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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 1963 - 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 710, Input/Output (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 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 0 9 11 11 5 4 9 11 10 14 10 4 2 13 18 6 15 13 9 18 23 15 15 16 19 27 26 20 35 50 67 74 139 172 255 240 234 227 199 219 284 2549
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 4 0 2 2 6 5 9 8 18 4 4 8 12 18 7 16 22 28 36 47 79 106 182 206 172 129 126 126 144 1536
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 5 1 5 5 1 4 2 4 10 3 6 11 13 3 9 12 10 8 10 14 13 9 10 10 12 25 20 24 29 16 18 20 25 30 36 37 38 23 45 65 642
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 3 2 4 11 6 11 11 5 10 7 5 5 4 3 4 8 3 1 4 5 5 9 2 5 12 6 7 4 7 13 14 14 22 20 25 12 17 15 23 26 13 29 412
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 4 5 1 7 2 3 7 12 20 17 35 46 36 23 37 60 57 382
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 2 4 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 5 0 4 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 7 3 3 2 3 2 5 2 5 11 5 8 12 15 27 35 42 40 37 41 28 374
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 1 6 1 2 8 3 3 4 0 0 5 10 6 3 3 5 3 11 7 5 1 4 5 5 4 4 2 11 4 8 14 9 39 36 28 32 23 25 25 366
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 3 6 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 4 13 9 5 13 11 15 37 46 33 26 36 51 333
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 6 3 6 3 6 2 0 2 3 3 7 10 13 18 16 29 18 16 8 8 7 2 3 4 210
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 3 4 3 5 17 20 26 21 22 19 22 189
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 4 3 2 14 16 16 9 14 19 23 36 166
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 5 3 3 4 0 2 3 2 4 0 2 4 3 6 4 2 5 5 3 1 1 3 1 6 2 4 9 10 2 4 6 14 8 8 150
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 0 0 4 2 6 1 3 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 3 4 4 3 6 2 7 2 6 8 2 12 7 6 11 126
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 1 5 3 2 6 5 1 7 3 1 4 6 1 1 4 1 5 4 6 7 6 7 7 117
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 14 23 14 12 20 20 112
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 3 5 3 2 5 6 2 4 6 3 1 2 4 2 1 8 6 4 4 3 5 2 101
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 5 4 5 5 3 5 8 3 8 4 2 2 1 80
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 1 1 3 3 6 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 71
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 2 7 3 4 8 4 56
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 11 8 1 3 3 12 52
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 3 3 5 4 9 47
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 4 41
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 2 2 3 5 2 0 2 2 2 40
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 7 1 2 3 1 2 7 31
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 7 0 2 30
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 30
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4 6 3 1 2 2 27
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 26
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 2 1 2 23
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 3 2 17
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 1 2 12
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 11
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 11
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 10
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 9
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 5 6 22 36 42 37 29 43 51 46 60 46 24 41 60 50 40 55 69 58 82 114 70 65 86 82 116 112 104 148 216 220 252 396 458 734 786 747 660 623 692 860 8443
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 2 1 4 7 6 6 5 14 5 7 12 11 10 20 24 38 25 43 54 42 90 68 124 111 174 155 149 139 127 145 227 1854
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 1 3 1 4 0 4 1 2 2 5 3 4 2 1 2 3 3 2 11 9 10 14 10 20 16 17 19 22 16 220
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 0 2 4 2 6 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 3 4 12 4 15 11 12 12 12 14 11 187
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 7 15 18 10 11 25 33 56 187
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 8 25 31 28 23 12 15 27 183
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 6 5 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 1 2 6 0 8 8 7 12 14 15 9 15 13 14 181
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 9 9 5 10 7 6 14 10 82
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 6 4 7 7 6 11 13 75
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 4 6 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 54
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 3 2 0 2 41
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 1 30
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 4 2 3 2 18
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 18
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 14
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 13
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 7
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 6
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 6
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 6 1 4 1 5 3 7 10 21 8 11 19 26 12 13 14 22 13 18 25 28 26 37 41 55 42 56 69 70 112 100 180 181 274 271 261 246 238 285 398 3211
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 6 7 28 37 46 38 34 46 58 56 81 54 35 60 86 62 53 69 91 71 100 139 98 91 123 123 171 154 160 217 286 332 352 576 639 1008 1057 1008 906 861 977 1258 11654


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