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Hawaii

Innovation Scorecard

Total Patents

2,635

National Rank

#46

Top Category

Software & Computing

YoY Growth

5.7%

Population

1,398,977

Patents / $B GDP

22

Patents / 100K Pop

188

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

Innovation Ecosystem

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

State GDP

$118B

Median Income

$95,322

Unemployment

2.2%

Bachelor's+

37.0%

Per Capita Income

$69,520

Fed. Spending

$5.2B

NIH Grants

175

NSF Awards

69

SBIR/STTR

1,056

~$426M awarded

Biz Formation

468/mo

STEM Workers

5.8%

38,984 employed

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

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Patent Activity by Year

300
2016
260
2017
255
2018
271
2019
263
2020
234
2021
268
2022
263
2023
278
2024
243
2025

Top Patent Holders

RankOrganizationPatents
1Apple Inc. 297
2Snowflake Inc. 84
3UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII 70
4The Boeing Company 50
5Oceanit Laboratories, Inc. 49
6Sandisk Technologies, Inc. 38
7International Business Machines Corporation 37
8MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 26
9BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. 26
10Cagent Vascular, Inc. 23

Technology Categories

CategoryPatents
software & computing 630
biotech & life sciences 515
electronics & semiconductors 342
mechanical & manufacturing 249
chemistry & materials 180
mechanical engineering 139
construction 51
textiles 5

Universities in Hawaii

Brigham Young University

Laie 195 patents

University Of Hawaii

Kapolei 72 patents