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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 713, Support (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 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 4 2 4 7 10 9 8 13 11 25 25 46 61 77 117 122 112 121 123 148 180 185 1441
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 6 3 3 6 6 4 5 16 13 24 42 52 97 96 63 60 74 72 101 89 849
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 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 1 0 1 1 1 10 9 21 34 22 22 27 23 34 36 44 289
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 6 3 0 5 5 9 8 4 7 11 16 13 11 18 13 13 7 24 15 21 31 19 283
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 3 5 4 1 7 3 8 11 13 11 23 15 14 35 11 15 24 35 281
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 3 5 7 7 11 7 11 20 14 23 26 46 195
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 6 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 5 3 10 8 30 16 13 13 14 17 13 14 188
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 2 2 14 4 9 12 7 17 32 41 158
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 4 5 4 6 8 15 19 14 12 14 18 151
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 5 8 12 11 14 8 11 8 6 17 124
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 8 2 4 11 5 10 4 6 18 18 28 123
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 8 9 8 10 9 4 6 5 2 4 3 5 6 9 101
(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 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 14 9 12 14 7 12 16 94
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 6 5 4 6 7 6 4 10 82
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 7 0 3 3 7 1 9 4 4 13 7 74
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 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 1 1 5 3 3 4 4 7 3 3 4 5 7 15 67
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 4 5 5 3 6 6 7 65
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 3 2 4 7 3 4 6 10 59
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 6 6 3 1 7 8 5 48
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 4 2 4 5 2 4 5 45
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 2 3 1 5 6 3 4 39
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 33
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 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 2 0 1 0 2 5 1 1 10 2 6 32
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 3 32
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 1 2 0 0 10 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 23
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 19
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 13
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 13
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 10
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
(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 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 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 1 0 3 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 2 1 0 7
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 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 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
(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 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 3 3 4 7 6 11 12 11 15 14 17 13 8 12 9 11 7 12 18 23 18 20 15 29 28 34 44 38 46 61 89 109 160 209 255 424 392 349 413 375 459 571 657 5011
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 4 3 2 7 0 7 7 7 11 19 20 22 29 37 55 44 52 88 84 85 78 98 106 129 145 1155
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 3 6 5 5 5 7 14 9 16 8 21 16 28 175
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 4 2 4 7 4 7 11 4 14 10 7 5 12 15 17 24 164
(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 1 1 0 3 3 15 31 34 24 11 11 13 15 162
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 5 5 2 4 3 2 12 11 15 15 15 13 21 136
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 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 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 3 3 6 5 12 13 18 9 13 20 114
(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 1 2 4 1 2 3 5 10 9 13 7 12 10 27 106
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 2 0 3 0 3 6 6 5 8 6 7 5 9 62
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 39
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 1 2 1 4 7 3 32
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 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 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 4 7 27
(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 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 5 7 22
(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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 7 4 20
(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 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 9
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 1 1 4 8
(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 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 8
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5
(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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
(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 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
(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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) ISX ICELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) YEX YEMEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 2 4 3 1 3 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 12 4 13 14 14 22 31 28 34 53 65 79 76 82 159 183 183 188 190 214 252 335 2288
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 3 4 4 7 7 13 14 12 20 16 21 16 9 15 13 15 12 17 22 28 23 32 19 42 42 48 66 69 74 95 142 174 239 285 337 583 575 532 601 565 673 823 992 7299


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