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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 2003 - 2007 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 either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 19688 19488 17989 22275 19600 99040
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 6029 5930 5260 6308 5733 29260
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 6234 5846 4703 5628 5007 27418
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3908 3672 3114 4011 3510 18215
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3857 3756 3367 3758 3141 17879
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3296 3162 2752 3294 2894 15398
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3522 2957 2557 3171 2693 14900
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3182 2883 2298 2842 2500 13705
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2953 2754 2431 2957 2554 13649
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2285 2221 2291 3286 3228 13311
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3183 2889 2319 2630 2255 13276
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2563 2456 2291 2601 2358 12269
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2069 2099 1854 2118 1745 9885
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1871 1794 1610 1974 1745 8994
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1665 1725 1618 2060 1877 8945
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1803 1785 1529 1663 1350 8130
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1787 1658 1489 1688 1412 8034
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1584 1621 1457 1705 1571 7938
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1667 1577 1520 1652 1384 7800
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1333 1326 1214 1487 1310 6670
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1453 1313 1191 1410 1246 6613
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1385 1280 1108 1165 1137 6075
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1110 1077 946 1094 1004 5231
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 823 768 628 721 702 3642
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 797 681 584 669 618 3349
(U.S.) UT UTAH 638 683 554 684 638 3197
(U.S.) IA IOWA 665 658 560 666 601 3150
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 677 626 498 602 542 2945
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 571 524 460 577 411 2543
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 516 447 403 543 470 2379
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 428 448 380 492 424 2172
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 429 400 367 437 472 2105
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 439 407 346 413 429 2034
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 389 410 383 386 367 1935
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 397 375 318 357 300 1747
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 346 342 318 357 330 1693
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 390 370 265 344 286 1655
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 390 343 271 321 262 1587
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 266 309 263 269 263 1370
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 185 191 182 186 203 947
(U.S.) ME MAINE 150 134 151 142 110 687
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 162 136 114 119 142 673
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 152 132 126 138 113 661
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 121 119 101 121 110 572
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 139 100 91 103 106 539
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 80 82 66 74 60 362
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 75 76 50 84 64 349
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 55 53 74 66 82 330
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 49 75 55 63 63 305
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 71 52 53 48 54 278
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 37 39 35 36 18 165
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 27 19 26 25 28 125
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 2 2 4 1 2 11
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 1 2 2 2 7
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 87893 84271 74637 89823 79527 416151
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 35515 35348 30341 36807 33354 171365
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 11444 10779 9011 10005 9051 50290
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 5298 5938 5118 6361 6128 28843
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 3944 4428 4352 5908 6295 24927
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3631 3450 3148 3585 3292 17106
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3868 3380 2866 3431 3130 16675
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3427 3374 2894 3572 3318 16585
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1722 1584 1296 1480 1302 7384
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1521 1290 1123 1243 1061 6238
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1325 1273 993 1323 1250 6164
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1308 1277 995 1201 1035 5816
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1193 1028 924 1218 1107 5470
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 902 953 910 1325 1266 5356
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 865 918 720 950 850 4303
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 622 612 519 625 520 2898
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 592 540 463 577 456 2628
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 297 404 402 661 772 2536
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 529 414 358 439 388 2128
(Foreign) INX INDIA 342 363 384 481 546 2116
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 427 449 346 412 393 2027
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 276 311 283 308 338 1516
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 309 264 273 295 268 1409
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 262 243 220 244 247 1216
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 203 169 148 172 188 880
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 163 186 156 174 146 825
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 135 142 122 136 113 648
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 130 106 77 121 90 524
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 112 100 87 109 82 490
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 50 80 88 113 158 489
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 85 86 80 66 55 372
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 72 48 46 49 47 262
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 63 46 24 38 37 208
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 35 44 41 33 38 191
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 41 31 25 34 37 168
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 17 16 23 29 32 117
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 22 21 18 35 20 116
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 25 18 16 31 11 101
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 14 20 20 22 19 95
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 22 15 15 20 20 92
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 19 15 18 19 20 91
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 14 21 18 24 12 89
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 18 21 12 21 16 88
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 27 13 7 16 19 82
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 11 15 9 14 25 74
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 15 21 10 20 5 71
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 19 18 8 13 11 69
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 12 17 10 16 13 68
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 13 9 12 14 15 63
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 9 10 6 13 9 47
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 7 9 7 9 11 43
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 10 10 7 5 3 35
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 6 4 7 4 12 33
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 9 4 10 3 5 31
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 9 6 6 5 4 30
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 7 4 3 7 6 27
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 9 3 3 3 6 24
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 5 6 9 3 1 24
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 5 2 2 5 8 22
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 6 5 0 4 5 20
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 3 2 5 2 7 19
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 4 5 5 4 1 19
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 1 1 3 9 4 18
(Foreign) PEX PERU 4 6 3 3 2 18
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 2 3 8 2 17
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 6 0 3 5 3 17
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 7 2 3 2 3 17
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 3 3 2 3 5 16
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 1 4 3 3 5 16
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 1 6 4 3 14
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 5 1 1 2 4 13
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 3 0 7 1 2 13
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 5 0 2 1 4 12
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 4 2 2 2 1 11
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 2 1 4 2 1 10
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 1 1 3 3 9
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 2 0 2 2 3 9
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 4 1 2 0 1 8
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 1 2 2 1 2 8
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 3 1 1 2 1 8
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 2 3 2 1 8
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 2 1 1 2 1 7
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 1 1 1 3 1 7
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 2 0 0 3 1 6
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 0 1 2 3 6
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 0 0 6 6
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 0 0 3 1 6
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 1 1 2 0 1 5
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 1 1 0 1 2 5
(Foreign) FJX FIJI 3 1 0 1 0 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 3 0 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 1 1 0 1 2 5
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA 1 3 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 4 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 0 1 0 3 1 5
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 1 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 0 2 1 1 4
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 1 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 1 0 1 2 0 4
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 2 2 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 1 1 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 0 1 1 2 0 4
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 0 0 0 1 2 3
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 1 2 0 0 3
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BJX BENIN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) CIX COTE D'IVOIRE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ETX ETHIOPIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GAX GABON 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MMX MYANMAR 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) NIX NICARAGUA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PWX PALAU 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) TZX TANZANIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 81130 80020 69169 83949 77756 392024
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 169023 164291 143806 173772 157283 808175


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