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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 455, Telecommunications

( 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 170 219 212 220 344 1165
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 183 174 126 95 116 694
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 128 87 75 68 96 454
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 91 72 97 106 79 445
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 93 76 74 58 48 349
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 55 44 46 39 71 255
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 63 22 24 27 26 162
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 20 37 30 23 43 153
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 29 24 16 23 40 132
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 20 13 26 23 38 120
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 18 24 24 28 25 119
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 21 24 18 20 23 106
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 23 28 21 16 13 101
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 10 6 16 29 29 90
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 13 12 20 15 19 79
(U.S.) OR OREGON 9 4 6 6 13 38
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 10 9 2 6 9 36
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 2 5 8 13 29
(U.S.) OH OHIO 10 7 4 3 4 28
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 5 3 6 5 8 27
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 6 5 5 4 26
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 5 3 3 7 7 25
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 3 3 5 9 21
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 3 2 4 8 4 21
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 4 1 4 6 17
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 3 0 4 4 14
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 5 5 1 1 1 13
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 4 1 3 2 10
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 6 0 1 9
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 3 0 4 0 9
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 1 3 3 8
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 1 1 1 2 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 2 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 1 0 2 4
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 1 0 0 2 0 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 0 0 2 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 2 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 1 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 2 2
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1006 929 877 869 1110 4791
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 296 300 278 281 343 1498
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 92 92 118 95 141 538
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 107 96 91 84 55 433
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 58 76 78 74 107 393
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 62 75 82 83 86 388
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 52 49 67 46 69 283
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 53 63 42 52 73 283
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 69 51 30 44 33 227
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 11 16 16 22 34 99
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 15 15 15 8 17 70
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 6 9 15 12 27 69
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 6 4 4 4 12 30
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 3 6 15 2 4 30
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 3 4 5 6 7 25
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 3 4 4 3 8 22
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 4 4 3 2 9 22
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 4 1 4 1 5 15
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 3 2 3 3 12
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 2 2 3 1 2 10
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 4 1 2 2 10
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 2 3 1 3 0 9
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 3 1 3 1 9
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 2 1 2 2 1 8
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 2 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 1 0 1 1 0 3
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 1 0 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MOX MACAU 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 857 885 884 840 1042 4508
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1863 1814 1761 1709 2152 9299


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