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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 708, Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers)

( 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 12 15 20 29 21 15 34 28 40 28 30 26 23 30 40 24 16 23 23 17 9 17 25 16 25 32 52 46 35 25 60 51 41 44 38 92 74 68 68 56 59 73 60 1560
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 6 0 5 3 3 1 5 1 5 3 4 3 16 18 7 13 7 10 5 8 4 10 9 4 11 18 14 12 20 20 21 22 22 27 36 36 40 33 50 34 28 19 21 634
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 23 28 25 36 17 16 24 21 16 13 8 11 7 14 12 8 9 6 4 8 2 7 11 13 5 14 12 21 16 12 10 10 5 4 17 10 8 12 2 5 3 8 7 520
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 6 10 15 13 11 9 11 20 22 13 13 10 14 15 9 5 6 8 3 7 10 6 13 4 9 13 11 6 3 8 1 4 3 6 2 8 10 6 7 9 10 7 2 378
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 4 6 9 11 4 7 10 13 12 12 7 7 8 7 12 5 7 7 2 7 13 7 7 11 11 18 13 7 13 6 6 3 5 6 14 10 15 10 10 9 7 8 370
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 10 8 9 6 3 10 4 6 4 2 4 6 5 4 4 0 1 3 3 1 4 3 2 6 2 3 1 4 1 1 5 0 2 2 3 12 8 6 4 5 5 1 176
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 6 4 3 2 5 2 5 9 1 7 4 5 5 5 5 4 2 3 4 2 2 1 2 4 2 5 9 9 9 6 3 3 3 6 5 161
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 1 2 2 8 4 23 5 2 2 2 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 5 2 3 4 5 8 8 3 6 4 8 10 6 150
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 3 3 3 7 6 4 3 6 6 4 3 5 8 11 5 8 6 4 1 2 5 3 1 0 6 2 5 2 2 4 4 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 148
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 2 1 5 3 2 2 5 4 2 3 2 1 4 2 0 2 2 3 5 1 2 1 4 6 7 3 2 3 1 7 9 1 1 6 7 10 7 0 1 1 2 2 134
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 6 11 3 8 12 5 1 5 5 4 4 3 6 8 5 5 9 8 124
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 5 2 3 5 2 5 9 1 1 3 0 2 2 3 2 4 2 11 4 1 3 11 2 3 2 3 4 1 3 0 2 0 2 3 117
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 1 1 8 7 3 2 1 5 8 3 4 5 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 3 1 4 4 3 1 3 3 6 3 1 3 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 1 3 3 116
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 3 2 1 2 3 6 5 5 8 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 79
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 8 5 6 3 3 2 1 3 0 4 5 5 2 0 2 75
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 3 5 3 2 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 4 1 2 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 71
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 2 1 3 5 2 2 0 4 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 69
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 3 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 5 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 58
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 4 3 0 3 2 4 1 45
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 37
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 5 3 1 3 4 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 32
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 3 7 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 31
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 27
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 26
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 23
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 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 17
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 16
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 16
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
(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 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 1 0 2
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 61 93 113 133 113 73 125 135 166 127 113 96 114 132 123 110 83 94 71 69 62 92 102 76 104 128 175 140 142 128 165 144 110 128 135 220 207 185 173 157 150 171 145 5383
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 1 2 3 3 7 6 17 16 8 27 22 11 20 29 24 19 28 30 17 22 28 32 39 69 100 69 67 75 87 99 84 87 70 74 91 48 54 36 44 43 26 1634
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 4 4 5 4 1 4 6 9 4 8 14 12 10 18 11 3 5 4 7 3 6 12 4 7 7 15 13 9 12 7 8 6 8 8 14 15 6 12 6 14 7 4 338
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 10 1 3 5 8 11 7 10 17 8 9 5 7 6 3 1 1 4 3 2 7 1 7 6 10 15 5 7 5 8 5 5 11 9 11 12 1 4 9 8 12 8 292
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 2 3 8 3 3 3 7 7 9 9 9 6 8 5 6 6 4 5 4 2 8 2 7 7 9 24 11 8 13 12 4 3 2 7 8 12 10 3 7 7 5 11 290
(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 1 7 5 1 5 9 8 18 23 8 14 8 5 7 3 122
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 5 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 5 6 12 8 9 3 6 6 9 5 100
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 6 3 3 2 3 1 4 0 2 2 5 1 4 8 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 91
(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 2 2 1 6 8 8 7 13 11 2 5 6 6 9 87
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 2 3 5 5 2 0 10 5 82
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 2 4 4 6 1 2 0 41
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 5 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 39
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 32
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 19
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 3 16
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 14
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14
(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 3 6 1 0 1 1 1 1 14
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 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 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 13
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 10
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 8
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 1 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) UZX UZBEKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 17 20 13 25 24 20 30 34 54 56 42 70 49 49 59 57 42 39 47 48 26 49 49 64 63 108 175 105 101 121 133 130 126 147 126 164 193 112 115 97 106 113 85 3303
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 78 113 126 158 137 93 155 169 220 183 155 166 163 181 182 167 125 133 118 117 88 141 151 140 167 236 350 245 243 249 298 274 236 275 261 384 400 297 288 254 256 284 230 8686


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