Number of patent grants in the U.S. by state FY 2021

In the fiscal year of 2021, a total number of 46,564 patents were granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to applicants from the state of California, making it the state with the most patent grants in that year. Texas, New York, Washington, and Massachusetts rounded out the top five states for patent grants in that year.

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

FY 2021

Supplementary notes

*No state indicated in database.
**Represents residents of American Samoa, Guam, and miscellaneous U.S. Pacific Islands.
Total number of patent grants includes utility, design, plant, and reissue grants. Statutory invention registration grants are excluded.
The financial year is the U.S. government financial year which runs from 1 October and ends on 30 September.

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