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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 711, Memory (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 4 3 2 20 24 14 13 9 14 11 11 4 10 8 6 7 7 3 7 10 12 17 21 15 17 27 27 29 14 35 52 73 89 112 138 200 217 225 234 283 328 372 355 3079
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 3 3 9 10 9 7 10 9 18 13 19 27 29 39 56 77 166 131 131 157 156 138 131 108 1488
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 1 2 2 5 11 3 9 10 10 9 8 6 13 13 15 24 5 8 16 20 15 17 20 26 32 23 30 20 30 34 50 65 59 92 70 67 851
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5 5 15 26 21 10 14 11 10 8 10 9 12 9 9 8 8 4 6 5 8 14 9 6 7 11 11 8 12 21 10 24 29 17 29 31 26 26 38 41 24 41 29 677
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 2 5 5 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 4 11 15 18 11 24 26 30 47 57 56 50 65 456
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 3 8 3 9 6 2 6 4 5 6 9 3 3 3 6 2 6 4 8 12 12 27 33 28 46 47 31 47 48 449
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 2 7 8 2 2 1 1 4 1 4 2 7 3 4 6 7 5 9 5 12 7 2 4 4 3 5 5 8 22 22 18 14 26 17 36 34 24 32 47 422
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 2 4 1 5 12 10 23 28 28 28 17 20 43 49 44 45 372
(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 4 1 4 8 10 13 18 30 23 19 25 29 185
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 5 8 4 10 10 13 9 15 27 25 27 169
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 3 7 7 4 3 7 6 3 3 3 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 6 5 8 6 5 8 9 3 7 7 146
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 3 9 8 11 20 12 11 20 15 133
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 5 3 4 6 8 8 14 7 7 7 1 4 2 4 2 111
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 5 5 3 6 9 10 10 7 5 4 107
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 4 2 6 11 15 4 9 6 5 4 85
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 5 1 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 5 4 5 3 69
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 5 4 5 4 11 12 7 61
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 5 10 6 5 6 8 4 3 3 58
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 2 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 54
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 4 1 1 4 3 5 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 50
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 6 7 4 4 4 4 1 44
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 3 3 5 7 2 3 1 5 2 40
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 2 31
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 29
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 28
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 1 4 22
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 18
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 18
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2 1 6 12
(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 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 8
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 7
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 1 0 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 0 2
(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 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 10 9 19 57 66 52 51 36 53 37 43 49 40 41 51 51 43 39 44 52 66 92 91 71 75 90 95 93 81 138 165 230 276 350 411 609 619 647 753 844 863 937 894 9333
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 2 6 4 3 1 14 8 4 11 12 8 14 20 19 25 29 31 48 50 44 64 71 99 97 164 116 170 150 149 146 201 224 197 207 2419
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 1 1 5 3 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 0 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 6 5 4 1 3 4 4 6 6 10 14 19 12 16 18 21 20 26 33 272
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 1 4 0 2 4 1 7 3 2 1 4 5 1 2 3 3 6 3 8 7 9 12 9 18 20 23 34 10 227
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 2 6 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 1 1 2 2 4 5 7 4 14 8 16 2 16 17 19 20 189
(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 2 2 5 4 8 12 15 15 11 19 17 25 135
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 3 1 0 3 8 8 2 8 7 10 9 10 20 20 23 133
(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 1 0 0 1 2 1 6 8 12 7 10 17 14 28 19 126
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4 5 4 2 7 13 8 16 13 19 105
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 5 8 3 6 53
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 0 44
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 5 1 0 3 27
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 1 3 19
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 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 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 17
(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 0 0 0 3 2 9 14
(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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 12
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 2 1 12
(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 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 10
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 7
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) MXX 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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) 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) VGX VIRGIN (BRITISH) ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 4 2 7 4 8 7 3 9 16 10 17 11 8 13 26 18 12 17 22 18 21 34 25 37 39 42 67 58 56 78 90 129 128 215 165 247 225 241 252 331 392 376 395 3875
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 14 11 26 61 74 59 54 45 69 47 60 60 48 54 77 69 55 56 66 70 87 126 116 108 114 132 162 151 137 216 255 359 404 565 576 856 844 888 1005 1175 1255 1313 1289 13208


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