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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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.) NY NEW YORK 165 198 155 134 81 733
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 130 128 130 83 73 544
(U.S.) OR OREGON 97 111 111 94 85 498
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 63 58 61 48 42 272
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 61 54 56 43 35 249
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 9 19 24 15 14 81
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 8 12 11 19 9 59
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 17 12 12 8 5 54
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 7 4 12 7 37
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 6 8 6 7 34
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 3 7 5 7 26
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 4 7 4 4 5 24
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 6 5 6 4 2 23
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 6 3 4 4 4 21
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 3 3 10 2 21
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 2 3 9 4 20
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 7 2 3 2 16
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 7 3 0 4 14
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 4 1 2 1 10
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 1 2 2 1 7
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 1 1 5 7
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 1 3 2 7
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 1 1 2 1 6
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 3 1 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 2 2 5
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 0 1 1 1 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 0 0 2 0 4
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 1 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 0 0 2 0 3
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 605 656 616 520 403 2800
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 902 889 826 791 654 4062
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 70 89 73 72 132 436
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 30 46 25 31 36 168
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 17 36 41 44 20 158
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 25 18 37 16 24 120
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 19 26 12 31 14 102
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 18 26 24 16 12 96
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 12 18 5 8 7 50
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 13 16 9 4 3 45
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 11 15 8 7 3 44
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 6 3 7 7 9 32
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 3 9 6 9 5 32
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 4 10 7 4 1 26
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 6 2 4 7 4 23
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 2 7 6 3 3 21
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 7 5 1 5 2 20
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 1 1 3 0 5
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 1 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 2 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 1 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1150 1221 1095 1061 934 5461
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1755 1877 1711 1581 1337 8261


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