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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing)

( 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 285 338 275 267 352 1517
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 65 62 62 65 126 380
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 53 56 60 72 80 321
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 52 57 45 62 57 273
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 44 53 42 48 70 257
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 33 42 37 27 46 185
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 14 25 32 29 32 132
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 41 23 17 21 23 125
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 14 20 13 21 18 86
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 9 15 22 16 22 84
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 11 9 12 16 28 76
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 18 6 19 11 19 73
(U.S.) UT UTAH 7 16 15 11 11 60
(U.S.) OR OREGON 15 12 10 14 8 59
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 9 5 14 6 17 51
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 13 15 6 11 5 50
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 9 7 12 14 48
(U.S.) OH OHIO 11 9 4 7 13 44
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 9 8 7 5 12 41
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 9 6 3 8 15 41
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 6 9 4 11 35
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 6 3 6 6 10 31
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 7 6 3 9 27
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1 4 3 2 7 17
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 4 4 2 1 13
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 0 0 6 3 11
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 2 1 2 3 9
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 0 0 2 4 9
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 2 2 1 2 9
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 1 0 5 8
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 2 1 0 1 7
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 0 2 0 1 5
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 1 1 1 0 5
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 0 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 1 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 1 1 0 1 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 2 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 2 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 754 827 742 761 1033 4117
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 143 122 81 105 133 584
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 12 21 11 33 29 106
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 10 14 19 21 30 94
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 12 10 11 13 19 65
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 10 9 10 15 48
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 6 3 8 11 32
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 4 6 4 12 6 32
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 1 6 5 7 12 31
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 3 4 9 7 26
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 5 3 3 5 7 23
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 2 1 4 6 5 18
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 4 1 2 5 3 15
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 4 1 2 1 8
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 1 2 4 7
(Foreign) INX INDIA 1 0 0 2 4 7
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 0 0 0 4 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 2 1 0 1 5
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 1 0 0 3 4
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 2 0 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 2 1 3
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 0 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 212 212 162 245 299 1130
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 966 1039 904 1006 1332 5247


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