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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 2000 - 2004 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 326, Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry

( 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 197 223 195 165 196 976
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 42 44 31 33 35 185
(U.S.) OR OREGON 14 17 39 35 28 133
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 11 7 16 22 19 75
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 12 18 15 12 10 67
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 14 12 20 6 6 58
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 10 16 14 5 5 50
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 10 6 13 7 3 39
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 7 4 9 6 4 30
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 11 3 5 2 2 23
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 5 3 6 6 2 22
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 2 8 4 5 3 22
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 3 4 2 5 3 17
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 1 2 6 4 14
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1 3 3 2 10
(U.S.) ME MAINE 2 4 0 2 1 9
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 4 1 1 2 1 9
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 1 0 5 2 9
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 2 4 0 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 1 2 3 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 2 1 0 3 6
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 1 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 2 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 1 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 1 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 2 1 3
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 1 0 2 0 3
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 2 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 2 2
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 353 387 384 337 339 1800
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 90 111 114 59 100 474
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 16 26 16 18 18 94
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 13 9 16 17 20 75
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 9 9 14 16 12 60
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 12 8 12 11 17 60
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 9 5 8 10 6 38
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 6 5 5 6 9 31
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 7 5 5 6 3 26
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 8 2 1 3 5 19
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 4 6 2 0 1 13
(Foreign) INX INDIA 1 2 1 5 3 12
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 1 1 2 2 7
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 1 1 1 1 6
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 3 2 5
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 2 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 179 195 200 159 204 937
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 532 582 584 496 543 2737


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