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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 711, Memory (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 200 217 225 234 283 1159
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 166 131 131 157 156 741
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 30 34 50 65 59 238
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 24 26 30 47 57 184
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 27 33 28 46 46 180
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 31 26 26 38 41 162
(U.S.) OR OREGON 28 28 17 20 43 136
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 14 26 17 36 34 127
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 10 13 18 30 23 94
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 9 8 11 20 12 60
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 10 10 13 9 15 57
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 11 15 4 9 45
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 6 9 10 10 38
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 8 6 5 8 9 36
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 10 6 5 6 8 35
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 7 7 7 1 4 26
(U.S.) UT UTAH 3 6 7 4 4 24
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 4 5 4 5 4 22
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 3 5 7 2 3 20
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3 2 2 1 5 13
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 5 4 2 0 2 13
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 1 0 0 5 8
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 2 1 3 1 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 3 1 0 6
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 3 1 1 6
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 2 3 0 5
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 0 2 0 1 4
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 2 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 1 2 0 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 0 2 3
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 1 0 1 3
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 609 619 647 753 843 3471
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 170 150 149 146 201 816
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 19 12 16 18 21 86
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 9 12 9 18 20 68
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 8 12 15 15 11 61
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 14 8 16 2 16 56
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 8 12 7 10 17 54
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 8 7 10 9 10 44
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 4 2 7 13 8 34
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 1 2 5 5 13
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 2 2 3 3 13
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 2 2 4 5 13
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 2 2 2 6
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 0 0 1 3 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 1 0 0 3 4
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 1 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 2 1 3
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 0 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 1 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) VGX VIRGIN (BRITISH) ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 247 225 241 252 331 1296
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 856 844 888 1005 1174 4767


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