PATENT COUNTS States and Countries of Origin Calendar Year 1995 This report, prepared from the Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) data base, displays calendar year Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) patent grants by state and country of origin. This report was prepared on 1/24/96. Separate counts are provided for utility, design, plant, and reissue patents and for statutory invention registrations (SIRs). The 'totals' column, as listed in this report, excludes counts of SIRs. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor as displayed on the face of each patent. Patent counts are broken down by type of patent document issued by the PTO. Questions regarding this report should be directed to: (address updated 4/96) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Office of Electronic Information Products Technology Assessment and Forecast Program PK3-Suite 441 Washington, DC 20231 tel (703) 306-2600 FAX (703) 306-2737 STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 1995 PATENT FILE PAGE 1 MAIL CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AL ALABAMA 282 70 4 3 359 0 AK ALASKA 39 9 0 1 49 0 AZ ARIZONA 999 117 2 1 1119 0 AR ARKANSAS 106 37 0 0 143 0 CA CALIFORNIA 9262 1398 112 36 10808 16 CO COLORADO 1098 102 0 8 1208 0 CT CONNECTICUT 1544 211 3 8 1766 2 DE DELAWARE 427 13 0 1 441 1 FL FLORIDA 2002 439 18 4 2463 3 GA GEORGIA 847 193 4 1 1045 2 HI HAWAII 66 16 2 0 84 0 ID IDAHO 305 21 0 1 327 2 IL ILLINOIS 2873 590 3 8 3474 4 IN INDIANA 1110 163 1 6 1280 0 IA IOWA 421 65 0 0 486 0 KS KANSAS 246 71 0 2 319 0 KY KENTUCKY 272 66 0 3 341 0 LA LOUISIANA 370 41 0 1 412 1 ME MAINE 113 24 0 0 137 0 MD MARYLAND 984 98 0 3 1085 14 MA MASSACHUSETTS 2161 258 2 6 2427 0 MI MICHIGAN 2780 253 3 9 3045 3 MN MINNESOTA 1656 268 1 12 1937 5 MS MISSISSIPPI 103 31 0 0 134 0 MO MISSOURI 669 141 4 3 817 1 MT MONTANA 122 19 0 0 141 0 NE NEBRASKA 136 14 0 0 150 0 NV NEVADA 167 48 0 0 215 1 NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 405 51 2 1 459 0 NJ NEW JERSEY 2753 283 3 14 3053 13 NM NEW MEXICO 256 24 0 1 281 1 NY NEW YORK 4685 556 2 21 5264 3 NC NORTH CAROLINA 1037 213 0 4 1254 0 ND NORTH DAKOTA 58 5 0 0 63 0 OH OHIO 2418 549 5 4 2976 11 OK OKLAHOMA 473 70 0 3 546 0 OR OREGON 705 148 14 3 870 0 PA PENNSYLVANIA 2645 270 3 7 2925 2 RI RHODE ISLAND 206 55 0 2 263 0 SC SOUTH CAROLINA 442 77 1 1 521 1 SD SOUTH DAKOTA 33 11 0 0 44 0 TN TENNESSEE 594 111 0 2 707 1 TX TEXAS 3885 393 4 14 4296 17 UT UTAH 508 44 0 2 554 0 VT VERMONT 148 21 0 1 170 0 VA VIRGINIA 823 112 5 2 942 4 WA WASHINGTON 1036 217 2 4 1259 2 WV WEST VIRGINIA 133 16 0 0 149 0 WI WISCONSIN 1208 209 1 4 1422 1 WY WYOMING 50 26 0 0 76 0 DC DISTRICT OF COLU 57 5 0 1 63 0 GU GUAM 0 2 0 0 2 0 (continued) STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 1995 PATENT FILE PAGE 2 MAIL CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS PR PUERTO RICO 20 4 0 0 24 0 US UNITED STATES 1 0 0 0 1 0 VI VIRGIN (U.S.) IS 1 2 0 0 3 0 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 55740 8250 201 208 64399 111 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AD ANDORRA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AG ANTIGUA 2 0 0 0 2 0 AE ARAB EMIRATES 0 1 0 0 1 0 AR ARGENTINA 31 1 0 0 32 0 AM ARMENIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AU