PATENT COUNTS
States and Countries of Origin
Calendar Year 1993
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 2/08/94. 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.
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(address updated 4/96)
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STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 1993 PATENT FILE
MAIL
CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE SIRS TOTALS
AL ALABAMA 271 51 1 1 0 324
AK ALASKA 50 14 0 0 0 64
AZ ARIZONA 848 75 0 5 1 929
AR ARKANSAS 114 36 4 0 0 154
CA CALIFORNIA 8170 1211 159 28 11 9579
CO COLORADO 910 140 0 4 3 1057
CT CONNECTICUT 1544 194 0 8 3 1749
DE DELAWARE 507 13 1 0 4 525
FL FLORIDA 1777 316 12 9 3 2117
GA GEORGIA 705 154 0 2 1 862
HI HAWAII 80 22 4 0 0 106
ID IDAHO 332 23 0 1 2 358
IL ILLINOIS 2846 447 5 14 9 3321
IN INDIANA 972 129 4 2 0 1107
IA IOWA 366 67 0 1 1 435
KS KANSAS 242 71 2 1 0 316
KY KENTUCKY 277 43 0 3 0 323
LA LOUISIANA 431 47 0 2 2 482
ME MAINE 114 28 0 0 0 142
MD MARYLAND 999 71 0 1 17 1088
MA MASSACHUSETTS 2210 276 7 11 1 2505
MI MICHIGAN 2875 227 3 7 1 3113
MN MINNESOTA 1544 214 1 8 1 1768
MS MISSISSIPPI 102 38 0 0 0 140
MO MISSOURI 632 113 0 2 0 747
MT MONTANA 88 20 0 0 0 108
NE NEBRASKA 169 21 1 0 0 191
NV NEVADA 139 42 0 1 0 182
NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 363 38 2 1 0 404
NJ NEW JERSEY 2913 302 4 9 18 3246
NM NEW MEXICO 233 26 0 0 2 261
NY NEW YORK 4691 647 2 15 5 5360
NC NORTH CAROLINA 908 154 1 5 1 1069
ND NORTH DAKOTA 60 5 0 1 0 66
OH OHIO 2529 426 11 10 2 2978
OK OKLAHOMA 595 78 0 8 0 681
OR OREGON 588 225 5 1 1 820
PA PENNSYLVANIA 2677 304 5 7 9 3002
RI RHODE ISLAND 219 56 0 0 1 276
SC SOUTH CAROLINA 423 77 0 1 1 502
SD SOUTH DAKOTA 32 12 0 0 0 44
TN TENNESSEE 554 78 0 5 1 638
TX TEXAS 3390 323 0 12 20 3745
UT UTAH 419 49 0 3 1 472
VT VERMONT 131 23 0 0 0 154
VA VIRGINIA 875 105 0 3 3 986
WA WASHINGTON 900 170 1 4 2 1077
WV WEST VIRGINIA 172 8 0 0 0 180
WI WISCONSIN 1139 187 0 10 3 1339
WY WYOMING 35 8 0 0 0 43
DC DISTRICT OF COLU 53 6 0 1 1 61
GU GUAM 1 0 0 0 0 1
PR PUERTO RICO 17 6 1 0 0 24
US UNITED STATES 2 0 0 0 0 2
VI VIRGIN ISL (US) 3 0 0 0 0 3
COUNTRY
CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE SIRS TOTALS
AD ANDORRA 1 0 0 0 0 1
AE ARAB EMIRATES 1 0 0 0 0 1
AR ARGENTINA 24 1 0 0 0 25
AU AUSTRALIA 378 88 3 1 0 470
AT AUSTRIA 313 26 0 2 0 341
BS BAHAMAS 2 1 0 0 0 3
BE BELGIUM 350 25 2 0 0 377
BM BERMUDA 0 1 0 0 0 1
BR BRAZIL 57 2 0 0 0 59
VG BRIT. VIRGIN IS. 1 0 0 0 0 1
