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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patents By Country, State, and Year - All Patent Types
(December 2007)

Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2007
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Description of the Report

This report displays the number of U.S. patents distributed by state and country of origin. The origin of a patent is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor.

This report counts documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention"), design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, defensive publications
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2007. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant
Breakout by U.S. State and Foreign Country of Origin

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2007
    Pre 1994 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   1382827 113704 113955 121805 124147 163205 169145 176083 184046 184424 187047 181320 157741 196437 182930 3638816
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   787044 64345 64510 69419 69923 90697 94089 97011 98655 97125 98589 94129 82586 102267 93691 2004080
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   595783 49359 49445 52386 54224 72508 75056 79072 85391 87299 88458 87191 75155 94170 89239 1634736
ALABAMA   4585 338 359 336 345 422 473 395 452 441 459 412 359 430 358 10164
ALASKA   463 55 49 50 60 76 66 56 58 50 43 49 36 45 24 1180
ARIZONA   10675 1054 1120 1153 1162 1677 1623 1756 1701 1700 1716 1730 1598 1893 1826 32384
ARKANSAS   1820 159 143 164 152 184 226 247 223 213 176 160 153 185 169 4374
CALIFORNIA   115183 10406 10824 11957 12915 17827 18860 19845 20859 21235 22073 21602 19662 25043 22601 370892
COLORADO   11472 1182 1207 1320 1345 1916 1987 2074 2112 2130 2305 2290 1972 2349 1983 37644
CONNECTICUT   24270 1834 1768 1684 1644 2070 2026 2085 2069 1991 1844 1723 1677 1857 1611 50153
DELAWARE   6210 452 442 472 370 424 444 426 424 385 372 406 341 396 359 11923
FLORIDA   24080 2298 2465 2509 2552 3117 3040 3129 3149 2854 3120 2991 2707 3264 3092 64367
GEORGIA   8775 963 1047 1135 1112 1496 1544 1541 1600 1532 1534 1492 1358 1719 1580 28428
HAWAII   903 99 84 104 93 93 97 93 107 91 96 86 58 101 82 2187
IDAHO   2152 370 329 393 597 897 1263 1616 1737 1877 1850 1822 1549 1717 1388 19557
ILLINOIS   49848 3321 3479 3674 3539 4364 4308 4514 4272 3937 3961 3754 3297 4053 3712 104033
INDIANA   17098 1166 1281 1417 1331 1561 1707 1702 1594 1745 1679 1485 1246 1499 1385 37896
IOWA   6294 459 486 485 450 720 817 676 815 681 711 736 629 732 664 15355
KANSAS   4479 327 319 348 322 404 495 475 383 503 491 540 456 581 523 10646
KENTUCKY   4880 339 341 397 350 404 509 517 547 496 497 463 377 471 505 11093
LOUISIANA   6585 442 413 444 408 543 519 578 561 484 439 387 298 365 294 12760
MAINE   1533 140 137 113 109 143 145 152 156 168 164 138 159 156 126 3539
MARYLAND   13746 1178 1100 1208 1264 1575 1642 1485 1641 1612 1579 1440 1284 1558 1409 33721
MASSACHUSETTS   31704 2644 2427 2713 2831 3735 3819 3835 3973 3837 4191 3906 3303 4369 3837 81124
MICHIGAN   41016 3218 3046 3457 3075 3824 4030 4112 4233 4234 4222 4122 3665 4179 3695 94128
MINNESOTA   19750 1965 1943 2000 2060 2780 2902 2990 2926 2976 3260 2996 2582 3268 2920 57318
MISSISSIPPI   1554 163 138 167 182 202 225 213 230 180 185 160 127 153 184 4063
MISSOURI   10777 759 819 762 870 1049 1087 970 968 962 946 895 732 863 861 23320
MONTANA   1134 98 141 141 105 148 142 143 162 152 125 131 119 136 131 3008
NEBRASKA   2259 185 150 187 185 233 229 299 253 248 241 229 205 239 254 5396
NEVADA   1942 212 216 233 226 332 356 404 371 368 456 476 443 472 468 6975
NEW HAMPSHIRE   4117 456 460 469 503 649 692 680 671 657 731 681 538 657 618 12579
NEW JERSEY   53331 3258 3065 3386 3461 4204 4371 4397 4289 4097 3922 3354 2868 3628 3154 104785
NEW MEXICO   2646 261 280 242 281 363 357 347 392 388 405 383 273 354 304 7276
