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Delaware

Innovation Scorecard

Total Patents

6,046

National Rank

#38

Top Category

Chemistry & Materials

YoY Growth

15.6%

Population

1,014,872

Patents / $B GDP

54

Patents / 100K Pop

596

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

Innovation Ecosystem

Economic and research indicators that shape Delaware's innovation landscape.

State GDP

$111B

Median Income

$81,361

Unemployment

5.2%

Bachelor's+

36.5%

Per Capita Income

$69,282

Fed. Spending

$3.9B

NIH Grants

216

NSF Awards

66

SBIR/STTR

1,072

~$353M awarded

Biz Formation

1,885/mo

STEM Workers

7.1%

35,929 employed

Sources: FRED, Census ACS, USAspending.gov, NIH RePORTER, NSF, SBIR.gov

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Patent Activity by Year

621
2016
610
2017
572
2018
585
2019
684
2020
596
2021
575
2022
588
2023
680
2024
535
2025

Top Patent Holders

RankOrganizationPatents
1Incyte Corporation 396
2E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 355
3JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 214
4THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC 212
5W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH 188
6Bank of America Corporation 185
7Monsanto Technology LLC 183
8Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc. 106
9Convida Wireless, LLC 98
10Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. 91

Technology Categories

CategoryPatents
chemistry & materials 1,708
biotech & life sciences 1,143
software & computing 1,063
electronics & semiconductors 840
mechanical & manufacturing 649
mechanical engineering 171
textiles 88
construction 61

Universities in Delaware

Delaware State University

Dover 5 patents

University Of Delaware

Newark 96 patents