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Maryland

Innovation Scorecard

Total Patents

32,521

National Rank

#21

Top Category

Software & Computing

YoY Growth

0.6%

Population

6,133,130

Patents / $B GDP

60

Patents / 100K Pop

530

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

Innovation Ecosystem

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

State GDP

$546B

Median Income

$98,678

Unemployment

4.2%

Bachelor's+

43.7%

Per Capita Income

$78,538

Fed. Spending

$23.8B

NIH Grants

3,348

NSF Awards

266

SBIR/STTR

10,357

~$3601M awarded

Biz Formation

2,779/mo

STEM Workers

11.3%

361,025 employed

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

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Patent Activity by Year

3,060
2016
3,273
2017
3,079
2018
3,764
2019
3,836
2020
3,481
2021
3,070
2022
3,240
2023
3,258
2024
2,460
2025

Top Patent Holders

RankOrganizationPatents
1THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1,527
2International Business Machines Corporation 1,161
3The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 968
4BLACK & DECKER INC. 887
5CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC 754
6Hughes Network Systems, LLC 600
7United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force 527
8The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army 507
9UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE 445
10UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK 400

Technology Categories

CategoryPatents
software & computing 9,301
biotech & life sciences 6,749
electronics & semiconductors 6,433
chemistry & materials 3,983
mechanical & manufacturing 2,591
mechanical engineering 1,121
construction 293
textiles 66

Universities in Maryland

Bowie State University

Bowie 2 patents

Institute Of Health Sciences

Hunt Valley 2 patents

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore 1,582 patents

Mcdaniel College

Westminster 1 patents

Morgan State University

Baltimore 44 patents

University Of Baltimore

Baltimore 1 patents

University Of Maryland

Baltimore 947 patents
HBCU