NEW YORK   68749 5447 5266 5815 5421 7113 6903 7038 7178 7075 6919 6618 5307 6408 6025 157282
NORTH CAROLINA   11535 1191 1255 1454 1501 1842 1956 2196 2267 2141 2171 2075 1839 2233 2007 37663
NORTH DAKOTA   793 61 63 72 50 69 76 98 107 86 62 66 81 77 92 1853
OHIO   43501 3101 2986 3173 3295 3897 4003 4028 3996 3973 3893 3418 2731 3295 3062 92352
OKLAHOMA   10887 621 545 542 453 542 545 616 633 518 563 490 429 583 526 18493
OREGON   8204 782 870 965 1103 1560 1386 1463 1503 1716 1867 1967 1849 2536 2282 30053
PENNSYLVANIA   46338 3086 2926 3226 2934 3763 4076 4007 3841 3642 3560 3224 2546 3191 2987 93347
RHODE ISLAND   2853 278 263 291 303 357 341 389 334 311 325 368 312 354 380 7459
SOUTH CAROLINA   5630 510 521 518 499 682 654 629 644 711 651 581 539 691 542 14002
SOUTH DAKOTA   607 47 44 49 53 57 78 98 85 90 89 88 68 79 66 1598
TENNESSEE   7738 685 708 719 745 912 1018 963 962 1003 973 874 713 817 793 19623
TEXAS   44003 4269 4314 4511 4449 5980 6425 6788 6764 6341 6380 6241 5526 6717 6228 124936
UTAH   4777 483 554 603 666 731 748 793 803 747 725 784 644 800 766 14624
VERMONT   1668 172 171 282 290 343 363 415 507 509 466 428 411 486 546 7057
VIRGINIA   11385 972 944 967 917 1163 1151 1284 1280 1302 1246 1182 1030 1232 1165 27220
WASHINGTON   12057 1150 1257 1330 1510 1998 2038 2047 2256 2300 2516 2442 2482 3620 3894 42897
WEST VIRGINIA   2587 164 151 139 165 211 166 159 161 166 141 111 98 111 116 4646
WISCONSIN   16569 1390 1426 1522 1527 1880 1996 2079 2253 2119 2083 1975 1756 2151 1928 42654
WYOMING   616 53 75 45 60 49 58 67 59 61 84 55 55 56 62 1455
CANAL ZONE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   883 48 63 42 59 85 63 65 73 65 50 80 59 69 71 1775
GUAM   7 0 2 2 2 5 4 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 32
PUERTO RICO   322 29 24 25 14 21 33 31 12 22 29 20 33 26 29 670
U.S. PACIFIC IS.   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UNITED STATES   16 3 1 5 5 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 47
VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS   36 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 4 1 3 70
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
JAPAN   237160 23517 22871 24059 24191 32118 32514 32922 34890 36339 37248 37032 31834 39411 35942 682048
GERMANY   115181 6989 6874 7125 7292 9582 9895 10824 11894 11957 12140 11367 9575 10889 10012 251596
UNITED KINGDOM   45026 2472 2685 2676 2906 3729 3904 4092 4358 4202 4037 3905 3560 4329 4031 95912
FRANCE   43739 2985 3010 3016 3202 3991 4097 4173 4456 4421 4126 3686 3106 3856 3720 95584
TAIWAN   7394 1814 2087 2419 2597 3805 4526 5806 6545 6730 6676 7207 5993 7920 7491 79010
CANADA   26928 2380 2447 2638 2817 3537 3678 3925 4063 3857 3894 3781 3177 4094 3970 75186
SOUTH KOREA   2805 1008 1240 1567 1965 3362 3679 3472 3763 4009 4132 4671 4591 6509 7264 54037
ITALY   18096 1361 1242 1385 1417 1821 1686 1967 1978 1962 2022 1946 1591 1899 1836 42209
SWITZERLAND   21851 1244 1187 1192 1179 1374 1390 1458 1557 1532 1433 1405 1106 1388 1280 40576
SWEDEN   14641 800 914 971 970 1346 1542 1738 1933 1824 1629 1388 1189 1360 1278 33523
NETHERLANDS   14113 998 894 886 895 1382 1396 1410 1494 1681 1570 1537 1200 1647 1596 32699
AUSTRALIA   6944 564 548 566 568 830 832 860 1032 992 1049 1093 1032 1538 1546 19994
ISRAEL   3487 388 432 525 577 820 792 836 1031 1108 1260 1092 976 1325 1219 15868
BELGIUM   5016 392 419 516 561 755 718 756 796 801 727 678 577 720 624 14056
FINLAND   3657 341 387 453 468 629 695 649 769 856 944 954 751 1005 943 13501
AUSTRIA   5509 316 359 387 393 408 505 537 632 559 639 575 492 626 553 12490
DENMARK   3403 313 314 334 432 500 588 509 556 559 611 530 473 546 511 10179
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1607 220 248 247 261 373 413 548 621 589 681 641 596 753 756 8554
SPAIN   1842 172 168 187 193 308 265 318 340 358 358 312 318 381 363 5883
CHINA P.REP.   342 48 63 48 66 88 99 162 265 390 424 597 565 970 1235 5362
