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.
Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2021, by state
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USPTO. (November 19, 2021). Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2021, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/256731/number-of-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO. "Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2021, by state." Chart. November 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256731/number-of-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO. (2021). Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2021, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256731/number-of-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO. "Number of Patent Grants in The United States in Fy 2021, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/256731/number-of-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-state/
USPTO, Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2021, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/256731/number-of-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-state/ (last visited November 28, 2023)
Number of patent grants in the United States in FY 2021, by state [Graph], USPTO, November 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/256731/number-of-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-state/