The statistic illustrates the number of independent inventors in the United States between 1977 and 2015, by state. As of 2015, a total number of 150,525 independent inventors were residing in California at the time they were filing for a patent.
Number of independent inventors in the United States as of 2015, by state
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Statistics on Patents in the United States
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of patent applications and grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents in force in the U.S. 2004-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of patents granted to U.S. companies 2009-2020
- Basic Statistic Companies with the most patents granted 2020-2021
Patents in detail
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- Premium Statistic Number of patent grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic Number of U.S. patents issued FY 2017-FY 2021, by residency of applicant
- Premium Statistic Number of patent applications U.S. 2020, by fields of technology
- Premium Statistic Ranking of U.S. companies with the most international patent applications 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of international patent applications of U.S. companies 2002-2020
Utility patents
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- Premium Statistic Number of utility patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of utility patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of utility patent grants issued U.S. FY 2021, by entity size and origin
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most utility model applications 2021
Industrial design
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- Premium Statistic Number of design patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of design patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies 2009-2020
Plant patents
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- Premium Statistic Number of plant patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of plant patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety applications 2021
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety grants 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of plant varieties in force for selected countries 2021
Patent holders
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- Premium Statistic Intellectual property law firms by number of overall filings U.S. 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Leading university owners of United States issued utility patents 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Boeing 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Honeywell International in the U.S. 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Patents granted to Raytheon 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Lockheed Martin 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents issued to the U.S. government FY 2021, by department
Further related statistics
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- Number of independent inventors in the U.S. 1998-2015
- Ranking of organizations with defensive publications/SIR grants in the U.S. 2015
- Number of technology patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Ranking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015
- Number of patent applications filed by foreign residents U.S. FY 2015-2018
- Number of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Number of patents issued to foreign residents U.S. FY 2016-2021
- Statutory invention registrations/defensive publication grants by the USPTO 2015
- Number of patent reissue application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Number of reissue patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Number of trademark filings in the U.S. 2003-2020
- Number of trademark registrations by U.S. companies 2003-2020
- Number of utility model applications worldwide 1990-2021
- Growth rate of patent applications worldwide 1996-2021
- Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders 2000-2021
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Statistics
- Number of independent inventors in the U.S. 1998-2015
- Ranking of organizations with defensive publications/SIR grants in the U.S. 2015
- Number of technology patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Ranking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015
- Number of patent applications filed by foreign residents U.S. FY 2015-2018
- Number of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Number of patents issued to foreign residents U.S. FY 2016-2021
- Statutory invention registrations/defensive publication grants by the USPTO 2015
- Number of patent reissue application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Number of reissue patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Number of trademark filings in the U.S. 2003-2020
- Number of trademark registrations by U.S. companies 2003-2020
- Number of utility model applications worldwide 1990-2021
- Growth rate of patent applications worldwide 1996-2021
- Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders 2000-2021
USPTO. (March 31, 2016). Number of independent inventors in the United States as of 2015, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/256687/number-of-independent-inventors-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO. "Number of independent inventors in the United States as of 2015, by state." Chart. March 31, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256687/number-of-independent-inventors-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO. (2016). Number of independent inventors in the United States as of 2015, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 24, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256687/number-of-independent-inventors-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO. "Number of Independent Inventors in The United States as of 2015, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/256687/number-of-independent-inventors-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO, Number of independent inventors in the United States as of 2015, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/256687/number-of-independent-inventors-in-the-us-by-state/ (last visited March 24, 2023)
Number of independent inventors in the United States as of 2015, by state [Graph], USPTO, March 31, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/256687/number-of-independent-inventors-in-the-us-by-state/