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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 377, Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and 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 13 11 18 18 17 18 9 10 29 12 19 8 18 20 12 13 14 9 10 6 13 4 12 8 11 4 6 4 7 11 7 8 9 7 3 3 8 12 5 12 6 6 10 460
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 12 15 23 19 10 10 12 13 14 9 9 6 8 11 5 3 5 11 3 7 4 3 7 4 8 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 259
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 18 24 16 19 14 12 5 7 21 10 8 21 7 5 6 5 8 6 8 4 5 4 3 2 5 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 259
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 9 3 0 1 3 10 6 4 0 2 5 8 1 1 5 5 7 2 5 7 4 6 5 3 10 8 3 5 1 2 3 5 0 1 5 156
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 7 3 8 16 6 2 4 1 11 6 8 6 5 5 6 3 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 133
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3 2 2 6 7 8 3 8 10 6 5 11 8 4 0 1 1 9 3 2 4 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 132
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 0 5 8 2 5 6 1 9 12 2 4 7 8 5 4 3 7 6 0 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 119
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 4 4 7 4 4 2 3 8 4 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 91
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 6 2 3 5 6 3 3 2 7 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 84
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 6 3 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 72
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 2 2 6 3 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 4 12 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 64
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 2 2 0 3 3 1 6 7 6 3 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 64
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 3 5 3 4 1 3 0 4 5 2 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 63
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 3 2 2 1 3 3 6 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 1 4 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 48
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 5 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 46
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 36
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 33
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 32
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 17
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 15
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 15
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 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 11
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 11
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 9
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 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 8
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 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 1 0 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 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 8
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 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 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 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 0 6
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 1
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 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 0 0 1
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 80 74 111 123 92 82 66 79 159 99 80 93 83 104 64 54 52 68 59 55 44 29 58 37 61 22 31 36 43 37 29 25 43 25 25 24 26 41 17 36 17 15 23 2421
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 2 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 17 16 9 16 16 20 14 19 4 15 20 24 21 19 25 23 26 12 31 25 27 31 36 37 21 14 11 13 10 12 10 5 6 4 11 640
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 4 7 4 11 13 7 7 9 7 11 3 7 18 5 12 6 8 9 5 9 4 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 7 3 2 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 231
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 9 5 7 7 9 10 5 3 18 8 4 9 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 4 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 164
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 5 3 0 4 1 7 2 4 0 7 1 2 1 2 1 0 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 101
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 4 5 6 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 63
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 7 1 2 2 5 3 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 62
(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 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 11 7 42
(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 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 5 3 2 1 4 3 0 3 34
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 30
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 20
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 18
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 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 8
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 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 1 0 7
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 7
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 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 7
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 1 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 5
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 1
(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 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 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 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 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 0 1
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 24 19 22 21 29 35 26 21 60 41 38 40 41 56 32 40 19 33 44 47 40 25 44 38 48 30 50 33 45 52 45 49 37 26 20 29 26 25 27 29 14 25 30 1475
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 104 93 133 144 121 117 92 100 219 140 118 133 124 160 96 94 71 101 103 102 84 54 102 75 109 52 81 69 88 89 74 74 80 51 45 53 52 66 44 65 31 40 53 3896


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