NORWAY   1857 130 138 150 157 232 246 266 282 261 279 255 242 272 286 5053
SINGAPORE   202 59 61 97 100 136 152 242 304 421 460 485 377 469 451 4016
U.S.S.R.   3802 57 12 16 4 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3902
INDIA   253 28 38 37 48 94 114 131 180 267 356 376 403 506 578 3409
SOUTH AFRICA   1625 109 127 116 114 132 127 125 137 123 131 115 108 127 116 3332
NEW ZEALAND   955 54 60 78 109 145 134 136 160 173 165 192 143 173 165 2842
IRELAND   577 49 55 86 76 78 100 137 164 142 182 197 169 198 161 2371
HUNGARY   1648 48 51 43 25 52 39 38 61 48 72 52 48 49 55 2329
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   3 38 99 118 112 194 185 185 239 203 203 173 154 176 193 2275
BRAZIL   569 61 70 69 67 88 98 113 125 112 180 161 98 148 118 2077
MEXICO   704 52 45 46 57 77 94 100 87 105 93 102 95 88 88 1833
LUXEMBOURG   512 44 34 27 42 46 35 55 48 52 53 55 49 49 66 1167
ARGENTINA   351 37 32 32 38 46 46 63 58 58 70 50 29 47 53 1010
MALAYSIA   80 16 8 24 29 35 34 47 56 62 63 93 98 131 173 949
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   755 20 15 9 10 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 823
VENEZUELA   276 28 31 30 26 29 39 32 28 32 20 23 10 15 17 636
POLAND   320 9 8 16 11 19 20 13 16 13 19 19 25 31 39 578
LIECHTENSTEIN   244 17 18 12 12 16 15 19 24 17 15 21 10 20 9 469
GREECE   196 16 8 18 12 17 24 18 26 22 23 15 17 23 25 460
THAILAND   45 8 10 11 11 21 29 30 47 61 47 28 25 42 25 440
BULGARIA   343 4 1 1 5 4 3 1 5 3 11 4 6 4 7 402
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 1 1 5 14 17 25 51 30 31 44 32 28 37 41 357
PHILIPPINES   96 1 4 4 21 19 21 12 15 19 25 21 18 35 21 332
YUGOSLAVIA   252 15 6 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 2 1 4 2 1 314
SAUDI ARABIA   63 11 10 12 14 14 13 19 12 10 19 15 18 20 20 270
MONACO   97 7 4 6 8 7 15 15 20 21 10 12 8 13 12 255
CHILE   67 8 7 4 6 17 12 16 16 13 15 18 12 14 27 252
PORTUGAL   88 7 3 4 8 12 6 12 16 12 12 17 13 17 14 241
UKRAINE   0 9 8 15 8 17 20 17 21 28 15 21 19 25 12 235
ICELAND   41 4 4 4 3 7 12 18 21 15 16 21 22 24 19 231
SLOVENIA   3 11 5 13 7 20 13 18 21 16 19 24 14 24 22 230
COSTA RICA   66 7 10 6 7 5 11 8 12 8 10 10 13 26 17 216
INDONESIA   42 9 7 2 13 10 5 14 10 15 12 23 23 16 15 216
TURKEY   37 2 2 3 5 2 4 6 14 18 32 19 10 25 24 203
COLOMBIA   83 5 5 6 10 4 6 11 14 8 11 11 10 7 5 196
THE BAHAMAS   72 2 4 3 10 10 11 14 10 13 11 8 8 7 5 188
ROMANIA   90 1 3 4 1 3 4 4 10 4 7 9 7 9 12 168
CROATIA   2 1 6 4 10 14 16 6 8 12 13 9 12 14 16 143
URUGUAY   85 0 2 2 4 3 4 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 3 113
KUWAIT   20 1 1 2 2 6 13 8 6 8 7 4 3 7 8 96
EGYPT   25 4 3 3 1 1 3 8 6 5 6 4 7 4 12 92
PERU   34 2 3 4 2 5 3 3 6 1 4 6 3 3 2 81
CAYMAN ISLANDS   14 1 2 3 6 6 2 8 4 12 6 1 2 0 12 79
BERMUDA   35 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 5 8 1 2 2 5 72
CUBA   14 4 0 0 4 5 3 3 4 9 7 2 3 2 3 63
KENYA   6 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 4 1 10 16 10 3 1 61
BELARUS   0 2 3 4 2 8 5 3 7 2 5 2 2 5 9 59
ARAB EMIRATES   15 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 6 6 3 3 5 9 2 58
SRI LANKA   9 0 1 2 2 2 0 5 3 15 4 3 1 3 3 53
ECUADOR   17 2 0 0 1 6 4 0 4 0 5 3 2 3 5 52
VIRGIN (BRITISH) ISLANDS   9 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 3 7 8 7 5 1 52
LEBANON   17 1 1 0 1 3 2 4 2 2 6 3 1 2 5 50
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 1 3 2 6 4 1 9 6 5 0 4 9 50
LITHUANIA   0 0 1 0 2 3 2 2 4 5 1 3 5 11 6 45
TRINIDAD/TOBAGO   25 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 1 45
CYPRUS   14 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 4 4 41
GUATEMALA   19 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 40
ESTONIA   0 1 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 6 3 2 5 2 10 39
IRAN   24 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 38
PAKISTAN   7 1 1 2 0 2 0 5 2 1 1 4 4 2 5 37
MOROCCO   18 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 35
NIGERIA   12 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 30
