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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 ALL, ALL CLASSES

( 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 17989 22275 19600 19182 20646 99692
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5260 6308 5733 5712 5934 28947
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 4703 5628 5006 4885 5237 25459
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3114 4011 3510 3516 3696 17847
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2291 3286 3228 3517 4310 16632
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3367 3758 3141 2996 2983 16245
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2752 3294 2894 2741 2898 14579
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2557 3171 2693 2722 2839 13982
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2431 2957 2554 2535 2625 13102
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2298 2842 2500 2414 2656 12710
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2319 2630 2255 2227 2341 11772
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2291 2601 2358 2046 2197 11493
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1610 1974 1745 1841 2012 9182
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1618 2060 1877 1781 1784 9120
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1854 2118 1745 1622 1716 9055
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1457 1705 1571 1584 1562 7879
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1489 1688 1412 1349 1467 7405
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1520 1652 1384 1356 1416 7328
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1214 1487 1310 1344 1415 6770
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1529 1663 1350 1162 941 6645
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1191 1410 1246 1232 1277 6356
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1108 1165 1137 985 1095 5490
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 946 1094 1004 1030 1073 5147
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 628 721 702 615 708 3374
(U.S.) UT UTAH 554 684 638 642 765 3283
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 584 669 618 586 647 3104
(U.S.) IA IOWA 560 666 601 561 670 3058
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 498 602 542 477 542 2661
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 460 577 411 395 461 2304
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 403 543 470 417 403 2236
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 367 437 472 437 452 2165
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 380 492 424 425 435 2156
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 346 413 429 413 368 1969
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 383 386 367 375 338 1849
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 318 357 330 325 311 1641
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 318 357 300 279 304 1558
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 265 344 286 280 303 1478
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 271 321 262 260 257 1371
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 263 269 263 218 231 1244
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 182 186 203 191 193 955
(U.S.) ME MAINE 151 142 110 113 118 634
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 114 119 142 102 125 602
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 126 138 113 108 96 581
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 101 121 110 91 73 496
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 91 103 106 74 92 466
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 74 66 82 63 82 367
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 50 84 64 77 71 346
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 55 63 63 68 57 306
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 66 74 60 54 46 300
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 53 48 54 35 59 249
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 35 36 18 20 39 148
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 26 25 28 14 14 107
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 1 2 2 1 10
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 2 2 2 2 0 8
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 1 3 1 5
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 1 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 74637 89823 79526 77502 82382 403870
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 30341 36807 33354 33682 35501 169685
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 9011 10005 9051 8914 9000 45981
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 4352 5908 6295 7548 8762 32865
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 5118 6361 6128 6339 6642 30588
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2894 3572 3318 3393 3655 16832
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3148 3585 3292 3094 3175 16294
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2866 3431 3130 3163 3140 15730
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1296 1480 1302 1357 1346 6781
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 993 1323 1250 1330 1288 6184
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 910 1325 1265 1291 1221 6012
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 924 1218 1107 1166 1404 5819
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 995 1201 1035 1112 1208 5551
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1123 1243 1061 1060 1014 5501
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 402 661 772 1225 1655 4715
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 720 950 850 824 864 4208
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 519 625 520 510 594 2768
(Foreign) INX INDIA 384 481 546 634 679 2724
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 463 577 457 464 503 2464
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 346 412 393 399 436 1986
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 358 439 388 391 390 1966
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 283 308 338 311 305 1545
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 273 295 268 303 317 1456
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 220 244 247 273 265 1249
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 148 172 188 176 196 880
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 156 174 146 164 177 817
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 88 113 158 152 158 669
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 122 136 113 105 127 603
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 77 121 90 101 103 492
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 87 109 82 91 93 462
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 80 66 56 54 60 316
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 46 49 47 66 46 254
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 25 34 37 48 44 188
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 24 38 37 32 45 176
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 23 29 32 54 35 173
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 41 33 38 24 36 172
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 15 20 20 23 34 112
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 18 35 20 16 23 112
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 20 22 19 26 24 111
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 18 19 20 30 22 109
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 16 31 11 22 23 103
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 18 24 12 21 16 91
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 12 21 16 14 22 85
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 9 14 25 13 21 82
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 7 16 19 16 19 77
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 12 14 15 14 16 71
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 10 20 5 12 21 68
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 10 16 13 11 17 67
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 3 3 6 16 36 64
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 8 13 11 14 8 54
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 7 9 11 12 8 47
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 3 7 6 15 15 46
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 6 13 9 6 7 41
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 7 5 3 12 7 34
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 3 8 2 9 9 31
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 3 9 4 11 3 30
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 7 4 12 2 3 28
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 2 5 8 7 5 27
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 3 5 3 4 12 27
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 10 3 5 5 3 26
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 9 3 1 4 7 24
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 0 4 5 5 10 24
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 6 5 4 3 4 22
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 5 2 7 2 3 19
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 3 2 3 6 4 18
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 6 4 3 1 4 18
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 2 3 5 2 3 15
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5 4 1 1 4 15
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 3 3 5 2 1 14
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 1 2 3 2 6 14
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 2 2 3 2 5 14
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 3 3 2 4 13
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 1 2 4 2 3 12
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 1 2 1 2 6 12
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 3 2 1 3 3 12
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 7 4 1 12
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 2 2 1 1 5 11
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 1 3 1 4 1 10
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 7 1 2 0 0 10
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 1 1 2 3 9
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 0 1 4 3 9
(Foreign) PEX PERU 3 3 2 0 1 9
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 2 1 4 0 0 7
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 2 1 2 1 1 7
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 1 0 0 5 1 7
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 3 1 1 2 7
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 1 1 1 0 4 7
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 1 2 0 1 2 6
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 4 2 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 2 0 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 1 2 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 0 1 2 2 0 5
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 0 1 2 1 1 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 1 1 0 3 0 5
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 0 0 0 3 2 5
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 0 2 0 1 2 5
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 1 2 0 2 0 5
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 3 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 0 1 2 0 1 4
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 2 0 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 0 3 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 2 0 0 0 2 4
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 0 2 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BFX BURKINA FASO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BJX BENIN 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BZX BELIZE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ETX ETHIOPIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) FJX FIJI 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GAX GABON 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) IQX IRAQ 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) NAX NAMIBIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TDX CHAD 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 69169 83949 77756 80270 84967 396111
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 143806 173772 157282 157772 167349 799981


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