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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 414, Material or Article Handling

( 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 25 54 53 45 35 212
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 17 13 17 18 21 86
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 12 16 22 18 16 84
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 20 8 13 12 15 68
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 16 12 19 14 4 65
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 10 14 11 9 14 58
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 12 8 18 9 11 58
(U.S.) OH OHIO 4 9 11 17 16 57
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 13 11 7 3 11 45
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 12 10 10 6 6 44
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 12 6 9 6 10 43
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 5 11 14 6 5 41
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 6 6 14 9 5 40
(U.S.) IA IOWA 4 9 7 10 5 35
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 4 13 6 8 35
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 5 6 11 6 6 34
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 6 6 9 7 6 34
(U.S.) OR OREGON 3 7 13 4 7 34
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 9 7 6 5 4 31
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 8 5 7 1 8 29
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 8 8 6 3 4 29
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 6 9 3 6 26
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 5 8 6 4 3 26
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 5 2 7 6 24
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 5 5 3 1 4 18
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 4 4 2 4 17
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 5 4 2 2 15
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 3 3 2 5 15
(U.S.) UT UTAH 6 3 3 2 1 15
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 2 2 4 5 14
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 1 2 5 1 4 13
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 2 1 4 3 2 12
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 3 0 3 4 2 12
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 3 5 1 1 2 12
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 2 3 1 5 11
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 1 1 3 4 10
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 3 0 2 2 9
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 3 0 0 2 4 9
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 4 2 1 1 8
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 3 3 0 2 8
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 3 3 0 0 6
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 3 1 1 0 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 3 0 1 4
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 2 0 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 264 301 355 260 284 1464
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 53 49 58 38 62 260
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 40 35 30 31 26 162
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 31 25 33 18 20 127
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 13 14 15 8 9 59
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 9 10 6 6 4 35
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 8 4 12 2 8 34
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 5 6 10 5 3 29
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 5 3 6 11 29
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 7 1 9 2 5 24
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 5 2 8 5 3 23
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 2 3 9 4 4 22
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 4 7 7 2 1 21
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 7 3 1 4 16
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 4 4 3 1 13
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1 1 0 2 2 6
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 1 2 2 1 6
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 3 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 2 1 1 0 1 5
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 2 0 1 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 2 1 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 188 180 216 140 174 898
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 452 481 571 400 458 2362


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