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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 438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process

( 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 843 898 864 752 665 4022
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 466 485 413 443 356 2163
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 343 290 240 267 207 1347
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 234 231 213 223 192 1093
(U.S.) OR OREGON 43 54 73 102 152 424
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 57 82 56 88 76 359
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 99 92 60 47 52 350
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 25 34 65 44 37 205
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 40 63 41 36 21 201
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 71 42 34 17 23 187
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 43 30 28 22 23 146
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 18 27 22 31 42 140
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 25 35 33 28 17 138
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 25 16 18 20 24 103
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 10 17 19 22 16 84
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 17 10 19 19 16 81
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 13 12 15 23 13 76
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 11 8 20 10 9 58
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 10 14 13 13 8 58
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 8 12 16 10 53
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 12 7 4 12 9 44
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 10 11 9 8 6 44
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 8 8 11 6 36
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 4 3 2 6 5 20
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 3 2 5 3 4 17
(U.S.) UT UTAH 5 5 1 4 2 17
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 2 4 4 3 15
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 7 3 2 1 15
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 2 2 5 3 14
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 3 2 3 5 13
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 3 1 4 3 1 12
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 2 4 3 2 12
(U.S.) ME MAINE 3 3 2 2 0 10
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 1 2 2 1 8
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 0 1 0 3 6
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 2 2 0 1 6
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 3 1 1 1 6
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 1 1 1 2 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 1 1 2 0 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 1 1 0 1 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 1 0 1 3
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 2 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 2455 2515 2320 2297 2017 11604
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1120 1240 1230 1239 1091 5920
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 1170 753 607 609 447 3586
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 455 483 456 503 466 2363
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 105 112 140 161 170 688
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 104 132 107 73 65 481
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 55 56 54 54 52 271
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 61 57 36 22 14 190
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 26 19 35 31 22 133
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 18 22 22 20 15 97
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 10 15 22 19 11 77
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 11 1 21 9 12 54
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 11 11 10 5 10 47
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 14 10 5 7 8 44
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 8 9 13 7 2 39
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 8 6 5 8 10 37
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 7 3 5 8 8 31
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 3 5 3 6 11 28
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 8 5 3 3 3 22
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 1 3 7 7 19
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 2 2 1 6 5 16
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 1 2 3 9 15
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 4 2 1 3 1 11
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3 2 3 0 1 9
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 1 1 0 2 1 5
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 2 0 1 1 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 2 1 3
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 3209 2955 2788 2810 2443 14205
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 5664 5470 5108 5107 4460 25809


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