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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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 276 314 352 374 348 1664
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 117 173 140 144 140 714
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 82 109 106 79 65 441
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 19 36 34 43 29 161
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 16 27 26 30 40 139
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 23 23 26 23 35 130
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 29 29 20 21 23 122
(U.S.) OR OREGON 10 9 17 21 24 81
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 7 7 12 12 38
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 9 13 8 4 37
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 2 2 14 7 26
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 9 10 3 2 1 25
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 6 4 5 6 4 25
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 7 3 2 5 24
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 4 5 1 7 2 19
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 0 4 4 6 16
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 5 2 5 3 15
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 3 5 1 10
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 3 4 2 0 10
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 3 2 1 1 8
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 2 3 1 1 7
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 2 0 3 1 6
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 2 2 1 6
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 3 1 0 5
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 0 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 2 0 2 4
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 3 0 3
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 613 784 781 816 757 3751
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 550 561 659 700 741 3211
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 185 207 240 216 194 1042
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 36 56 73 55 72 292
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 61 43 50 48 47 249
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 16 25 37 49 87 214
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 11 34 28 18 15 106
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 14 15 13 10 9 61
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 11 6 6 12 13 48
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 4 10 12 13 42
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 5 2 6 4 17
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 1 7 3 12
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 2 4 3 1 10
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 1 3 3 2 9
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 0 1 3 1 7
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 2 2 1 0 5
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 1 2 2 5
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 2 0 3
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 1 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 890 964 1132 1152 1204 5342
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1503 1748 1913 1968 1961 9093


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