 | 89 | Vancouver, CA | |
| 737 | 93 | 89 | 71 | Kirkland, WA (US) | |
| 733 | 94 | 98 | 94 | Charlotte, NC (US) | |
| 731 | 95 | 85 | 100 | Hefei, CN | |
| 728 | 96 | 95 | 74 | Sammamish, WA (US) | |
| 726 | 97 | 91 | 81 | Cary, NC (US) | |
| 724 | 98 | 99 | 91 | Haifa, IL | |
| 721 | 99 | 100 | 99 | SuZhou, CN | |
| 715 | 100 | 93 | 98 | Wuhan, CN | |
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