Rank

State

Utility Patents 1999

Employment 1999

1999 Value

1

Idaho

1,222

755,740

16.2

2

California

16,778

19,029,167

8.8

3

Massachusetts

3,523

4,017,841

8.8

4

Vermont

340

392,744

8.7

5

Connecticut

1,795

2,093,076

8.6

6

New Jersey

3,988

4,652,487

8.6

7

New Hampshire

649

764,526

8.5

8

Delaware

417

498,492

8.4

9

Minnesota

2,651

3,298,496

8

10

Michigan

3,690

5,572,639

6.6

36

Virginia

1,043

4,323,624

2.4

40

West Virginia

149

882,827

1.7

41

Alabama

401

2,410,161

1.7

42

Nebraska

191

1,169,529

1.6

43

Wyoming

52

321,592

1.6

44

Maine

121

771,226

1.6

45

North Dakota

68

444,224

1.5

46

Alaska

53

389,958

1.4

47

South Dakota

66

509,060

1.3

48

Arkansa

188

1,483,662

1.3

49

Mississippi

183

1,493,473

1.2

50

Hawaii

83

749,858

1.1