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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 438, Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process

( 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 667 844 897 864 752 4024
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 395 466 485 413 443 2202
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 326 343 290 240 267 1466
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 167 234 231 212 223 1067
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 61 99 92 60 47 359
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 54 57 82 56 88 337
(U.S.) OR OREGON 41 43 54 73 102 313
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 35 40 63 41 36 215
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 38 71 42 34 17 202
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 12 25 34 65 44 180
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 34 25 35 33 28 155
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 29 43 30 28 22 152
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 20 18 27 22 31 118
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 22 25 16 18 20 101
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 8 10 17 19 22 76
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 10 17 10 19 19 75
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 13 12 15 23 68
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 16 10 14 13 13 66
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 10 11 8 20 10 59
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 13 10 11 9 8 51
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 7 8 12 16 45
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 9 12 7 4 12 44
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 3 8 8 11 37
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 4 3 2 6 17
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 2 7 3 2 17
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 5 5 1 4 16
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 2 2 4 4 14
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 3 2 5 3 14
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 3 2 2 2 5 14
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 3 1 4 3 13
(U.S.) ME MAINE 2 3 3 2 2 12
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 4 0 3 2 3 12
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 2 4 3 10
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 2 1 2 2 8
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 2 2 0 6
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 3 1 1 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 1 1 2 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 2 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 1 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 2 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 2003 2456 2514 2319 2297 11589
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 889 1120 1240 1229 1240 5718
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 947 1170 753 607 609 4086
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 351 455 483 456 503 2248
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 84 105 112 140 160 601
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 63 104 132 107 73 479
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 30 55 56 54 54 249
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 31 61 57 36 22 207
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 26 19 35 31 116
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 9 18 22 22 20 91
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 5 10 15 22 19 71
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 12 11 1 21 9 54
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 13 11 11 10 5 50
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 6 8 9 13 7 43
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 2 14 10 5 7 38
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 5 8 6 5 8 32
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 7 3 5 8 27
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 4 8 5 3 3 23
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 2 3 5 3 6 19
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 1 1 3 7 13
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 1 2 2 1 6 12
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 4 2 1 3 10
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 3 2 3 0 8
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 1 0 1 2 3 7
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 0 1 1 0 2 4
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 1 0 2 0 1 4
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 1 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 2471 3209 2955 2787 2810 14232
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 4474 5665 5469 5106 5107 25821


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