We started by identifying life science-related patents, and then explored both the quantity and percent share these patents for each U.S. county. Specifically, SSTI examined the patent data of medical technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and analysis of biological materials industries, providing unique insight into the long-term trends of any individual counties, as well as any established, emerging, or declining clusters or hubs of life science patents.
The data reveals noticeable concentrations of patents granted across well-established hubs. These hubs include areas along the California coast, especially around the Bay Area and Southern California. We found another significant cluster along parts of the east coast, from Boston to the District of Columbia (DC). In both regions, the quantity and percent share of inventors granted patents increased over time. Clusters can also be found in Illinois, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, and Utah.
How many patents are granted in each U.S. County from 1998 to 2000?SSTI used the map below to draw some conclusions about how many patents were granted in each U.S. county from 1998 to 2000. SSTI created the map to illustrate the number of patents granted to U.S. inventors in a variety of life science fields. Readers can use the graphic to gain insight into the long-term trends of any U.S. county or to learn about any established, emerging, or declining clusters or hubs of life science patents. The map opens with the medical technology page. Use the arrows on the top right to move between different technology sectors. On each page of the graphic, readers can see the number of patents granted for the technology in each county. They can also move the slider on the timeline or press play/pause to view how the number of patents changes over time. For patents with multiple names associated with them, the credit was equally split between counties, hence, many counties have a fraction of a patent affiliated with them.
SSTI found that medical technology patents see a relatively large geographic spread across counties, as well the highest overall quantity (approximately 190,000), with 11 counties averaging over 100 patents granted in medical technology over the 23 years, led by Santa Clara County, California (average of 467.36 patents granted per year), Los Angeles County, California (326.31), and Orange County, California (325.95). An additional 23 counties averaged over 50 patents granted per year. Nearly 67% of counties had at least one patent granted over the studied period, making it the most geographically diverse of all selected life sciences (2,100 of 3,143 counties).
Pharmaceuticals had approximately 77,000 patents located in 47.31% of U.S. counties (1,487 of 3,143) and was led by Middlesex County, Massachusetts (average of 204.99 patents granted per year), followed by San Diego County, California (189.29), San Mateo County (120.88) and Santa Clara County (113.85). The four counties mentioned above were the only ones to average over 100 patents granted per year, while an additional nine counties averaged over 50.
With a total of approximately 60,000 patents granted between 1998 and 2020, biotechnology patent holders can be found in approximately 43.46% of all U.S. counties (1,366 of 3,143), led by San Diego County (average of 183.44 patents granted per year), Middlesex County, Massachusetts (151.77) and San Mateo County, California (116.98). One additional county, Santa Clara County, California, averaged over 100 patents granted per year (113.91), while five other counties averaged over 50.
Over the 23 years from 1998-2020, San Diego County, California, was home to the most U.S. inventors granted patents in analysis of biological materials (average of 45.35 patents granted per year), followed by Middlesex County, Massachusetts (38.63) and Santa Clara County, California (35.74). Approximately 18,000 patents — the least of any selected life science — were granted in analysis of biological materials over the studied period, with 14 counties having averaged over 10 patents granted per year and an additional 16 over five. Approximately 38% of all U.S. counties had at least one patent in analysis of biological materials granted over the 23 years period, making it the least geographically distributed of the selected life sciences (1,181 of 3,143 counties).
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