Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Boston
Boston: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications was 3,823 Patents in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Boston, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
Boston recorded 3,823 Patents for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in 2022.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Boston peaked at 3,882 Patents in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,797 Patents, in 2000.
That places Boston 3rd out of 873 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,314 Patents | 1,797 Patents | 2,684 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,934 Patents | 2,214 Patents | 3,608 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,781 Patents | 3,637 Patents | 3,882 Patents | 3 |
Countries ranked near Boston
- 1 Luxembourg 78.2 Patents compare
More environment data for Boston
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.3 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 27.8 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 3.54 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 17.23 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 16.94 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land -4.2 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 5.3 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 19.16 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 54.75 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Boston?
- Total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Boston was 3,823 Patents in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Boston?
- The highest recorded value was 3,882 Patents in 2021.
- What is the lowest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Boston?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,797 Patents in 2000.
- How does Boston rank for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- Boston ranks 3rd out of 873 regions with data for 2022.
- Is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications rising or falling in Boston?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Boston data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org