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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 369, Dynamic 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 31 45 58 61 52 247
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 20 16 23 29 22 110
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 35 18 24 6 7 90
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 8 12 7 11 9 47
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 11 12 7 6 2 38
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 8 3 5 5 5 26
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 3 5 2 6 21
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 5 2 4 4 2 17
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 4 3 2 3 14
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 0 3 5 3 12
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 5 2 3 1 11
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 3 2 2 2 10
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 4 3 0 1 10
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 2 1 1 0 8
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1 0 4 1 1 7
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 0 2 2 0 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 1 2 4
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 3 3
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 0 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 2 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 142 138 156 143 125 704
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 772 685 587 695 722 3461
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 85 73 63 75 96 392
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 23 11 16 18 24 92
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 10 6 17 20 39 92
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 13 12 15 18 19 77
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 6 6 3 5 22
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 4 2 4 1 2 13
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 2 4 1 2 2 11
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 1 1 5 3 1 11
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1 2 3 4 1 11
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 1 1 3 5 10
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 3 0 3 2 1 9
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3 2 0 0 1 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 4 0 1 5
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 1 1 1 0 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) AEX ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 919 810 731 848 924 4232
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1061 948 887 991 1049 4936


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