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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 362, Illumination

( 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 83 95 93 93 99 463
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 43 46 36 49 33 207
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 31 32 42 35 32 172
(U.S.) OH OHIO 22 30 29 24 32 137
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 26 30 24 25 24 129
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 22 24 34 25 15 120
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 23 24 21 21 20 109
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 28 22 15 23 17 105
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 24 25 20 16 14 99
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 15 13 14 15 11 68
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 10 13 14 16 12 65
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 11 17 13 12 12 65
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 11 14 8 13 16 62
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 12 12 9 13 5 51
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 10 13 12 8 5 48
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 10 11 8 8 10 47
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 7 11 11 8 10 47
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 11 6 8 15 7 47
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 9 10 14 5 7 45
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 6 11 7 11 6 41
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 6 6 4 11 8 35
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 9 7 5 7 4 32
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 6 3 6 8 6 29
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 4 3 0 6 14 27
(U.S.) OR OREGON 4 4 3 7 4 22
(U.S.) IA IOWA 3 6 7 0 5 21
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 7 6 2 3 20
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 4 5 7 2 20
(U.S.) UT UTAH 4 3 3 5 2 17
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 5 3 5 0 3 16
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 4 4 2 3 3 16
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 6 2 1 2 2 13
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 1 3 3 3 12
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 4 3 1 3 1 12
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 4 3 2 3 12
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 4 1 3 0 3 11
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 3 1 0 1 9
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 2 1 2 3 9
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 2 3 1 1 8
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 1 1 2 2 7
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 3 2 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 1 0 2 1 5
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 1 1 1 1 4
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 1 1 2 4
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 1 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 0 1 0 1 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 1 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 2 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 493 536 501 514 468 2512
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 145 154 171 235 164 869
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 119 102 138 133 136 628
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 41 69 72 59 29 270
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 14 21 26 21 18 100
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 20 15 9 16 21 81
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 7 15 13 15 6 56
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 5 5 8 12 22 52
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 8 10 7 9 14 48
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 9 6 12 8 36
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 3 7 12 3 28
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 4 2 4 6 4 20
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 2 3 2 5 7 19
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 2 4 7 3 18
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 2 2 5 5 14
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 1 5 0 4 3 13
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 2 1 0 3 1 7
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 2 0 1 2 1 6
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 0 3 1 5
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 1 0 2 1 5
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 3 2 0 0 5
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 1 1 0 2 0 4
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 2 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 0 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MHX MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VGX VIRGIN (BRITISH) ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 383 427 479 570 451 2310
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 876 963 980 1084 919 4822


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