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New Hampshire

Innovation Scorecard

Total Patents

18,906

National Rank

#25

Top Category

Software & Computing

YoY Growth

-5.7%

Population

1,394,692

Patents / $B GDP

158

Patents / 100K Pop

1356

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

Innovation Ecosystem

Economic and research indicators that shape New Hampshire's innovation landscape.

State GDP

$119B

Median Income

$96,838

Unemployment

3.1%

Bachelor's+

40.7%

Per Capita Income

$82,878

Fed. Spending

$4.4B

NIH Grants

343

NSF Awards

58

SBIR/STTR

2,616

~$1025M awarded

Biz Formation

365/mo

STEM Workers

8.8%

67,511 employed

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

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Patent Activity by Year

1,798
2016
1,986
2017
1,917
2018
2,239
2019
2,166
2020
2,041
2021
1,743
2022
1,873
2023
1,767
2024
1,376
2025

Top Patent Holders

RankOrganizationPatents
1DEKA Products Limited Parternship 926
2International Business Machines Corporation 561
3BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. 442
4Allegro MicroSystems, LLC 368
5TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 322
6Oracle International Corporation 294
7EMC IP Holding Company LLC 210
8Cisco Technology, Inc. 188
9Parallel Wireless, Inc. 180
10Hubbell Incorporated 179

Technology Categories

CategoryPatents
software & computing 5,111
electronics & semiconductors 4,582
biotech & life sciences 3,246
mechanical & manufacturing 1,922
chemistry & materials 1,250
mechanical engineering 1,137
construction 242
textiles 76

Universities in New Hampshire

Dartmouth College

Hanover 338 patents