AUSTRALIA 459 85 3 1 548 0 AT AUSTRIA 338 21 0 1 360 0 BS THE BAHAMAS 4 0 0 0 4 0 BY BELARUS 3 0 0 0 3 0 BE BELGIUM 397 19 3 0 419 0 BM BERMUDA 1 0 0 0 1 0 BR BRAZIL 63 7 0 0 70 0 BG BULGARIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 CA CANADA 2104 330 7 5 2446 1 KY CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 2 0 CL CHILE 7 0 0 0 7 0 CN CHINA P.REP. 62 1 0 0 63 0 CO COLOMBIA 3 1 1 0 5 0 CR COSTA RICA 3 1 6 0 10 0 HR CROATIA 6 0 0 0 6 0 CY CYPRUS 3 0 0 0 3 0 CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0 1 0 CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 15 0 0 0 15 0 DK DENMARK 199 100 16 0 315 0 DO DOMINICAN REPL. 1 0 0 0 1 0 EG EGYPT 3 0 0 0 3 0 SV EL SALVADOR 1 0 0 0 1 0 EE ESTONIA 1 1 0 0 2 0 FI FINLAND 358 27 0 2 387 0 FR FRANCE 2821 170 16 3 3010 1 GE GEORGIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 DE GERMANY 6600 222 44 9 6875 0 GR GREECE 7 1 0 0 8 0 HN HONDURAS 1 0 0 0 1 0 HK HONG KONG 86 162 0 0 248 0 HU HUNGARY 50 1 0 0 51 0 IS ICELAND 4 0 0 0 4 0 IN INDIA 37 1 0 0 38 0 ID INDONESIA 4 1 0 2 7 0 (continued) STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 1995 PATENT FILE PAGE 3 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS IR IRAN 2 0 0 0 2 0 IE IRELAND 52 8 1 0 61 0 IL ISRAEL 384 26 21 1 432 0 IT ITALY 1078 159 1 4 1242 0 JM JAMAICA 2 0 0 0 2 0 JP JAPAN 21764 1026 13 61 22864 7 KW KUWAIT 1 0 0 0 1 0 LB LEBANON 1 0 0 0 1 0 LI LIECHTENSTEIN 17 0 0 1 18 0 LT LITHUANIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 LU LUXEMBOURG 24 10 0 0 34 0 MO MACAU 1 0 0 0 1 0 MY MALAYSIA 7 1 0 0 8 0 MT MALTA 1 0 0 0 1 0 MU MAURITIUS 1 0 0 0 1 0 MX MEXICO 40 5 0 0 45 0 MC MONACO 2 2 0 0 4 0 MA MOROCCO 2 0 0 0 2 0 AN NETH. ANTILLES 1 0 0 0 1 0 NL NETHERLANDS 799 57 34 4 894 0 NZ NEW ZEALAND 44 12 4 0 60 0 NO NORWAY 130 8 0 0 138 0 PK PAKISTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 PA PANAMA 1 0 0 0 1 0 PE PERU 3 0 0 0 3 0 PH PHILIPPINES 4 0 0 0 4 0 PL POLAND 8 0 0 0 8 0 PT PORTUGAL 3 0 0 0 3 0 RO ROMANIA 3 0 0 0 3 0 RU RUSSIAN FEDERATI 98 0 0 1 99 0 ZA S. AFRICA 123 4 0 0 127 0 SA SAUDI ARABIA 10 0 0 0 10 0 SG SINGAPORE 53 8 0 0 61 0 SI SLOVENIA 4 1 0 0 5 0 KR SOUTH KOREA 1161 78 0 1 1240 0 ES SPAIN 148 19 0 1 168 0 LK SRI LANKA 1 0 0 0 1 0 SE SWEDEN 806 107 0 1 914 0 CH SWITZERLAND 1056 125 0 3 1184 1 TW TAIWAN 1620 466 0 1 2087 0 TH THAILAND 8 2 0 0 10 0 TR TURKEY 2 0 0 0 2 0 SU U.S.S.R. 12 0 0 0 12 0 UA UKRAINE 8 0 0 0 8 0 GB UNITED KINGDOM 2474 181 16 6 2677 0 UY URUGUAY 2 0 0 0 2 0 UZ UZBEKISTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 VE VENEZUELA 29 2 0 0 31 0 YU YUGOSLAVIA 5 1 0 0 6 0 ZW ZIMBABWE 1 0 0 0 1 0 (continued) STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 1995 PATENT FILE PAGE 4 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN 45679 3462 186 108 49435 10 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 55740 8250 201 208 64399 111 TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES 101419 11712 387 316 113834 121 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN (%) 45.0% 29.6% 48.1% 34.2% 43.4% 8.3% TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES (%) 55.0% 70.4% 51.9% 65.8% 56.6% 91.7% TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% _______________________________________________________________________