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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 - 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 349, Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and 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 2010 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 9 7 14 9 8 0 14 4 2 6 10 7 10 15 18 24 19 32 33 19 18 17 34 16 27 22 22 19 19 14 23 19 11 22 14 20 17 605
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 8 11 8 21 8 5 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 7 16 6 5 6 7 4 10 4 4 6 18 17 23 23 22 43 35 33 26 12 8 10 5 444
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 8 3 8 3 2 7 5 3 6 1 2 6 2 4 5 5 4 7 4 8 7 2 2 5 7 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 144
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 7 3 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 7 0 6 1 1 1 2 4 4 5 6 4 8 6 3 4 4 4 7 6 0 2 4 9 139
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 5 2 1 4 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 2 3 3 10 6 11 1 2 3 4 6 103
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 4 2 1 4 6 2 3 11 5 2 10 13 5 2 4 5 3 2 0 4 9 2 101
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 6 1 2 1 4 2 0 3 5 7 8 13 8 5 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 91
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 5 3 4 4 12 3 10 10 8 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 84
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 5 6 2 6 3 4 77
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 6 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 2 4 8 5 10 7 5 73
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 4 0 2 4 1 0 3 1 2 7 3 5 2 8 66
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 4 3 6 2 8 4 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 64
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 44
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 5 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 30
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 29
(U.S.) NC NORTH 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 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 18
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
(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 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 15
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 12
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 10
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 8
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 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 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 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 0 0 0 0 1
(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 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 18 32 28 43 26 49 30 23 11 31 11 7 24 24 34 32 58 56 64 51 63 77 49 57 55 96 79 98 108 107 96 75 101 96 97 76 59 62 70 69 2252
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18 23 20 11 8 10 20 9 29 39 41 42 86 82 106 89 110 169 154 153 161 238 247 370 297 416 382 376 483 538 497 458 382 414 589 680 7753
(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 1 1 2 2 8 5 13 21 18 62 62 73 84 110 170 227 270 270 290 365 489 604 3147
(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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 8 5 14 14 23 36 78 90 107 80 116 202 243 1029
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 2 6 2 1 6 6 6 6 6 5 11 10 10 8 3 5 5 8 8 16 9 19 17 14 18 18 15 15 8 19 14 17 325
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 5 16 2 6 3 9 4 8 4 9 2 6 2 4 4 0 5 6 8 3 6 4 3 16 11 7 4 4 3 8 13 211
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 6 6 5 7 5 2 5 4 17 8 5 6 8 5 14 3 5 5 3 7 15 156
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 4 1 3 4 2 3 4 6 10 6 4 2 4 4 7 10 1 4 6 1 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 0 4 1 124
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 8 8 0 3 4 2 3 5 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 5 4 4 4 2 6 7 3 2 2 1 0 3 111
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 12 20 39
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 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 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 31
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 2 27
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 25
(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 2 1 0 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 19
(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 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 1 0 2 7
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
(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 1 1 1 0 3
(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 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 0 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 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 8 25 35 36 34 21 35 49 16 51 56 64 61 114 105 141 123 143 193 187 186 196 286 296 502 400 544 521 550 753 909 896 874 780 933 1337 1609 13081
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 18 33 38 51 51 84 66 57 32 66 60 23 75 80 98 93 172 161 205 174 206 270 236 243 251 382 375 600 508 651 617 625 854 1005 993 950 839 995 1407 1678 15333


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