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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 ALL, ALL CLASSES

( 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 17491 18595 18829 19692 19488 94095
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 6086 6346 6360 6237 5846 30875
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 6322 6371 6029 6027 5930 30679
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3724 3850 3862 3855 3757 19048
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3458 3668 3608 3909 3672 18315
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3886 3872 3761 3522 2957 17998
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3832 3639 3470 3299 3162 17402
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3640 3533 3343 3177 2883 16576
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3197 3275 3329 3184 2889 15874
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2713 2635 2751 2955 2754 13808
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2605 2649 2397 2561 2456 12668
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1820 1968 2098 2285 2221 10392
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1848 1929 1939 2068 2099 9883
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1845 1946 1822 1874 1794 9281
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1686 1838 1864 1786 1658 8832
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1825 1851 1805 1667 1577 8725
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1572 1697 1828 1803 1785 8685
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1595 1540 1588 1582 1621 7926
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1194 1258 1450 1665 1725 7292
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1358 1483 1460 1453 1313 7067
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1429 1357 1397 1385 1280 6848
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1312 1369 1295 1336 1326 6638
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1141 1114 1160 1114 1077 5606
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 822 843 837 823 768 4093
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 782 813 831 799 681 3906
(U.S.) UT UTAH 709 715 675 637 683 3419
(U.S.) IA IOWA 589 751 630 665 658 3293
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 627 598 609 677 626 3137
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 531 565 599 570 524 2789
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 542 576 466 516 447 2547
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 458 481 450 438 407 2234
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 518 519 445 390 343 2215
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 377 453 487 428 400 2145
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 391 313 421 428 448 2001
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 337 381 398 397 375 1888
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 323 377 371 390 370 1831
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 395 380 354 346 342 1817
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 316 313 308 388 410 1735
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 320 287 260 266 309 1442
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 231 215 212 184 191 1033
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 214 180 184 152 132 862
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 184 168 156 162 135 805
(U.S.) ME MAINE 127 145 153 151 134 710
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 145 148 151 139 100 683
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 113 145 138 121 119 636
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 86 76 76 80 82 400
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 77 95 73 75 76 396
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 85 97 73 55 53 363
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 62 67 61 49 75 314
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 55 51 48 71 52 277
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 43 50 43 37 39 212
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 26 11 16 27 19 99
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 3 3 1 2 2 11
(U.S.) US UNITED STATES 0 1 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) GU GUAM 1 1 1 0 0 3
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 85068 87601 86972 87901 84271 431813
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 31295 33224 34858 35516 35350 170243
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 10235 11260 11280 11444 10779 54998
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 4667 5371 5431 5298 5938 26705
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3819 4041 4035 3868 3380 19143
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 3314 3538 3786 3944 4428 19010
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3669 3967 3843 3630 3450 18559
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3419 3606 3431 3426 3374 17256
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1714 1709 1751 1722 1584 8480
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1577 1741 1675 1521 1290 7804
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1322 1420 1364 1308 1277 6691
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1241 1332 1391 1325 1273 6562
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 783 970 1040 1193 1028 5014
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 705 876 859 900 953 4293
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 618 732 809 865 918 3942
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 694 718 722 622 612 3368
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 505 589 530 592 540 2756
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 436 479 426 529 414 2284
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 218 296 410 427 449 1800
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 270 269 303 309 264 1415
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 119 195 289 297 404 1304
(Foreign) INX INDIA 131 178 249 341 363 1262
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 248 265 242 262 243 1260
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 179 237 233 276 311 1236
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 183 234 200 203 169 989
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 121 141 127 163 186 738
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 107 124 140 135 142 648
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 111 120 113 112 100 556
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 98 110 96 130 106 540
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 76 81 94 84 86 421
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 54 51 54 63 46 268
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 42 39 55 50 80 266
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 36 60 48 72 48 264
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 40 33 37 35 44 189
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 23 16 29 40 31 139
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 15 24 44 25 18 126
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 27 26 30 19 18 120
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 18 26 20 22 15 101
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 17 21 27 14 21 100
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 17 23 17 15 21 93
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 16 21 16 18 21 92
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 17 19 13 14 20 83
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 19 12 10 19 15 75
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 13 16 11 17 16 73
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 2 12 14 22 21 71
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 4 11 15 27 13 70
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 15 13 11 11 15 65
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 11 12 11 12 17 63
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 13 14 13 9 10 59
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 13 10 13 9 6 51
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 6 8 12 13 9 48
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 8 12 6 10 10 46
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 8 6 8 7 4 33
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 4 10 3 7 9 33
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 6 4 7 9 4 30
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 8 6 5 6 4 29
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 3 4 9 7 2 25
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 4 1 8 6 5 24
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 1 3 3 9 3 19
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 3 7 2 5 2 19
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 7 3 3 6 0 19
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 9 7 2 1 0 19
(Foreign) AEX ARAB EMIRATES 2 5 6 2 2 17
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 1 4 1 5 6 17
(Foreign) PEX PERU 2 4 1 4 6 17
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 2 4 5 5 0 16
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 5 3 3 4 1 16
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 4 1 4 3 2 14
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 4 2 2 5 1 14
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 3 4 4 2 1 14
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 0 2 5 1 4 12
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 4 3 2 1 2 12
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 2 1 4 4 1 12
(Foreign) VGX VIRGIN (BRITISH) ISLANDS 0 0 2 4 5 11
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 0 4 0 3 3 10
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 5 2 1 0 2 10
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 2 2 1 3 1 9
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 4 2 1 1 8
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 1 1 0 4 2 8
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 2 1 1 2 2 8
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 4 1 2 0 1 8
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 2 1 2 1 1 7
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 0 3 1 1 1 6
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1 1 1 3 0 6
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 0 4 0 2 0 6
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 1 0 3 2 0 6
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 2 2 1 0 1 6
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 1 1 2 1 5
(Foreign) FJX FIJI 0 0 1 3 1 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 2 0 0 3 0 5
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 2 2 0 0 5
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF 0 0 1 1 3 5
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 0 3 0 1 1 5
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 1 1 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPL. 3 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 1 1 0 1 1 4
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 1 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) ANX NETH. ANTILLES 2 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) AWX ARUBA 2 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 1 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 1 2 0 3
(Foreign) DMX DOMINICA 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 1 0 2 0 0 3
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MGX MADAGASCAR 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MOX MACAU 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) PFX FR. POLYNESIA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) TZX TANZANIA 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) UGX UGANDA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BHX BAHRAIN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CIX IVORY COAST 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GNX GUINEA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MHX MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) NIX NICARAGUA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) PGX NEW GUINEA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PWX PALAU 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SRX SURINAME 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) YEX YEMEN 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 72426 78436 80360 81125 80022 392369
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 157494 166037 167332 169026 164293 824182


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