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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 369, Dynamic 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 54 60 48 63 43 268
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 21 23 16 20 30 110
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 24 6 6 5 6 47
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 6 9 6 8 4 33
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 5 5 5 7 1 23
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 7 6 2 4 2 21
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 1 1 5 7 18
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 4 3 3 5 18
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 4 0 5 6 1 16
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 2 2 4 0 10
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 2 2 0 3 9
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 4 2 2 0 1 9
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 2 0 2 2 8
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 1 4 2 8
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 3 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 3 0 2 5
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 2 0 1 4
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 3 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 0 0 2 4
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 0 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 3 0 3
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 2 1 3
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 0 1 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 -- 146 129 107 144 117 643
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 524 571 608 613 622 2938
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 52 65 71 84 95 367
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 16 17 24 34 35 126
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 10 11 23 27 29 100
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 13 17 16 13 13 72
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 6 3 5 4 3 21
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 1 1 4 4 14
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 4 1 0 2 10
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 3 3 0 2 8
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 2 1 0 3 7
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 2 2 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 0 3 0 5
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 4 0 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 1 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 1 1 2 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 642 701 758 788 816 3705
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 788 830 865 932 933 4348


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