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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 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 22275 19600 19182 20648 27337 109042
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 6308 5733 5712 5934 7545 31232
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5628 5006 4885 5237 7082 27838
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4011 3510 3516 3696 4923 19656
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 3286 3228 3517 4309 5258 19598
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3758 3141 2996 2983 3823 16701
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3294 2894 2741 2898 3611 15438
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3171 2693 2722 2839 3874 15299
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2957 2554 2535 2625 3597 14268
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2842 2500 2414 2656 3351 13763
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2630 2255 2227 2341 3230 12683
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2601 2358 2046 2197 2978 12180
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1974 1745 1841 2012 2636 10208
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2060 1877 1781 1784 2040 9542
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2118 1745 1621 1714 2135 9333
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1705 1571 1584 1562 1976 8398
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1688 1412 1349 1467 1814 7730
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1652 1384 1357 1416 1875 7684
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1487 1310 1344 1415 1905 7461
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1410 1246 1232 1277 1578 6743
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1663 1350 1162 941 1095 6211
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1165 1137 985 1095 1492 5874
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1094 1004 1030 1073 1587 5788
(U.S.) UT UTAH 684 638 642 766 1017 3747
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 721 702 615 708 975 3721
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 669 618 586 647 925 3445
(U.S.) IA IOWA 666 601 561 670 763 3261
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 602 542 477 542 725 2888
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 437 472 437 452 642 2440
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 492 424 425 435 615 2391
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 577 411 395 461 517 2361
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 543 470 417 403 516 2349
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 413 429 413 368 536 2159
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 386 367 375 338 540 2006
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 357 330 325 311 367 1690
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 357 300 279 304 444 1684
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 344 286 280 303 434 1647
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 321 262 260 257 304 1404
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 269 263 218 231 276 1257
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 186 203 191 193 214 987
(U.S.) ME MAINE 142 110 113 118 211 694
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 119 142 102 125 145 633
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 138 113 108 96 144 599
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 121 110 91 73 105 500
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 103 106 74 92 118 493
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 84 64 77 71 121 417
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 66 82 63 82 107 400
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 63 63 68 57 82 333
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 74 60 54 46 70 304
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 48 54 35 59 82 278
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 36 18 20 39 28 141
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 25 28 14 14 24 105
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 2 2 1 2 8
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 2 2 2 0 1 7
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 1 3 1 0 5
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 89823 79526 77502 82382 107792 437025
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 36807 33354 33682 35501 44814 184158
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 10005 9051 8914 9000 12363 49333
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 5908 6295 7548 8762 11671 40184
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 6361 6128 6339 6642 8238 33708
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3572 3318 3393 3655 4852 18790
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3581 3292 3087 3174 4302 17436
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3431 3130 3163 3140 4450 17314
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1480 1302 1357 1346 1798 7283
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 661 772 1225 1655 2657 6970
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1325 1265 1291 1221 1748 6850
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1323 1250 1330 1288 1614 6805
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1218 1107 1166 1404 1819 6714
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1201 1035 1112 1208 1608 6164
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1243 1061 1060 1014 1434 5812
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 950 850 824 864 1143 4631
(Foreign) INX INDIA 481 546 634 679 1098 3438
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 625 520 510 594 820 3069
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 577 457 464 503 727 2728
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 412 393 399 436 603 2243
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 439 388 391 390 605 2213
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 308 338 311 305 429 1691
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 295 268 303 317 414 1597
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 244 247 273 265 399 1428
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 172 188 176 196 272 1004
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 174 146 164 177 252 913
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 113 158 152 158 202 783
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 136 113 105 127 168 649
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 121 90 101 103 175 590
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 109 82 91 93 116 491
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 66 56 54 60 101 337
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 49 47 66 46 91 299
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 34 37 48 44 74 237
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 38 37 32 45 45 197
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 29 32 54 35 39 189
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 33 38 24 36 31 162
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 19 20 30 22 58 149
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 20 20 23 34 47 144
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 31 11 22 23 46 133
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 35 20 16 23 37 131
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 3 6 16 36 58 119
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 22 19 26 24 22 113
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 16 19 16 19 29 99
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 21 16 14 22 24 97
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 14 25 13 21 22 95
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 24 12 21 16 13 86
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 16 13 11 17 28 85
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 20 5 12 21 16 74
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 14 15 14 16 9 68
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 13 11 14 8 13 59
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 7 6 15 15 14 57
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 9 11 12 8 16 56
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 13 9 6 7 8 43
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 4 5 5 10 17 41
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 4 12 2 3 16 37
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8 2 9 9 7 35
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 9 4 11 3 8 35
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 5 3 12 7 6 33
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 5 8 7 5 7 32
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 5 3 4 12 8 32
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 2 7 2 3 15 29
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 2 3 6 4 8 23
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 3 5 5 3 6 22
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 5 4 3 4 5 21
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 2 3 2 6 7 20
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 2 3 2 5 6 18
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 3 1 4 7 1 16
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 7 4 1 4 16
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 2 4 2 3 4 15
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 4 3 1 4 2 14
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 3 3 2 4 2 14
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 2 1 2 6 3 14
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 3 5 2 3 0 13
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 3 5 2 1 2 13
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 2 0 5 1 4 12
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 0 1 4 3 4 12
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 2 1 1 5 3 12
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 2 1 3 3 2 11
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 3 1 1 2 4 11
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 3 1 4 1 1 10
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 1 1 4 0 10
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 1 4 0 0 3 8
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 1 2 3 1 8
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 0 0 3 2 3 8
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 0 0 5 1 1 7
(Foreign) PEX PERU 3 2 0 1 1 7
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 2 1 1 0 2 6
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 1 0 1 4 6
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 2 0 3 0 1 6
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 1 2 1 1 1 6
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 2 0 1 2 1 6
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 2 0 2 0 2 6
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 1 1 0 4 0 6
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 1 2 2 0 0 5
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 3 1 0 0 1 5
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 1 2 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 1 0 3 0 1 5
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 1 0 1 3 5
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 2 0 1 2 0 5
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 0 1 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 1 2 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 3 1 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 2 2 4
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 2 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) WSX SAMOA 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) ANX NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BFX BURKINA FASO 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BHX BAHRAIN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BJX BENIN 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BZX BELIZE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ETX ETHIOPIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) FJX FIJI 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GAX GABON 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IQX IRAQ 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) KPX KOREA, NORTH 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) NAX NAMIBIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TDX CHAD 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VUX VANUATU 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 83949 77756 80270 84967 111822 438764
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 173772 157282 157772 167349 219614 875789


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