Number of patents per 100,000 population – The Globe and Mail.
The linked article reports an interesting statistic calculated in Canada by the Toronto Board of Trade and Conference Board of Canada. It ranks cities by number of U.S. patents issued in 2009 by per 100,000 in population. The statistic is meant to measure, indirectly, the degree of new product development in each city.
San Francisco puts nearly everyone else to shame, with 177. Boston and Seattle make very respectable showings (92.9 and 75.7). The fourth city, Tokyo, had a middling 55.5. LA, Dallas, NY and Chicago were not far behind Tokyo, with figures in the 30s.
I question how accurate these numbers can be. There is no explanation for how they were calculated. Though I am not surprised by most of the cities on the list, that Dallas is in the sixth spot is surprising, at least to me.
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