New
Jersey Ranks 7th in the Nation for Number of Patents Per State
Source: US Patent and Trademark Office, Patents Counts by County/State and Year:
All Patents all Types January 1,1977 to December 31, 2005.
Rank |
State |
Patents |
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Rank |
State |
Patents |
|
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|
|
|
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1 |
California |
19662 |
|
26 |
Utah |
644 |
2 |
Texas |
5526 |
|
27 |
Iowa |
629 |
3 |
New York |
5306 |
|
28 |
South Carolina |
539 |
4 |
Michigan |
3665 |
|
29 |
New Hampshire |
538 |
5 |
Massachusetts |
3303 |
|
30 |
Kansas |
456 |
6 |
Illinois |
3297 |
|
31 |
Nevada |
443 |
7 |
NEW JERSEY |
2868 |
|
32 |
Oklahoma |
429 |
8 |
Ohio |
2731 |
|
33 |
Vermont |
411 |
9 |
Florida |
2707 |
|
34 |
Kentucky |
377 |
10 |
Minnesota |
2582 |
|
35 |
Alabama |
359 |
11 |
Pennsylvania |
2546 |
|
36 |
Delaware |
341 |
12 |
Washington |
2482 |
|
37 |
Rhode Island |
312 |
13 |
Colorado |
1972 |
|
38 |
Louisiana |
298 |
14 |
Oregon |
1849 |
|
39 |
New Mexico |
273 |
15 |
North Carolina |
1839 |
|
40 |
Nebraska |
205 |
16 |
Wisconsin |
1756 |
|
41 |
Maine |
159 |
17 |
Connecticut |
1677 |
|
42 |
Arkansas |
153 |
18 |
Arizona |
1598 |
|
43 |
Mississippi |
127 |
19 |
Idaho |
1549 |
|
44 |
Montana |
119 |
20 |
Georgia |
1358 |
|
45 |
West Virginia |
98 |
21 |
Maryland |
1284 |
|
46 |
North Dakota |
81 |
22 |
Indiana |
1246 |
|
47 |
South Dakota |
68 |
23 |
Virginia |
1030 |
|
48 |
Hawaii |
58 |
24
|
Missouri |
732 |
|
49 |
Wyoming |
55 |
25 |
Tennessee |
713 |
|
50 |
Alaska |
36 |
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50
State Average
|
1649.72 |
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N.J.
% Above Average |
73.85% |
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