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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 360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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 245 221 248 281 314 1309
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 101 108 92 97 124 522
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 74 89 88 101 102 454
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 12 16 42 33 40 143
(U.S.) UT UTAH 8 27 27 24 10 96
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 13 13 20 13 12 71
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 13 13 16 12 11 65
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 9 5 16 7 13 50
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 6 7 12 11 3 39
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 2 7 9 11 4 33
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 2 3 1 7 14
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 2 4 2 1 9
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 3 2 1 0 7
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 3 1 1 2 7
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 1 2 2 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 2 2 0 0 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 1 2 0 1 6
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 1 0 1 2 6
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 3 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 1 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2 0 1 0 2 5
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 3 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 3 4
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 2 0 1 4
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 1 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 1 0 1 2
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 0 1 2
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 501 531 598 602 658 2890
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 462 479 496 419 470 2326
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 92 68 55 46 23 284
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 16 17 20 10 4 67
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 14 17 13 5 9 58
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 11 11 4 4 4 34
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 3 6 14 2 31
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 1 0 7 9 18
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 3 7 3 3 1 17
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 1 6 3 5 15
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 3 2 4 1 3 13
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 2 1 2 2 7
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 4 1 0 1 1 7
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 616 611 610 516 535 2888
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1117 1142 1208 1118 1193 5778


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