California
Innovation Scorecard
Innovation DNA
Patent activity distribution across technology categories
Innovation Ecosystem
Economic and research indicators that shape California's innovation landscape.
State GDP
$4.05T
Median Income
$95,521
Unemployment
5.5%
Bachelor's+
37.5%
Per Capita Income
$85,518
Fed. Spending
$157.4B
NIH Grants
10,839
NSF Awards
1,261
SBIR/STTR
43,784
~$15913M awarded
Biz Formation
19,686/mo
STEM Workers
8.6%
1,637,825 employed
Sources: FRED, Census ACS, USAspending.gov, NIH RePORTER, NSF, SBIR.gov
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Patent Activity by Year
53,3882016
55,2582017
52,5542018
60,9942019
60,9032020
56,0692021
54,4122022
58,6752023
57,6292024
42,5802025
Top Patent Holders
Technology Categories
| Category | Patents |
|---|---|
| software & computing | 198,740 |
| electronics & semiconductors | 163,189 |
| biotech & life sciences | 72,553 |
| mechanical & manufacturing | 29,533 |
| chemistry & materials | 28,003 |
| mechanical engineering | 10,932 |
| construction | 4,160 |
| textiles | 476 |
Universities in California
Advanced Computing Institute
Los Angeles
2 patents
Airstreams Renewables, Inc.
Tehachapi
1 patents
California Baptist University
Riverside
2 patents
California Institute Of Technology
Pasadena
1,639 patents
California State University
Bakersfield
29 patents
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
291 patents
Center For Information Technology
San Diego
2 patents
Chapman University
Orange
9 patents
Charles R. Drew University Of Medicine And Science
Los Angeles
5 patents
Dongguk University
Los Angeles
6 patents
El Monte
El Monte
8 patents
Gemological Institute Of America
Carlsbad
48 patents
Institute Of Medical Education
San Jose
1 patents
Integrated Digital Technologies
Pasadena
3 patents
International Technological University
Santa Clara
4 patents
Keck Graduate Institute Of Applied Life Sciences
Claremont
7 patents
Kingston University
Pasadena
1 patents
Lincoln University
Oakland
6 patents
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda
56 patents
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles
1 patents
Make-Up Designory
Burbank
2 patents
Maritime Institute
San Diego
1 patents
Medical Institute
Los Angeles
101 patents
Mountain View
Mountain View
3 patents
Norwalk
Norwalk
1 patents
Occidental College
Los Angeles
2 patents
San Diego State University
San Diego
5 patents
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
1 patents
San Jose State University
San Jose
5 patents
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
La Jolla
89 patents
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara
32 patents
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park
1 patents
Stanford University
Stanford
4 patents
The Academy
Citrus Heights
16 patents
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla
362 patents
Trinity College
Fairfield
14 patents
University Of California
Davis
5,922 patents
University Of California, Merced
Merced
2 patents
University Of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
1 patents
University Of San Francisco
San Francisco
2 patents
University Of Southern California
Los Angeles
606 patents
University Of The People
Pasadena
3 patents
University Of The West
Rosemead
23 patents
Westchester
Los Angeles
2 patents
Western University Of Health Sciences
Pomona
14 patents
Workshops For Warriors
San Diego
24 patents