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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 ALL, ALL CLASSES

( 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 18595 18829 19688 19488 17989 94589
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 6371 6029 6029 5930 5260 29619
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 6346 6360 6234 5846 4703 29489
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3850 3861 3857 3756 3367 18691
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3668 3608 3908 3672 3114 17970
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3872 3761 3522 2957 2557 16669
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3639 3470 3296 3162 2752 16319
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3533 3343 3182 2883 2298 15239
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3275 3329 3183 2889 2319 14995
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2635 2751 2953 2754 2431 13524
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2649 2397 2563 2456 2291 12356
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1968 2098 2285 2221 2291 10863
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1929 1939 2069 2099 1854 9890
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1946 1822 1871 1794 1610 9043
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1697 1828 1803 1785 1529 8642
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1837 1864 1787 1658 1489 8635
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1851 1805 1667 1577 1520 8420
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1540 1588 1584 1621 1457 7790
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1258 1450 1665 1725 1618 7716
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1483 1460 1453 1313 1191 6900
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1369 1295 1333 1326 1214 6537
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1357 1397 1385 1280 1108 6527
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1114 1160 1110 1077 946 5407
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 843 837 823 768 628 3899
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 813 831 797 681 584 3706
(U.S.) UT UTAH 715 675 638 683 554 3265
(U.S.) IA IOWA 751 630 665 658 560 3264
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 598 609 677 626 498 3008
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 565 599 571 524 460 2719
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 576 466 516 447 403 2408
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 453 487 429 400 367 2136
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 481 450 439 407 346 2123
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 313 421 428 448 380 1990
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 519 445 390 343 271 1968
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 381 398 397 375 318 1869
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 313 308 389 410 383 1803
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 377 371 390 370 265 1773
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 380 354 346 342 318 1740
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 287 260 266 309 263 1385
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 215 212 185 191 182 985
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 180 184 152 132 126 774
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 168 156 162 136 114 736
(U.S.) ME MAINE 145 153 150 134 151 733
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 148 151 139 100 91 629
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 145 138 121 119 101 624
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 76 76 80 82 66 380
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 95 73 75 76 50 369
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 97 73 55 53 74 352
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 67 61 49 75 55 307
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 51 48 71 52 53 275
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 50 43 37 39 35 204
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 11 16 27 19 26 99
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 3 1 2 2 4 12
(U.S.) US UNITED STATES 1 0 0 1 2 4
(U.S.) GU GUAM 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 87600 86971 87893 84271 74637 421372
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 33224 34858 35515 35348 30341 169286
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 11260 11280 11444 10779 9011 53774
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 5371 5431 5298 5938 5118 27156
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 3538 3786 3944 4428 4352 20048
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4041 4035 3868 3380 2866 18190
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3967 3843 3631 3450 3148 18039
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3606 3431 3427 3374 2894 16732
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1709 1751 1722 1584 1296 8062
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1741 1675 1521 1290 1123 7350
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1420 1364 1308 1277 995 6364
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1332 1391 1325 1273 993 6314
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 970 1040 1193 1028 924 5155
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 876 859 902 953 911 4501
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 732 809 865 918 720 4044
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 718 722 622 612 519 3193
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 589 530 592 540 462 2713
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 479 426 529 414 358 2206
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 296 410 427 449 346 1928
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 195 289 297 404 402 1587
(Foreign) INX INDIA 178 249 342 363 384 1516
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 269 303 309 264 273 1418
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 237 233 276 311 283 1340
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 265 242 262 243 220 1232
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 234 200 203 169 148 954
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 141 127 163 186 156 773
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 124 140 135 142 122 663
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 120 113 112 100 87 532
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 110 96 130 106 77 519
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 81 94 85 86 80 426
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 39 55 50 80 88 312
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 60 48 72 48 46 274
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 51 54 63 46 24 238
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 33 37 35 44 41 190
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 16 29 40 31 25 141
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 24 44 25 18 16 127
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 21 27 14 21 18 101
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 26 30 19 18 8 101
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 26 20 22 15 15 98
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 21 16 18 21 12 88
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 12 14 22 21 18 87
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 19 13 14 20 20 86
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 23 17 15 21 10 86
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 16 11 17 16 23 83
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 12 10 19 15 18 74
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 11 15 27 13 7 73
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 12 11 12 17 10 62
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 13 11 11 15 9 59
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 8 12 13 9 12 54
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 14 13 9 10 6 52
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 12 6 10 10 7 45
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 10 13 9 6 6 44
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 10 3 7 9 7 36
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 4 7 9 4 10 34
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 6 5 6 4 7 28
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 6 8 7 4 3 28
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 4 9 7 2 3 25
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 4 1 5 6 9 25
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 3 3 9 3 3 21
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 1 8 6 5 0 20
(Foreign) AEX ARAB EMIRATES 5 6 2 2 3 18
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 7 2 5 2 2 18
(Foreign) PEX PERU 4 1 4 6 3 18
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 4 5 5 0 2 16
(Foreign) VGX VIRGIN (BRITISH) ISLANDS 0 2 4 5 5 16
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 3 3 6 0 3 15
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 1 4 3 2 5 15
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 2 5 1 4 3 15
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 4 4 2 1 4 15
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 3 3 4 1 2 13
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 4 0 3 3 2 12
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1 1 3 0 7 12
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 2 2 5 1 1 11
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 4 2 1 1 3 11
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 7 2 1 0 0 10
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 3 2 1 2 2 10
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 1 4 4 1 0 10
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 1 1 0 1 6 9
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 1 0 4 2 2 9
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 2 1 3 1 1 8
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 2 1 0 2 3 8
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 0 3 2 0 2 7
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 1 1 2 1 1 6
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 2 1 1 1 6
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 3 1 1 1 0 6
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 0 1 1 3 1 6
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 1 1 2 2 0 6
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 3 0 1 1 1 6
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 4 0 2 0 0 6
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 0 1 1 1 2 5
(Foreign) FJX FIJI 0 1 3 1 0 5
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 1 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 0 3 0 1 4
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 2 2 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 1 0 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 1 2 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 2 1 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 1 2 0 0 3
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPL. 0 1 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 2 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) MOX MACAU 0 1 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 1 2 3
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) DMX DOMINICA 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MGX MADAGASCAR 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PFX FR. POLYNESIA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) TZX TANZANIA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) UGX UGANDA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ANX NETH. ANTILLES 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) AWX ARUBA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CIX IVORY COAST 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MHX MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) NIX NICARAGUA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PGX NEW GUINEA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PWX PALAU 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) SRX SURINAME 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) YEX YEMEN 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 78436 80360 81130 80020 69169 389115
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 166036 167331 169023 164291 143806 810487


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