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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 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing)

( 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 81 72 62 111 96 422
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 48 31 33 45 26 183
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 22 31 34 41 25 153
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 27 28 27 30 34 146
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 25 30 39 23 23 140
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 26 15 20 23 25 109
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 10 26 18 23 21 98
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 6 15 17 23 20 81
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 14 12 3 4 4 37
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 8 8 6 7 6 35
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 5 9 2 5 8 29
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 8 4 4 2 3 21
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 1 2 7 8 20
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 5 4 4 4 1 18
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 8 1 5 2 17
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 2 1 4 4 16
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 3 2 1 4 12
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 2 2 2 4 11
(U.S.) UT UTAH 3 1 2 4 1 11
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 2 0 3 3 10
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 1 0 2 0 5
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 0 1 0 1 5
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 1 1 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 3 1 4
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 1 0 1 3
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 2 1 0 3
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 0 2 0 3
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 312 312 285 381 325 1615
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 180 173 118 99 107 677
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 19 26 18 18 24 105
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 21 29 11 14 23 98
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 7 16 15 15 19 72
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 18 10 16 7 11 62
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 9 11 14 6 11 51
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 7 6 11 15 10 49
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 7 11 9 7 38
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 10 4 7 10 5 36
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 5 11 5 8 3 32
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 6 3 6 5 7 27
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 2 2 5 6 16
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 1 5 3 5 15
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 2 3 1 2 8
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 1 1 5 0 8
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 3 0 2 1 6
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 1 1 1 0 6
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3 1 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 1 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 4 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 298 314 245 229 248 1334
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 610 626 530 610 573 2949


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