PANAMA   18 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 30
ZIMBABWE   16 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30
JAMAICA   15 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 29
DOMINICAN REPL.   12 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 28
GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF)   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 4 3 3 5 26
BARBADOS   8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 3 1 23
JORDAN   4 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 23
MALTA   4 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 23
HONDURAS   5 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 22
KAZAKHSTAN   0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 22
EL SALVADOR   9 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 21
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 2 2 2 3 19
SYRIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 18
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 7 1 2 18
NETH. ANTILLES   7 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16
TUNISIA   10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 16
BOLIVIA   9 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
MACAU   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 2 2 0 15
ANDORRA   2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 12
HAITI   10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
UZBEKISTAN   0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 12
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 1 12
ARMENIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 11
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 10
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA   3 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 9
IRAQ   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8
NORFOLK ISLAND   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PARAGUAY   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
ARUBA   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
FIJI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 6
FR. POLYNESIA   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
MAURITIUS   4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
ALGERIA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
BAHRAIN   1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
MYANMAR   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
QATAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5
TANZANIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
UGANDA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
GHANA   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
GIBRALTAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
IVORY COAST   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
MADAGASCAR   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
NICARAGUA   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
SAMOA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
SENEGAL   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
GUYANA   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
KYRGYZSTAN   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
NEW GUINEA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
SURINAME   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
YEMEN   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
BANGLADESH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
BRUNEI   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GREENLAND   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GUADELOUPE   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LIBERIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MARSHALL ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
NEW CALEDONIA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OMAN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
PALAU   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
SAN MARINO   0