Foreign-Born Inventors Now Account for 41% of US Patents

Pie chart showing that 59.0% of foreign-born, US-based inventors attended at least one school in the US, while 41.0% did not.

Immigrant inventors' share of US patents has climbed from 34% to 41% over the past decade

Pie chart showing that 59.0% of foreign-born, US-based inventors attended at least one school in the US, while 41.0% did not. Source: Revelio Labs. — Figure 4. Pie chart showing that 59.0% of foreign-born, US-based inventors attended at least one school in the US, while 41.0% did not. Source: Revelio Labs, July 2025

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