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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 360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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 248 280 314 282 352 1476
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 92 97 124 126 163 602
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 88 102 102 100 110 502
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 42 33 40 33 25 173
(U.S.) UT UTAH 27 24 10 9 11 81
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 16 7 13 21 20 77
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 20 13 12 13 10 68
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 12 11 3 11 29 66
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 16 12 11 12 10 61
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 1 7 14 34 59
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 9 11 4 7 5 36
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 4 2 1 2 1 10
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 2 0 2 3 9
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 1 0 2 2 2 7
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 1 3 1 0 5
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 1 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 0 1 0 2 4
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 0 1 1 0 4
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 2 1 0 4
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 1 2 0 0 4
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 0 2 1 0 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 1 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 1 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 0 2 3
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 598 602 658 643 784 3285
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 496 419 470 521 566 2472
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 55 46 23 14 17 155
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 7 9 35 56 107
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 20 10 4 5 3 42
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 13 5 9 6 3 36
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 15 4 0 7 32
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 6 3 5 5 5 24
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 1 0 5 9 15
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 4 4 1 1 14
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 3 3 1 2 3 12
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 4 1 3 3 0 11
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 1 6 8
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 1 0 1 3 6
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 1 1 2 1 5
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 1 3 4
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 610 516 535 602 686 2949
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1208 1118 1193 1245 1470 6234


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