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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1998 - 2002 Utility Patent Grants,
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 235, Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.)

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 77 75 69 51 49 321
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 28 42 45 49 54 218
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 22 27 24 23 26 122
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 19 14 27 14 30 104
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 14 19 26 13 12 84
(U.S.) OH OHIO 15 8 20 22 12 77
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 9 13 14 11 12 59
(U.S.) OR OREGON 6 7 15 18 8 54
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 8 19 9 11 6 53
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 12 4 13 6 8 43
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 7 8 9 6 9 39
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 6 11 5 6 9 37
(U.S.) IA IOWA 9 14 8 4 1 36
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 8 6 8 6 34
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 3 5 8 5 6 27
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 4 7 4 6 23
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 4 5 4 6 20
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 6 4 3 3 3 19
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 2 5 3 7 18
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 4 5 3 3 16
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 4 3 3 4 15
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 3 2 5 4 14
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 2 3 3 4 13
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 3 2 2 2 0 9
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 1 1 3 1 8
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 0 1 3 2 8
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 3 3 0 1 7
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 1 3 2 7
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 4 1 1 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 0 4 5
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 1 0 2 1 5
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 1 1 2 5
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 1 0 1 1 5
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 1 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 1 0 0 2 3
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 1 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 265 318 346 296 307 1532
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 93 132 116 99 107 547
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 19 27 41 25 38 150
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 10 15 9 21 39 94
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 16 12 14 17 34 93
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 4 8 5 6 20 43
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 2 5 13 4 8 32
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 12 9 3 3 31
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 5 5 7 5 25
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 4 6 4 5 5 24
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 6 3 9 4 2 24
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 5 2 2 4 5 18
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 3 1 6 3 4 17
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 4 3 6 3 16
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 2 1 5 3 1 12
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 1 4 2 8
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 1 2 0 2 6
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 3 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 2 0 0 0 3 5
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 1 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 2 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 178 243 250 215 287 1173
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 443 561 596 511 594 2705


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