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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 385, Optical Waveguides

( 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.) CA CALIFORNIA 106 94 101 163 230 694
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 67 75 77 115 112 446
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 26 33 23 66 90 238
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 17 27 41 40 68 193
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 24 29 17 63 44 177
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 23 19 23 31 46 142
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 26 14 20 27 52 139
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 18 20 20 29 41 128
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 17 18 17 22 45 119
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 18 18 15 19 34 104
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 20 15 12 18 22 87
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 7 8 9 15 15 54
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 9 12 11 17 54
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 7 10 12 11 13 53
(U.S.) OH OHIO 15 11 7 13 6 52
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 9 4 16 18 50
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 4 8 8 9 15 44
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 6 10 4 9 10 39
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 11 4 2 2 6 25
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 4 2 3 4 8 21
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 0 1 6 8 18
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 2 3 6 3 17
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 0 1 4 10 17
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1 1 7 5 15
(U.S.) OR OREGON 4 1 1 5 2 13
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 5 0 3 2 12
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 2 3 1 2 9
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 1 0 2 5 9
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 2 2 0 1 7
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 0 0 3 4
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 1 0 1 2 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 2 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 2 0 1 3
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 1 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 448 455 445 721 939 3008
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 198 173 195 266 321 1153
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 45 45 57 66 72 285
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 29 29 32 48 54 192
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 34 27 27 34 55 177
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 28 29 32 53 34 176
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 19 11 31 42 36 139
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 7 14 12 17 21 71
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 5 3 4 10 27 49
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 4 5 2 15 15 41
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 11 8 4 13 2 38
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 9 9 6 5 8 37
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 5 2 6 9 24
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 8 3 1 5 2 19
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 2 4 5 3 4 18
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 4 5 1 3 1 14
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 1 0 3 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 1 0 2 1 4
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 1 0 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 1 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 2 1 3
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 1 0 2 0 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 409 377 414 596 672 2468
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 857 832 859 1317 1611 5476


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