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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 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 127 165 198 155 134 779
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 79 130 128 130 83 550
(U.S.) OR OREGON 80 97 111 111 94 493
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 51 61 54 56 43 265
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 35 63 58 61 48 265
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 7 9 19 24 15 74
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 9 17 12 12 8 58
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 5 8 12 11 19 55
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 11 7 6 8 6 38
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 7 7 4 12 33
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 8 6 3 4 4 25
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 3 6 5 6 4 24
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 5 4 3 7 5 24
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 4 7 4 4 24
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 3 3 3 10 21
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 2 2 3 9 17
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 2 7 2 3 15
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 3 2 4 1 2 12
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 7 3 0 10
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 2 3 1 1 0 7
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 1 1 2 2 6
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 2 0 0 2 6
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 1 1 1 2 6
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 1 0 0 2 5
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 1 1 3 5
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 0 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 1 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 0 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 1 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 1 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 452 605 656 616 520 2849
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 791 902 889 826 791 4199
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 70 89 73 72 308
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 36 30 46 25 31 168
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 7 17 36 41 44 145
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 21 25 18 37 16 117
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 14 19 26 12 31 102
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 13 18 26 24 16 97
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 10 12 18 5 8 53
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 9 13 16 9 4 51
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 9 11 15 8 7 50
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 13 6 3 7 7 36
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 6 4 10 7 4 31
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 13 7 5 1 5 31
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 8 6 2 4 7 27
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 3 9 6 9 27
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 2 7 6 3 21
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 1 1 3 5
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 1 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 2 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 2 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 960 1150 1221 1095 1061 5487
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1412 1755 1877 1711 1581 8336


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