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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 2005 - 2009 Utility Patent Grants,
As Distributed 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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing)

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays U.S. states and countries and counts of utility patents originating from them; patents are distributed either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 351 516 439 460 678 2444
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 117 151 212 299 495 1274
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 54 112 87 81 124 458
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 82 80 84 78 114 438
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 55 67 68 91 112 393
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 37 76 47 62 77 299
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 32 37 27 36 59 191
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 23 32 26 43 48 172
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 21 35 26 21 45 148
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 18 26 25 26 28 123
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 18 32 16 25 30 121
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 9 31 16 27 30 113
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 9 20 20 18 37 104
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 12 24 11 24 24 95
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 10 23 26 13 23 95
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 16 16 13 16 24 85
(U.S.) OR OREGON 13 14 14 23 14 78
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 8 16 9 14 12 59
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 10 13 11 11 9 54
(U.S.) OH OHIO 9 12 13 6 8 48
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 9 16 8 3 8 44
(U.S.) UT UTAH 4 7 11 8 13 43
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 14 6 7 10 42
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 6 7 6 3 26
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 4 3 5 9 5 26
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 4 3 5 8 5 25
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 8 3 6 5 23
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 3 6 3 6 20
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 4 3 6 14
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 5 1 4 4 14
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 7 1 0 2 12
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 3 0 2 1 5 11
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 0 2 3 3 10
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 2 4 3 1 10
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 4 3 0 1 10
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 3 2 2 3 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 2 1 1 5 9
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 5 0 0 1 8
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 2 2 1 3 8
(U.S.) IA IOWA 4 3 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 2 1 0 0 2 5
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 2 0 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 4 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 2 0 0 3
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 0 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 2 0 0 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 2 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 957 1435 1270 1444 2085 7191
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 114 209 197 173 244 937
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 27 42 51 78 140 338
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 19 44 46 57 81 247
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 24 36 35 28 38 161
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 6 10 19 34 47 116
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 14 19 18 24 25 100
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 10 16 11 21 38 96
(Foreign) INX INDIA 6 9 15 20 43 93
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 19 17 15 14 23 88
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 7 7 10 12 19 55
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 10 6 14 11 10 51
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 4 6 13 11 9 43
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 5 3 3 12 25
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 3 6 1 5 16
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 2 2 2 7 15
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 3 4 1 2 14
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 2 3 3 5 14
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 2 2 9 13
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 2 5 2 2 12
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 3 4 2 1 11
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 5 1 3 10
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 1 1 3 5 10
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 4 0 5 1 10
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 2 2 1 0 2 7
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 1 1 3 6
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 1 2 2 5
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 1 0 3 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 2 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 0 2 0 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 277 455 487 516 784 2519
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1234 1890 1757 1960 2869 9710


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