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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

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

Count of 2001 - 2005 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 280 313 283 352 347 1575
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 97 124 126 163 75 585
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 102 102 100 110 76 490
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 33 40 33 25 10 141
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 11 3 11 29 30 84
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 7 14 34 12 68
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 7 13 21 20 5 66
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 13 12 13 10 12 60
(U.S.) UT UTAH 24 10 9 11 4 58
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 12 11 12 10 10 55
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 11 4 7 5 1 28
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 0 2 3 2 9
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 2 2 2 0 6
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 1 2 1 0 6
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 3 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 0 0 2 2 5
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 2 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 2 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 0 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 2 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 1 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 602 657 644 784 588 3275
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 418 471 521 561 446 2417
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 7 9 35 56 25 132
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 46 23 14 17 16 116
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 15 4 0 7 8 34
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 5 9 6 3 10 33
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 10 4 5 3 4 26
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 0 5 9 9 24
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 5 5 5 5 23
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 4 1 0 4 13
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 3 1 2 3 4 13
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 1 6 1 9
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 1 1 2 1 4 9
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 3 3 0 1 8
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 1 3 4 8
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 1 3 0 5
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 515 536 602 680 542 2875
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1117 1193 1246 1464 1130 6150


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