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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report
This report displays the number of U.S. patents distributed by U.S. state/territory and foreign country of origin and by calendar year of grant. The origin of a patent is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor.
This report counts documents of the following type(s):
plant patents
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period
01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015. 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 Plant Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant
Breakout by U.S. State/Territory and Foreign Country of Origin
Origin | Pre 2002 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | All Years | |
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Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin | 8268 | 1133 | 994 | 1016 | 716 | 1149 | 1047 | 1240 | 1009 | 981 | 823 | 860 | 847 | 1072 | 1074 | 22229 | |
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin | 4841 | 518 | 395 | 428 | 236 | 430 | 364 | 433 | 389 | 297 | 308 | 315 | 354 | 401 | 400 | 10109 | |
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin | 3427 | 615 | 599 | 588 | 480 | 719 | 683 | 807 | 620 | 684 | 515 | 545 | 493 | 671 | 674 | 12120 | |
ALABAMA | 23 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 79 | |
ARIZONA | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 30 | |
ARKANSAS | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 44 | |
CALIFORNIA | 2605 | 267 | 197 | 210 | 106 | 165 | 127 | 180 | 135 | 101 | 94 | 84 | 133 | 119 | 103 | 4626 | |
COLORADO | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | |
CONNECTICUT | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
DELAWARE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
FLORIDA | 356 | 82 | 64 | 64 | 26 | 64 | 83 | 70 | 64 | 58 | 22 | 48 | 54 | 28 | 58 | 1141 | |
GEORGIA | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 37 | 281 | |
HAWAII | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 55 | |
IDAHO | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
ILLINOIS | 108 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 269 | |
INDIANA | 78 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 121 | |
IOWA | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
KANSAS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
KENTUCKY | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | |
LOUISIANA | 35 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 123 | |
MAINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
MARYLAND | 55 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 93 | |
MASSACHUSETTS | 93 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 153 | |
MICHIGAN | 45 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 36 | 12 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 257 | |
MINNESOTA | 22 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 93 | |
MISSISSIPPI | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 36 | |
MISSOURI | 40 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | |
MONTANA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
NEBRASKA | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
NEW JERSEY | 87 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 152 | |
NEW MEXICO | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
NEW YORK | 81 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 165 | |
NORTH CAROLINA | 36 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 146 | |
NORTH DAKOTA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
OHIO | 239 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 278 | |
OKLAHOMA | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | |
OREGON | 270 | 44 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 50 | 31 | 42 | 24 | 21 | 43 | 59 | 35 | 73 | 50 | 808 | |
PENNSYLVANIA | 111 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 199 | |
RHODE ISLAND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
SOUTH CAROLINA | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 50 | |
SOUTH DAKOTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
TENNESSEE | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 51 | |
TEXAS | 118 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 174 | |
UTAH | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
VERMONT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
VIRGINIA | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |
WASHINGTON | 90 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 179 | |
WEST VIRGINIA | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | |
WISCONSIN | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 91 | |
PUERTO RICO | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
NETHERLANDS | 845 | 218 | 162 | 211 | 141 | 212 | 221 | 265 | 166 | 188 | 153 | 160 | 138 | 228 | 200 | 3508 | |
GERMANY | 856 | 145 | 166 | 100 | 80 | 98 | 131 | 176 | 137 | 160 | 112 | 122 | 121 | 82 | 141 | 2627 | |
JAPAN | 159 | 30 | 68 | 49 | 54 | 84 | 65 | 87 | 60 | 50 | 67 | 44 | 38 | 86 | 52 | 993 | |
UNITED KINGDOM | 298 | 35 | 42 | 41 | 37 | 68 | 49 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 23 | 36 | 27 | 42 | 32 | 865 | |
DENMARK | 203 | 79 | 25 | 74 | 74 | 71 | 57 | 48 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 59 | 39 | 837 | |
FRANCE | 348 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 29 | 48 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 34 | 701 | |
AUSTRALIA | 126 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 45 | 34 | 63 | 27 | 45 | 26 | 32 | 17 | 47 | 41 | 613 | |
ISRAEL | 111 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 386 | |
NEW ZEALAND | 96 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 334 | |
BELGIUM | 79 | 10 | 38 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 306 | |
CANADA | 92 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 176 | |
COSTA RICA | 70 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 162 | |
ITALY | 37 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 96 | |
SPAIN | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 63 | |
INDIA | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
SOUTH AFRICA | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 49 | |
THAILAND | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 45 | |
INDONESIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
IRELAND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23 | |
SWITZERLAND | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
CZECH REPUBLIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |
AUSTRIA | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
TAIWAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
COLOMBIA | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
ARGENTINA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |
BRAZIL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
KOREA, SOUTH | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
SWEDEN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
CHILE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
ESTONIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
GUERNSEY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
ECUADOR | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
HUNGARY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
POLAND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
MEXICO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
NORWAY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
HONDURAS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
PARAGUAY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
BELARUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
GREECE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
LEBANON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MOROCCO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
PHILIPPINES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
PORTUGAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
SLOVAKIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
UKRAINE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Patent Counts By Country, State, and Year - Plant Patents (December 2015)
PARTS A1
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report
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