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Rhode Island

Innovation Scorecard

Total Patents

7,886

National Rank

#34

Top Category

Biotech & Life Sciences

YoY Growth

14.9%

Population

1,090,390

Patents / $B GDP

98

Patents / 100K Pop

723

Innovation DNA

Patent activity distribution across technology categories

Innovation Ecosystem

Economic and research indicators that shape Rhode Island's innovation landscape.

State GDP

$80B

Median Income

$84,972

Unemployment

4.3%

Bachelor's+

39.0%

Per Capita Income

$69,936

Fed. Spending

$5.0B

NIH Grants

745

NSF Awards

151

SBIR/STTR

846

~$304M awarded

Biz Formation

283/mo

STEM Workers

7.8%

43,729 employed

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

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Patent Activity by Year

737
2016
790
2017
800
2018
878
2019
849
2020
785
2021
684
2022
791
2023
909
2024
663
2025

Top Patent Holders

RankOrganizationPatents
1Acushnet Company 367
2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 261
3Brown University 177
4Tyco Fire Products LP 170
5United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force 163
6DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 157
7Medos International Sarl 142
8Waters Technologies Corporation 140
9C.R. Bard, Inc. 122
10EMC IP Holding Company LLC 110

Technology Categories

CategoryPatents
biotech & life sciences 2,561
software & computing 1,433
electronics & semiconductors 847
mechanical & manufacturing 801
mechanical engineering 544
chemistry & materials 462
construction 107
textiles 60

Universities in Rhode Island

Brown University

Providence 198 patents

Bryant University

Smithfield 2 patents

Roger Williams University

Bristol 1 patents

University Of Rhode Island

Kingston 35 patents