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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 1963 - 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 398, Optical Communications

( 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 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 0 1 0 7 1 3 4 5 4 5 2 2 1 6 8 3 4 10 4 2 7 0 7 5 8 3 15 11 20 9 13 23 15 18 12 26 32 24 31 55 41 53 60 93 110 96 116 975
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 5 2 0 4 4 6 11 11 5 3 5 1 7 2 1 8 2 2 5 5 6 9 13 9 12 9 25 13 7 25 20 26 21 33 38 44 43 42 72 50 26 53 50 57 45 839
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 5 2 5 3 3 8 9 17 15 8 15 21 21 11 33 44 17 36 290
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 4 9 9 10 11 19 14 17 7 17 25 18 21 22 246
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 11 1 8 7 5 6 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 12 13 6 9 14 9 14 16 212
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 0 2 6 3 6 5 2 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 3 3 3 5 4 2 3 2 4 2 9 9 2 12 9 7 10 8 3 7 13 9 9 16 198
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 7 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 5 8 4 6 2 3 7 9 0 2 6 4 5 8 138
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 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 0 3 4 3 6 3 2 7 4 1 5 10 5 3 3 9 6 7 13 98
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 4 1 6 2 2 3 5 7 6 3 1 3 3 3 4 6 5 7 89
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 6 5 7 9 6 4 5 5 5 3 81
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 6 6 8 4 3 3 7 6 6 3 1 78
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 3 2 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 62
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 1 4 10 3 4 4 60
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 6 2 1 2 1 4 1 57
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 7 5 2 1 3 2 48
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 7 44
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 2 38
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 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 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 6 28
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 2 3 25
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 24
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 21
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 19
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 15
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 14
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 14
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 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 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 4
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1 4 12 19 11 15 21 16 26 20 14 15 19 11 24 23 15 29 22 18 23 10 35 30 54 53 67 59 86 68 63 105 85 97 98 120 160 143 149 198 225 179 168 292 300 274 328 3804
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 3 3 5 4 3 4 5 10 15 16 19 25 29 38 31 55 69 80 63 96 99 73 97 107 107 93 66 162 146 136 146 1820
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 4 2 3 5 8 15 6 6 15 13 6 11 14 4 17 8 21 6 14 6 11 14 14 18 23 12 21 22 14 23 366
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 1 3 5 12 5 10 11 11 8 7 8 17 24 8 15 19 19 23 16 16 23 8 9 16 19 21 352
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 4 0 2 5 0 4 2 10 12 11 12 15 19 21 17 47 37 30 25 289
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 5 3 7 4 8 4 5 2 5 5 4 18 10 16 8 16 14 9 18 18 5 11 4 13 24 16 13 278
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 2 6 8 13 12 9 12 23 62 67 28 253
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 8 7 4 3 8 13 4 5 10 11 11 9 114
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 8 6 5 7 3 6 1 1 1 2 5 1 3 1 8 2 76
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 1 6 1 2 5 0 2 5 7 5 5 61
(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 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 6 1 10 9 3 4 53
(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 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 1 8 6 5 7 45
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 6 2 3 4 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 43
(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 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 5 21
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 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 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 8 13
(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 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 12
(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 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 10
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 8
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 7
(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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(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 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 3 5 4 6 7 11 15 14 11 16 19 40 29 47 49 55 48 65 68 57 119 126 164 102 177 176 147 189 208 213 214 138 323 348 324 306 3862
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 2 5 14 20 11 15 21 19 29 26 16 18 24 15 30 30 26 44 36 29 39 29 75 59 101 102 122 107 151 136 120 224 211 261 200 297 336 290 338 406 438 393 306 615 648 598 634 7666


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