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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 2011 - 2015 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 28147 32107 36193 40661 40196 177304
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 7583 8367 9222 10022 9934 45128
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 6956 7640 8489 8904 8464 40453
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 5191 5734 6409 6725 6777 30836
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 4765 5390 5878 6448 6378 28859
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3964 4598 5119 5306 5561 24548
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3806 4345 4644 5106 5028 22929
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3850 4224 4717 5036 4602 22429
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 3860 3902 4292 4626 4394 21074
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 3136 3686 3953 4210 4054 19039
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3219 3483 3961 4091 3825 18579
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3177 3387 3688 3755 3590 17597
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2607 2977 3143 3411 3354 15492
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2102 2442 2793 3184 3045 13566
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1933 2128 2506 2669 2465 11701
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 2069 2210 2225 2517 2540 11561
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1977 2059 2164 2391 2366 10957
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1939 2108 2168 2309 2158 10682
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1784 1785 2025 2107 2039 9740
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1600 1691 1886 2078 2057 9312
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1437 1741 1921 2049 2033 9181
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1513 1609 1748 1851 1838 8559
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1065 1167 1228 1374 1404 6238
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 878 1015 1184 1257 1082 5416
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 969 930 1003 1060 1009 4971
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1032 930 992 1012 865 4831
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 707 1004 1018 960 915 4604
(U.S.) IA IOWA 811 854 933 1000 992 4590
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 656 850 873 907 950 4236
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 725 734 822 889 850 4020
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 553 752 840 834 725 3704
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 488 543 553 646 663 2893
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 484 471 548 572 532 2607
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 504 487 529 578 451 2549
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 352 413 503 500 473 2241
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 418 445 453 442 361 2119
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 389 417 443 423 427 2099
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 308 364 395 434 399 1900
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 306 329 321 363 324 1643
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 208 292 307 364 313 1484
(U.S.) ME MAINE 183 211 234 212 201 1041
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 134 178 159 204 233 908
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 147 140 161 153 138 739
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 97 131 133 161 146 668
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 94 135 145 134 127 635
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 101 108 125 136 127 597
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 96 119 118 115 142 590
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 96 113 129 115 113 566
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 65 120 113 122 110 530
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 84 96 111 104 118 513
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 27 28 46 49 40 190
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 27 34 19 38 30 148
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 3 3 6 4 7 23
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 3 3 4 10
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 0 2 0 0 2
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 108622 121026 133593 144621 140969 648831
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 46139 50677 51919 53848 52409 254992
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 12262 13233 14548 16469 17924 74436
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 11919 13835 15498 16550 16549 74351
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 8781 10646 11071 11333 11690 53521
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 5014 5775 6547 7042 6802 31180
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4532 5386 6083 6691 6565 29257
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 3174 4637 5928 7236 8116 29091
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4292 5211 5806 6488 6417 28214
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1981 2474 3012 3472 3628 14567
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1885 2120 2499 2628 2645 11777
(Foreign) INX INDIA 1234 1691 2424 2987 3355 11691
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1710 2081 2271 2767 2633 11462
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1742 1904 2252 2505 2399 10802
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1663 1831 2270 2398 2553 10715
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1921 1525 1631 1693 1627 8397
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 951 1064 1221 1338 1376 5950
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 802 866 1062 1220 1133 5083
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 753 858 1009 1180 1156 4956
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 730 850 921 1051 1012 4564
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 647 810 797 946 966 4166
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 469 642 711 789 818 3429
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 419 532 540 606 601 2698
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 366 444 475 547 625 2457
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 304 338 431 466 473 2012
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 298 331 417 444 440 1930
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 215 196 254 334 323 1322
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 180 223 247 261 268 1179
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 61 170 237 294 360 1122
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 161 210 214 259 256 1100
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 93 127 167 182 191 760
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 123 142 161 152 166 744
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 90 122 155 172 172 711
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 100 105 134 159 143 641
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 57 77 94 162 200 590
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 41 47 74 90 116 368
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 58 82 65 62 69 336
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 53 36 77 75 89 330
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 49 63 75 71 66 324
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 24 32 84 98 64 302
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 34 44 60 66 71 275
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 35 37 54 63 75 264
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 40 42 54 43 51 230
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 30 40 60 36 56 222
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 17 41 38 47 61 204
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 29 39 42 46 38 194
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 27 40 27 44 42 180
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 43 24 29 48 31 175
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 22 21 22 43 51 159
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 21 25 34 45 30 155
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 11 25 41 32 38 147
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 10 20 18 54 45 147
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 16 25 35 28 27 131
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 15 16 23 36 29 119
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 18 17 12 20 26 93
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 16 22 17 26 11 92
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 18 25 14 12 22 91
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 6 12 16 21 33 88
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 8 8 11 21 17 65
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 7 8 15 9 20 59
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 11 16 14 6 9 56
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 4 13 12 10 16 55
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 6 5 13 19 11 54
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 14 9 9 12 8 52
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 3 8 12 12 12 47
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 6 3 10 11 16 46
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 7 11 8 9 6 41
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 9 8 7 6 10 40
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 9 5 6 5 12 37
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 2 5 8 12 9 36
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 2 9 10 9 5 35
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 5 3 6 7 11 32
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 3 7 6 7 8 31
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 4 7 7 3 10 31
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 9 9 5 2 2 27
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 3 5 4 10 4 26
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 7 2 3 6 8 26
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 4 3 7 6 4 24
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 3 6 6 6 23
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 1 4 7 5 6 23
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 3 5 4 5 6 23
(Foreign) PEX PERU 5 3 3 5 5 21
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 2 3 6 9 21
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 3 4 4 4 4 19
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 4 6 4 2 2 18
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 2 5 6 5 18
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 3 0 3 5 5 16
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 3 2 4 4 2 15
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 3 3 3 2 4 15
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 5 2 3 1 2 13
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 0 7 2 1 12
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 4 3 3 1 1 12
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 1 5 2 2 2 12
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 2 2 2 3 1 10
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 0 1 3 1 5 10
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 3 2 1 1 3 10
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 3 4 1 1 9
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 1 3 2 2 8
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 2 1 1 2 1 7
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 1 2 0 2 2 7
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 2 0 2 3 7
(Foreign) BHX BAHRAIN 0 1 2 3 1 7
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 0 0 2 3 6
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 1 0 1 3 1 6
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 0 3 2 5
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 1 1 0 1 2 5
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 1 3 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 1 0 2 1 1 5
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 3 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 1 0 0 1 2 4
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 1 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) NPX NEPAL, FED. DEM. REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 2 1 3
(Foreign) NIX NICARAGUA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 3 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) AOX ANGOLA 0 2 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) MNX MONGOLIA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) AWX ARUBA 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) AFX AFGHANISTAN 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) FOX FAROE ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) SMX SAN MARINO 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CWX CURACAO 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) TMX TURKMENISTAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ETX ETHIOPIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MLX MALI 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GLX GREENLAND 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) GNX GUINEA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) GAX GABON 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MGX MADAGASCAR 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) IQX IRAQ 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ALX ALBANIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) KPX KOREA, NORTH 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PSX WEST BANK/GAZA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HTX HAITI 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MWX MALAWI 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) NCX NEW CALEDONIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 115883 132129 144242 156056 157438 705748
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 224505 253155 277835 300677 298407 1354579


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