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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1998 - 2002 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of U.S. States and Countries
From Which 1 or More Utility Patents Originated During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 713, Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays U.S. states and countries and counts of utility patents originating from them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 140 157 160 175 152 784
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 107 113 81 79 90 470
(U.S.) OR OREGON 36 28 30 33 25 152
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 27 25 24 40 14 130
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 16 17 14 35 18 100
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 30 20 20 12 16 98
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 14 13 15 30 20 92
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 9 17 22 27 15 90
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 15 22 16 13 13 79
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 19 9 18 18 12 76
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 3 14 11 14 16 58
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 16 6 14 8 7 51
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 8 7 8 11 9 43
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 9 8 6 10 6 39
(U.S.) UT UTAH 5 10 9 9 5 38
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 4 8 10 9 6 37
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 8 5 5 6 29
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 4 8 2 9 4 27
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 4 5 5 9 27
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 4 7 6 4 23
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 6 5 6 3 21
(U.S.) OH OHIO 4 2 4 5 3 18
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 2 5 1 5 17
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 2 2 5 6 16
(U.S.) IA IOWA 5 0 1 2 1 9
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 3 2 1 0 8
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 1 2 0 0 5
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 2 1 0 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 0 1 1 1 4
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 1 0 0 2 4
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 0 3 4
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 1 3 0 0 4
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 3 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 2 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 3 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 2 0 0 3
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 0 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 3 0 0 3
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 504 525 512 572 472 2585
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 100 114 106 99 113 532
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 19 38 37 25 11 130
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 8 9 18 19 23 77
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 11 14 16 20 65
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 10 14 14 15 8 61
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 16 12 11 7 15 61
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 7 11 10 14 9 51
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 7 9 9 13 12 50
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 3 3 4 4 17
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 2 1 1 4 1 9
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 0 1 2 1 9
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 2 2 2 2 8
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 3 1 3 0 1 8
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 2 2 1 5
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 1 1 0 2 5
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 1 0 2 0 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) YEX YEMEN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 187 230 237 227 228 1109
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 691 755 749 799 700 3694


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