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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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.) NY NEW YORK 134 82 127 166 198 707
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 72 82 79 130 128 491
(U.S.) OR OREGON 55 53 80 97 111 396
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 15 27 51 61 54 208
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 23 18 35 63 58 197
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 15 15 9 17 12 68
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 15 6 7 9 19 56
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 15 8 5 8 12 48
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 9 12 11 7 6 45
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 18 2 5 4 7 36
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 6 10 8 6 3 33
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 6 3 7 7 30
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 7 6 4 3 27
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 2 3 6 5 17
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 1 2 7 12
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 1 2 3 3 11
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 3 2 4 10
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 0 0 0 7 9
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 2 2 2 0 7
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 3 2 0 1 7
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 2 3 1 6
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 2 0 1 1 6
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 1 1 2 2 6
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 5 0 0 0 1 6
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 2 0 1 4
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 1 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 0 2 1 0 4
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 0 2 1 0 4
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 0 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 413 342 453 606 656 2470
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 508 577 791 902 889 3667
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 19 11 4 70 89 193
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 16 21 36 30 46 149
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 27 16 14 19 26 102
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 9 12 13 18 26 78
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 2 5 21 25 18 71
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 2 7 17 36 62
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 6 6 9 13 16 50
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 7 2 10 12 18 49
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 7 3 9 11 15 45
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 12 7 13 6 3 41
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 7 13 7 5 37
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 6 6 4 10 29
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 7 5 8 6 2 28
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 2 2 3 2 7 16
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 2 0 3 9 15
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 4 0 0 2 0 6
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 1 2 1 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 635 686 960 1150 1221 4652
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1048 1028 1413 1756 1877 7122


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