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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 162 181 127 146 115 731
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 161 190 125 119 74 669
(U.S.) OR OREGON 34 14 22 17 23 110
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 44 17 28 8 4 101
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 16 22 16 20 11 85
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 8 10 7 10 11 46
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 17 3 3 5 10 38
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 8 16 5 5 3 37
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 3 8 7 17 37
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 5 3 3 9 1 21
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 7 6 5 3 0 21
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 0 6 7 2 17
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 2 3 6 4 15
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 7 1 1 1 13
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 0 3 5 1 11
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 6 3 1 0 1 11
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 2 2 3 1 10
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 2 1 3 0 7
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 3 0 2 5
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 1 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 0 2 0 0 5
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 0 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 0 0 0 2 3
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 490 484 377 376 283 2010
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 113 100 61 67 44 385
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 20 18 18 8 10 74
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 11 16 7 7 5 46
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 8 8 7 14 6 43
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 6 10 5 4 7 32
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 5 4 5 4 2 20
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 8 2 3 1 15
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 3 6 2 2 1 14
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 5 3 1 1 12
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 1 0 3 4 10
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 2 0 3 3 9
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 1 4 5
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 1 1 2 0 4
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 1 2 0 3
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 175 181 112 125 90 683
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 665 665 489 501 373 2693


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