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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 712, Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems)

( 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 127 146 115 88 94 570
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 125 119 74 53 60 431
(U.S.) OR OREGON 22 17 23 18 18 98
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 16 20 11 13 18 78
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 28 8 4 13 6 59
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 8 7 17 5 15 52
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 3 5 10 17 16 51
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 7 10 11 2 5 35
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 6 7 2 2 2 19
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 5 5 3 3 2 18
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 3 6 4 1 4 18
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 9 1 1 1 15
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 5 1 3 2 14
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 3 1 3 1 10
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 5 3 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 3 0 0 3 7
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 1 0 4 7
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 3 0 2 0 0 5
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 0 0 0 2 4
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1 0 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 1 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 0 1 1 0 3
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 2 0 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 377 376 283 226 256 1518
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 61 67 43 37 59 267
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 18 8 10 11 12 59
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 7 14 6 8 18 53
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 7 7 5 8 9 36
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 5 4 7 5 5 26
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 5 4 2 4 2 17
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 3 3 2 1 9
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 2 2 1 0 4 9
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 3 4 1 0 8
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3 1 1 1 1 7
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 1 4 1 0 6
(Foreign) INX INDIA 1 2 0 2 0 5
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 112 125 89 82 113 521
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 489 501 372 308 369 2039


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