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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 435, Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology

( 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 699 776 800 650 539 3464
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 232 273 255 229 175 1164
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 164 170 202 159 161 856
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 166 230 140 72 82 690
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 155 131 111 130 111 638
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 90 82 73 64 48 357
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 69 68 57 74 65 333
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 70 59 56 70 69 324
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 67 94 60 43 52 316
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 51 59 43 56 37 246
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 50 59 47 41 33 230
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 37 51 45 45 34 212
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 56 43 31 35 38 203
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 40 47 39 40 33 199
(U.S.) OH OHIO 21 45 49 33 19 167
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 28 37 23 29 23 140
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 32 27 25 20 34 138
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 27 26 28 33 20 134
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 19 24 26 21 21 111
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 36 33 19 10 9 107
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 19 28 19 22 15 103
(U.S.) UT UTAH 18 27 21 18 17 101
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 22 23 21 22 12 100
(U.S.) IA IOWA 13 25 20 21 19 98
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 22 21 20 14 13 90
(U.S.) OR OREGON 13 12 11 16 10 62
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 7 9 13 14 8 51
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 10 13 11 8 8 50
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 7 9 7 16 8 47
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 7 16 6 7 7 43
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 5 13 8 8 3 37
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 7 10 6 12 2 37
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 6 9 8 8 5 36
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 4 9 10 6 6 35
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 7 7 9 5 3 31
(U.S.) ME MAINE 5 2 9 8 6 30
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 9 4 5 7 2 27
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3 3 7 3 6 22
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 7 5 2 3 1 18
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 5 1 0 7 4 17
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 5 6 2 2 17
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 5 2 5 3 1 16
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 5 6 0 4 15
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 3 5 2 3 1 14
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 1 0 1 6 1 9
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 4 1 1 0 2 8
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 3 3 2 0 0 8
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 3 1 1 1 1 7
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 2326 2602 2366 2095 1772 11161
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 283 304 268 223 234 1312
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 155 187 174 180 156 852
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 131 156 143 97 86 613
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 116 132 116 86 73 523
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 102 124 97 117 78 518
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 68 73 45 50 31 267
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 54 60 47 36 30 227
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 31 41 45 27 24 168
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 32 35 32 27 24 150
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 26 39 38 27 19 149
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 40 29 28 19 29 145
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 25 29 31 24 20 129
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 14 32 26 25 20 117
(Foreign) INX INDIA 6 10 24 30 19 89
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 11 22 22 12 11 78
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 14 16 16 21 5 72
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 10 15 13 14 14 66
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 6 15 5 9 6 41
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 8 6 12 7 6 39
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 3 9 4 6 7 29
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 10 5 1 6 6 28
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 2 4 6 5 8 25
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 2 5 6 4 5 22
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 5 1 8 2 4 20
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 3 5 2 2 4 16
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 2 1 6 4 15
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 2 1 5 2 4 14
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 3 3 3 1 2 12
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 3 2 1 4 11
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 2 1 3 2 8
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 2 1 1 0 1 5
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 1 2 1 0 1 5
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 2 1 0 2 5
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 1 3 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 0 1 2 1 0 4
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 1 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 3 3
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 0 1 2 0 3
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 1 1 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) DMX DOMINICA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TZX TANZANIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1175 1382 1233 1079 945 5814
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 3501 3984 3599 3174 2717 16975


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