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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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( 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 352 374 348 375 406 1855
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 140 144 140 147 153 724
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 106 79 65 69 74 393
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 26 30 40 50 33 179
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 34 43 29 44 18 168
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 26 23 35 34 44 162
(U.S.) OR OREGON 17 21 24 32 38 132
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 20 21 23 25 16 105
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 7 12 13 14 16 62
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 13 8 4 4 3 32
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 2 5 13 6 29
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 14 7 3 3 29
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 7 2 5 8 23
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 4 4 6 5 2 21
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 5 6 4 3 2 20
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 4 2 0 5 9 20
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 3 5 1 1 3 13
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 2 5 3 1 2 13
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 3 1 1 2 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 1 1 1 2 7
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 1 1 0 2 7
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 2 1 0 2 7
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 1 0 0 2 6
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 3 2 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 0 2 1 1 6
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 1 1 3 0 5
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 3 0 2 0 5
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 781 816 758 841 851 4047
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 659 700 741 672 665 3437
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 240 216 194 159 199 1008
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 73 55 72 67 78 345
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 37 49 87 74 91 338
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 50 48 47 40 40 225
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 28 18 15 22 21 104
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 13 10 9 21 14 67
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 12 13 19 10 60
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 10 12 13 13 11 59
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 6 4 9 7 28
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 4 3 1 1 4 13
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 7 3 1 1 13
(Foreign) INX INDIA 3 3 2 2 0 10
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 3 1 2 2 9
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 2 0 1 2 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 2 1 0 0 3 6
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 2 2 1 0 6
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 2 0 2 0 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 1 0 2 1 4
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 1 2 3
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1132 1152 1204 1109 1153 5750
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1913 1968 1962 1950 2004 9797


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