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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 704, DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing)

( 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 62 111 96 76 96 441
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 33 45 26 28 33 165
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 34 41 25 25 28 153
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 27 30 34 14 16 121
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 39 23 23 19 9 113
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 17 23 20 17 19 96
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 18 23 21 17 17 96
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 20 23 25 8 13 89
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 7 8 6 7 30
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 6 7 6 3 3 25
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 5 2 9 7 24
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 4 4 4 8 21
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 5 8 3 2 20
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 3 4 4 3 5 19
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 2 4 7 2 17
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 1 4 3 5 15
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 4 1 4 2 15
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 4 2 3 1 3 13
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 1 0 2 4 9
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 3 3 2 1 9
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 4 1 1 1 9
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 0 3 1 6
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 1 1 1 2 6
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 2 0 1 2 5
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 1 0 2 1 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 3 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 2 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 285 381 325 261 292 1544
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 118 99 107 66 93 483
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 18 18 24 15 27 102
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 11 14 23 12 17 77
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 15 15 19 7 12 68
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 11 15 10 11 8 55
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 16 7 11 7 8 49
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 14 6 11 6 11 48
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 5 8 3 6 15 37
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 11 9 7 3 5 35
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 6 5 7 7 9 34
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 7 10 5 6 4 32
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 5 6 2 1 16
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 5 3 5 1 1 15
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 3 1 2 2 5 13
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 1 0 2 7 11
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 4 3 3 10
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 2 1 3 2 8
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 5 0 0 1 7
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 2 2 4
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 0 1 1 4
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 1 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 245 229 248 166 237 1125
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 530 610 573 427 529 2669


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