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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 2008 - 2012 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 by year of patent grant.
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 19182 20648 27337 28148 32107 127422
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5712 5934 7545 7583 8367 35141
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 4885 5237 7082 6956 7640 31800
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 3517 4309 5258 4765 5390 23239
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3516 3696 4923 5191 5734 23060
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2996 2983 3823 3964 4598 18364
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2722 2839 3874 3850 4224 17509
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2741 2898 3611 3806 4345 17401
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2535 2625 3597 3860 3902 16519
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2414 2656 3350 3219 3483 15122
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2227 2341 3230 3177 3387 14362
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2046 2197 2978 3136 3686 14043
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1841 2012 2636 2607 2977 12073
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1621 1714 2135 2102 2442 10014
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1781 1784 2040 1977 2059 9641
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1584 1562 1976 2069 2210 9401
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1344 1415 1905 1932 2128 8724
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1357 1416 1875 1939 2108 8695
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1349 1467 1814 1784 1785 8199
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1232 1277 1578 1513 1609 7209
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1030 1073 1587 1600 1691 6981
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 985 1095 1492 1437 1741 6750
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1162 941 1095 1032 930 5160
(U.S.) UT UTAH 642 766 1017 1065 1167 4657
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 615 708 975 878 1015 4191
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 586 647 925 969 930 4057
(U.S.) IA IOWA 561 670 763 811 854 3659
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 477 542 725 725 734 3203
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 425 435 615 707 1004 3186
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 395 461 517 656 850 2879
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 375 338 540 553 752 2558
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 437 452 642 504 487 2522
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 413 368 536 488 543 2348
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 417 403 516 484 471 2291
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 325 311 367 418 445 1866
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 280 303 434 389 417 1823
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 279 304 444 352 413 1792
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 260 257 304 308 364 1493
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 218 231 276 306 329 1360
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 191 193 214 208 292 1098
(U.S.) ME MAINE 113 118 211 183 211 836
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 108 96 144 134 178 660
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 102 125 145 147 140 659
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 74 92 118 94 135 513
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 91 73 105 96 119 484
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 77 71 121 101 108 478
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 68 57 82 97 131 435
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 63 82 107 84 96 432
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 54 46 70 96 113 379
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 35 59 82 65 120 361
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 20 39 28 27 28 142
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 14 14 24 27 34 113
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 2 1 2 3 3 11
(U.S.) GU GUAM 3 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 2 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 77502 82382 107791 108622 121026 497323
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 33682 35501 44813 46139 50677 210812
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 8914 9000 12363 11919 13835 56031
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 7548 8762 11671 12262 13233 53476
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 6339 6642 8239 8781 10646 40647
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3393 3655 4852 5014 5775 22689
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3163 3140 4450 4532 5386 20671
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3085 3173 4299 4294 5213 20064
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 1225 1655 2657 3174 4637 13348
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1166 1404 1819 1981 2474 8844
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1357 1346 1798 1885 2120 8506
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1330 1288 1615 1742 1904 7879
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1291 1221 1748 1921 1525 7706
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1112 1208 1608 1663 1831 7422
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1060 1014 1434 1710 2081 7299
(Foreign) INX INDIA 634 679 1098 1234 1691 5336
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 824 864 1143 951 1064 4846
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 510 594 820 802 866 3592
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 464 503 727 753 858 3305
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 391 390 605 730 850 2966
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 399 436 603 647 810 2895
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 303 317 414 469 642 2145
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 311 305 429 419 532 1996
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 273 265 399 366 444 1747
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 176 196 272 298 331 1273
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 164 177 252 304 339 1236
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 152 158 202 161 210 883
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 105 127 168 180 223 803
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 101 103 175 215 196 790
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 91 93 116 123 142 565
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 54 60 101 90 122 427
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 66 46 91 100 105 408
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 48 44 74 93 127 386
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 30 22 58 61 170 341
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 54 35 39 57 77 262
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 23 34 47 58 82 244
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 32 45 45 49 63 234
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 22 23 46 53 36 180
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 16 36 58 43 24 177
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 24 36 31 40 42 173
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 16 19 29 41 47 152
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 16 23 37 27 40 143
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 13 21 22 35 37 128
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 14 22 24 29 39 128
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 11 17 28 30 40 126
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 26 24 22 22 21 115
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 12 8 16 34 44 114
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 21 16 13 17 41 108
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 15 15 14 24 32 100
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 12 21 16 15 16 80
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 14 8 13 18 25 78
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 14 16 9 16 22 77
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 2 3 16 21 25 67
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 5 10 17 18 17 67
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 2 3 15 11 25 56
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 2 6 7 16 25 56
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 9 9 7 10 20 55
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 4 12 8 14 9 47
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 12 7 6 6 12 43
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 5 2 6 10 14 37
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 6 7 8 8 8 37
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 11 3 8 9 5 36
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 3 4 5 9 9 30
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 7 5 7 3 7 29
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 6 4 8 6 5 29
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 5 3 6 7 8 29
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 4 1 4 7 11 27
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 2 3 4 9 8 26
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 3 3 2 4 13 25
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 2 5 6 2 9 24
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 2 6 3 4 3 18
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 1 5 3 3 5 17
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 5 0 2 3 6 16
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 4 7 1 3 0 15
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 1 3 3 8 15
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 2 4 2 3 4 15
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 1 4 2 2 5 14
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 4 3 4 1 2 14
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 3 2 3 1 5 14
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 1 2 1 6 3 13
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 5 1 1 3 3 13
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 1 0 2 7 2 12
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 1 1 0 4 6 12
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 2 0 2 3 5 12
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 2 4 2 3 12
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 4 1 1 3 2 11
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 3 5 2 10
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 2 1 2 3 2 10
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 1 1 5 3 10
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 2 3 0 2 2 9
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 0 1 1 4 3 9
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 0 1 0 5 3 9
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 1 4 0 3 8
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 3 1 2 0 8
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 1 2 0 1 4 8
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 1 1 1 1 2 6
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 3 0 1 0 2 6
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 4 0 1 0 6
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 2 2 0 2 6
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 0 0 1 3 5
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 2 0 0 2 1 5
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 1 0 0 3 5
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 1 0 0 1 3 5
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 1 1 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 4 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 1 1 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) AOX ANGOLA 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) BHX BAHRAIN 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) KPX KOREA, NORTH 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) WSX SAMOA 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) AFX AFGHANISTAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ANX NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BFX BURKINA FASO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BZX BELIZE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) FOX FAROE ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) IQX IRAQ 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NAX NAMIBIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TDX CHAD 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) VUX VANUATU 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 80270 84967 111823 115883 132129 525072
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 157772 167349 219614 224505 253155 1022395


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