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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 1 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 8 4 6 2 2 10 3 6 5 3 6 8 12 13 13 6 11 20 19 11 14 24 24 22 39 70 85 162 182 127 146 115 88 94 85 99 97 106 120 1901
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 2 6 2 3 5 6 4 10 13 9 9 10 7 7 6 10 13 19 22 38 70 161 190 125 119 74 53 60 63 70 67 80 54 1399
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 4 3 2 5 4 2 7 4 5 2 11 6 16 5 4 2 7 12 8 20 29 12 15 18 17 12 16 22 16 20 11 13 18 20 12 9 7 11 423
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 3 6 7 5 11 7 5 7 6 5 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 4 0 7 5 6 7 9 4 4 4 19 20 19 21 44 17 28 8 4 13 6 15 18 7 13 13 397
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 12 28 24 34 14 22 17 23 18 18 23 23 16 18 13 321
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 1 2 2 4 2 3 8 7 17 5 15 9 11 13 16 16 154
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 6 3 0 2 0 5 3 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 4 0 3 2 5 6 8 16 5 5 3 3 2 6 4 0 11 8 140
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 5 1 7 2 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 5 8 10 7 10 11 2 5 5 2 4 3 4 133
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 2 4 17 3 3 5 10 17 16 10 8 9 6 5 131
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 0 4 6 4 3 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 2 2 4 2 8 5 3 7 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 105
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 5 0 3 4 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 5 3 3 9 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 79
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 5 4 3 2 0 3 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 2 0 6 7 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 67
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 8 2 1 1 4 2 1 5 2 0 3 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 5 4 64
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 6 4 1 4 5 4 2 7 2 57
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 5 5 7 6 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 46
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 44
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 2 0 3 1 43
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 31
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 25
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 21
(U.S.) NM NEW 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 15
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 12
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 11
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 7
(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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 8 13 12 31 23 28 21 16 38 22 27 20 18 36 21 37 29 23 32 35 40 60 48 52 38 63 68 59 62 97 76 105 136 216 278 490 485 377 376 283 226 256 258 262 242 291 265 5699
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 8 4 2 9 9 9 10 19 15 21 39 49 55 45 57 68 66 101 107 98 113 100 61 67 43 37 59 36 45 36 51 47 1499
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 3 6 3 2 6 2 1 1 3 8 6 20 18 18 8 10 11 12 14 29 17 29 29 292
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 5 8 8 7 14 6 8 18 6 5 8 11 16 157
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 2 0 3 10 6 11 16 7 7 5 8 9 7 7 8 9 7 123
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 6 10 5 4 7 5 5 1 6 13 6 9 119
(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 1 1 1 5 4 5 4 2 4 2 5 2 3 3 5 47
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 5 4 3 7 46
(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 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 2 2 1 0 4 5 3 3 4 6 43
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 36
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 32
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 6 0 29
(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 1 0 0 1 8 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 19
(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 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 12
(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 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 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 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 8
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 7
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
(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 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 2 4 2 7 1 7 4 6 2 8 7 2 8 17 12 12 8 10 15 14 16 19 27 25 30 47 56 63 52 64 74 71 121 140 124 175 181 112 125 89 82 113 78 112 108 132 140 2524
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 10 17 14 38 24 35 25 22 40 30 34 22 26 53 33 49 37 33 47 49 56 79 75 77 68 110 124 122 114 161 150 176 257 356 402 665 666 489 501 372 308 369 336 374 350 423 405 8223


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