BG BULGARIA 5 0 0 0 0 5
CA CANADA 1943 275 5 6 1 2230
KY CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 1
CL CHILE 9 1 0 0 0 10
CN CHINA P.REP. 53 0 0 0 0 53
TW CHINA(TAIWAN) 1189 320 0 1 0 1510
CO COLOMBIA 6 0 0 0 0 6
CR COSTA RICA 1 0 4 0 0 5
HR CROATIA 2 0 0 0 0 2
CU CUBA 2 0 0 0 0 2
CY CYPRUS 1 0 0 0 0 1
CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 13 2 0 0 0 15
DK DENMARK 197 60 3 1 0 261
DO DOMINICAN REPL. 1 0 0 0 0 1
EC ECUADOR 1 0 0 0 0 1
EG EGYPT 1 0 0 0 0 1
FO FAROE ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 1
FI FINLAND 293 17 0 1 0 311
FR FRANCE 2908 215 22 9 0 3154
DE GERMANY 6890 228 52 13 0 7183
GR GREECE 7 1 0 0 0 8
GT GUATEMALA 1 0 0 0 0 1
HK HONG KONG 60 121 0 1 0 182
HU HUNGARY 61 1 0 0 0 62
IS ICELAND 5 0 0 0 0 5
IN INDIA 30 0 0 0 0 30
ID INDONESIA 4 1 0 0 0 5
IR IRAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
IE IRELAND 53 6 0 0 0 59
IL ISRAEL 314 22 21 1 0 358
IT ITALY 1286 165 2 1 0 1454
JM JAMAICA 1 0 0 0 0 1
JP JAPAN 22293 1037 8 61 12 23411
KE KENYA 2 0 0 0 0 2
KW KUWAIT 2 0 0 0 0 2
LB LEBANON 1 0 0 0 0 1
LI LIECHTENSTEIN 11 0 0 0 0 11
LU LUXEMBOURG 28 13 0 0 0 41
MY MALAYSIA 13 6 0 0 0 19
MT MALTA 1 0 0 0 0 1
MU MAURITIUS 1 0 0 0 0 1
MX MEXICO 45 5 0 0 0 50
MC MONACO 5 0 0 0 0 5
MA MOROCCO 1 0 0 0 0 1
NL NETHERLANDS 801 78 63 3 0 945
NZ NEW ZEALAND 39 5 7 0 0 51
NI NICARAGUA 1 0 0 0 0 1
NO NORWAY 117 9 0 1 0 127
OM OMAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
PK PAKISTAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
PA PANAMA 1 0 0 0 0 1
PE PERU 2 0 0 0 0 2
PH PHILIPPINES 4 1 0 0 0 5
PL POLAND 8 0 0 0 0 8
PT PORTUGAL 2 1 0 0 0 3
RO ROMANIA 2 0 0 0 0 2
RU RUSSIAN FEDERATI 3 0 0 0 0 3
ZA S. AFRICA 93 7 0 1 0 101
SA SAUDI ARABIA 3 1 0 0 0 4
SG SINGAPORE 38 6 0 0 0 44
SI SLOVENIA 3 0 0 0 0 3
KR SOUTH KOREA 779 50 0 1 0 830
ES SPAIN 159 26 0 0 0 185
LK SRI LANKA 1 0 0 0 0 1
SE SWEDEN 635 102 1 3 0 741
CH SWITZERLAND 1126 69 0 2 0 1197
TH THAILAND 5 12 0 0 0 17
TN TUNISIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
SU U.S.S.R. 65 2 0 0 0 67
UG UGANDA 2 0 0 0 0 2
GB UNITED KINGDOM 2294 197 13 16 0 2520
VE VENEZUELA 31 3 0 0 0 34
YU YUGOSLAVIA 20 5 0 0 0 25
RH ZIMBABWE 1 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN 45108 3214 206 125 13 48666
TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 53236 7416 236 207 131 61226
TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES 98344 10630 442 332 144 109892
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