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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 128, Surgery (includes Class 600)

( 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 456 394 417 444 372 2083
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 146 143 141 165 103 698
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 119 105 110 112 113 559
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 121 105 88 101 75 490
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 70 64 66 81 63 344
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 53 68 78 81 52 332
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 74 40 65 55 46 280
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 55 57 69 55 40 276
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 52 41 63 61 46 263
(U.S.) OH OHIO 54 47 45 62 45 253
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 38 59 35 48 28 208
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 55 41 29 43 32 200
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 41 42 43 43 22 191
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 25 23 40 38 22 148
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 27 34 35 24 24 144
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 38 29 27 21 20 135
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 30 25 25 28 20 128
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 25 17 26 30 26 124
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 11 28 16 21 23 99
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 20 17 24 18 18 97
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 21 13 23 24 13 94
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 22 21 14 17 11 85
(U.S.) UT UTAH 18 17 13 17 20 85
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 15 12 15 17 13 72
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 14 9 13 17 14 67
(U.S.) OR OREGON 14 8 5 15 12 54
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 14 5 11 7 3 40
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 4 10 7 14 3 38
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 6 4 7 7 11 35
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 6 5 4 10 7 32
(U.S.) IA IOWA 7 6 8 4 5 30
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 6 8 5 6 5 30
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 9 3 4 3 6 25
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 5 7 3 3 5 23
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 3 4 6 2 5 20
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 2 5 8 1 3 19
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 6 4 4 3 2 19
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 5 5 6 1 17
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 5 2 4 4 2 17
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 4 2 1 4 4 15
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 2 0 4 4 3 13
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 3 2 3 2 0 10
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 2 2 3 1 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 2 2 4 2 0 10
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 1 1 4 2 9
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 2 1 2 2 8
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 2 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) US UNITED STATES 0 1 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1705 1541 1619 1731 1349 7945
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 167 175 226 290 210 1068
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 91 117 122 136 104 570
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 66 61 64 60 59 310
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 33 66 73 70 60 302
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 41 50 47 63 52 253
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 51 52 41 47 26 217
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 25 23 33 44 32 157
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 33 25 35 32 25 150
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 20 16 25 23 18 102
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 14 19 16 25 19 93
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 13 14 25 16 17 85
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 14 9 20 21 21 85
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 11 13 23 18 17 82
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 17 12 11 24 16 80
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 8 9 14 16 11 58
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 10 8 12 14 11 55
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 2 5 9 14 31
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 6 2 10 8 4 30
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 8 4 2 6 1 21
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 3 6 3 2 5 19
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 3 1 3 4 4 15
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 2 2 4 4 2 14
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 1 0 8 3 13
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 0 5 3 2 11
(Foreign) INX INDIA 2 3 1 3 0 9
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 2 0 0 0 3 5
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 1 2 2 5
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 0 0 2 2 1 5
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 1 1 0 2 5
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 2 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 2 0 1 1 4
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 2 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 1 0 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 1 0 1 1 0 3
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPL. 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 654 703 835 959 749 3900
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 2359 2244 2454 2690 2098 11845


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