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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 1 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 8 4 6 2 2 10 3 6 5 3 6 8 12 13 13 6 11 20 19 11 14 24 24 22 39 70 85 162 182 127 146 115 88 94 85 1479
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 2 6 2 3 5 6 4 10 13 9 9 10 7 7 6 10 13 19 22 38 70 161 190 125 119 74 53 60 63 1128
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 5 4 2 7 4 5 2 11 6 16 5 4 2 7 12 8 20 29 12 15 18 17 12 16 22 16 20 11 13 18 20 384
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 3 6 7 5 11 7 5 7 6 5 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 4 0 7 5 6 7 9 4 4 4 19 20 19 21 44 17 28 8 4 13 6 15 346
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 12 28 24 34 14 22 17 23 18 18 24 252
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 5 1 7 2 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 5 8 10 7 10 11 2 5 5 120
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 6 3 0 2 0 5 3 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 4 0 3 2 5 6 8 16 5 5 3 3 2 6 117
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 2 4 17 3 3 5 10 17 16 10 103
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 0 4 6 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 2 2 4 2 8 5 3 7 1 1 1 0 4 2 101
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 1 2 2 4 2 3 8 7 17 5 15 9 98
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 5 0 3 4 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 5 3 3 9 1 1 1 1 76
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 5 4 3 2 0 3 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 2 0 6 7 2 2 2 0 63
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 8 2 1 1 4 2 1 5 2 0 3 5 1 3 2 0 53
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 6 4 1 4 5 42
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 5 7 6 5 3 0 1 0 1 42
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 37
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 37
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 25
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 23
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 21
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 15
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 9
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 8 13 12 31 23 28 21 16 38 22 27 20 18 36 21 37 29 23 32 35 40 60 48 52 38 63 68 59 62 97 76 105 136 216 278 490 485 377 376 283 226 256 259 4640
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 8 4 2 9 9 9 10 19 15 21 39 48 55 45 57 68 66 101 107 98 113 100 61 67 43 37 59 36 1319
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 3 6 3 2 6 2 1 1 3 8 6 20 18 18 8 10 11 12 14 188
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 5 8 8 7 14 6 8 18 6 117
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 2 0 3 10 6 11 16 7 7 5 8 9 7 92
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 6 10 5 4 7 5 5 1 85
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 2 4 2 5 34
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 29
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 27
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 2 2 1 0 4 5 27
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 26
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 19
(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 0 1 0 0 1 8 2 3 1 1 0 0 17
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 4 1 0 1 8
(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 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 7
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 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 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 1 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 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 0 0 0 2
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 2 4 2 7 1 7 4 6 2 8 7 2 8 17 12 12 8 10 15 14 16 19 27 25 30 47 55 63 52 64 74 71 121 140 124 175 181 112 125 89 82 113 78 2031
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 10 17 14 38 24 35 25 22 40 30 34 22 26 53 33 49 37 33 47 49 56 79 75 77 68 110 123 122 114 161 150 176 257 356 402 665 666 489 501 372 308 369 337 6671


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