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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 1963 - 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 372, Coherent Light Generators

( 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 )

This table displays U.S. states and countries and their counts of utility patents; patents are distributed by year of patent grant
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 0 1 4 4 6 18 50 35 55 35 27 33 41 42 37 38 18 42 37 32 17 44 48 53 73 86 94 73 105 97 77 102 76 55 73 115 108 102 102 85 138 186 123 2587
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 5 9 17 9 19 34 39 37 30 36 17 10 17 10 10 7 9 9 10 16 15 14 18 22 22 23 22 23 18 25 32 24 23 12 13 22 31 29 24 15 25 13 816
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 3 5 9 7 11 9 19 20 20 12 15 22 8 7 7 8 9 10 7 9 3 12 20 22 17 16 17 27 12 19 12 8 9 8 3 13 13 15 20 31 19 534
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 2 3 16 11 10 41 33 23 17 11 16 11 6 7 5 6 10 6 8 3 7 7 6 8 11 9 16 14 12 20 22 16 9 10 10 12 9 11 11 9 21 17 512
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 3 4 4 7 10 12 36 23 15 10 14 8 2 2 5 3 2 5 5 6 8 2 5 4 7 4 0 6 11 6 4 1 5 3 1 4 4 4 3 8 6 272
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 1 0 1 4 4 3 5 5 6 8 4 10 5 5 5 5 5 2 5 6 4 2 4 3 1 2 3 5 9 3 1 4 3 8 7 7 11 5 8 7 9 195
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 4 3 5 2 1 0 7 8 5 2 9 2 4 4 7 7 7 8 3 2 12 10 9 7 5 8 3 2 5 13 9 2 183
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 6 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 4 1 7 2 4 5 7 7 7 5 7 9 4 12 11 10 16 11 2 165
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 2 1 2 7 4 5 8 5 6 5 6 6 2 5 3 5 5 0 3 2 7 7 2 1 3 4 5 4 1 6 3 3 2 5 1 5 1 6 4 5 5 162
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 3 8 3 5 6 27 29 17 12 6 7 5 7 150
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 5 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 2 2 2 5 5 7 9 12 7 7 8 4 9 3 5 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 148
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 5 3 2 4 3 5 3 2 1 4 7 3 7 15 23 11 132
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 5 2 6 2 1 5 3 7 6 3 2 7 5 4 1 0 7 10 14 108
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 1 0 3 5 3 6 5 10 7 5 5 3 9 15 11 103
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 4 7 7 5 3 7 5 2 5 5 4 5 6 6 6 3 4 1 101
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 3 3 5 10 8 5 4 5 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 5 2 1 1 0 91
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 6 6 3 4 1 0 2 4 4 0 6 3 4 7 5 87
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 3 3 4 3 7 2 67
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 1 5 4 2 4 3 2 5 3 2 63
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 8 1 1 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 50
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 44
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 8 3 40
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 40
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 4 25
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 23
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 21
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 18
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 15
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 2 9 27 55 52 77 168 155 210 157 145 133 127 137 84 91 62 111 99 88 77 119 105 133 166 189 218 190 219 221 223 270 200 166 171 257 238 247 246 212 304 400 270 6830
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6 14 5 5 10 5 11 8 9 9 7 14 31 18 23 28 45 66 111 179 134 127 122 145 182 141 122 129 155 149 141 133 137 248 274 209 3162
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 7 10 6 11 10 7 3 5 6 3 3 5 6 6 9 13 14 30 31 40 30 36 26 34 35 16 16 8 21 23 21 30 46 60 68 41 744
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 8 4 10 8 9 8 2 4 3 5 9 4 1 5 6 4 7 4 8 11 14 20 11 24 11 11 6 16 10 14 3 5 14 15 10 315
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 4 3 3 4 3 2 5 3 5 8 1 2 4 6 8 12 22 18 10 10 10 14 7 6 12 15 11 14 6 1 9 14 18 282
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 5 3 2 2 5 5 2 2 3 6 1 3 1 9 6 7 6 6 6 5 10 3 11 9 5 9 12 3 163
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 9 8 8 12 8 7 5 9 15 14 12 116
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 4 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 5 2 9 2 4 2 2 3 1 6 3 4 1 2 6 3 2 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 3 0 102
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 5 11 4 69
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 5 5 4 58
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 6 5 1 6 11 7 57
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 6 4 43
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 8 1 2 5 6 8 2 41
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 38
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 25
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 18
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 16
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 8
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 7
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 7
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 0 2 1 11 25 33 43 21 40 39 27 31 23 30 26 28 40 68 37 49 61 78 130 172 279 214 215 197 219 287 211 184 181 245 226 223 204 228 393 462 332 5316
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 2 10 27 57 53 88 193 188 253 178 185 172 154 168 107 121 88 139 139 156 114 168 166 211 296 361 497 404 434 418 442 557 411 350 352 502 464 470 450 440 697 862 602 12146


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