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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 369, Dynamic Information Storage or 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 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 4 2 16 11 9 16 14 13 16 8 13 14 8 18 12 15 7 13 12 22 17 25 25 23 19 17 23 21 27 27 32 31 29 39 36 30 41 54 60 48 63 43 973
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 23 6 19 21 18 18 17 8 14 12 6 5 7 12 9 9 9 2 3 8 6 6 13 6 2 7 6 2 7 6 9 12 18 21 23 33 16 24 6 6 5 6 466
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 11 12 11 14 12 15 17 8 10 7 13 12 18 12 21 23 16 20 30 292
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 5 4 9 8 5 4 2 2 2 3 2 9 9 9 12 15 9 15 12 24 14 24 15 3 6 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 0 4 3 3 1 4 2 2 0 1 257
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 8 10 24 21 22 25 10 12 5 9 4 12 7 13 4 6 2 3 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 0 232
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 3 2 6 3 5 2 1 2 1 2 12 11 6 3 1 10 6 23 18 20 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 3 162
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 6 3 6 13 18 9 12 13 18 11 12 7 6 2 4 2 153
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 4 6 15 5 14 7 8 1 1 4 5 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 3 3 5 117
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 2 3 1 0 4 6 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 6 7 4 3 1 1 8 3 5 5 5 7 1 106
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 2 5 2 1 3 6 10 6 9 6 8 4 84
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 4 4 6 4 3 4 2 3 2 1 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 74
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 55
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 9 2 4 2 4 0 5 6 1 55
(U.S.) OH OHIO 6 1 8 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 38
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 35
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 34
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 34
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 33
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 5 7 31
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 20
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 14
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 1 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 13
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 3 0 4
(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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NM NEW 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 2
(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 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 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 0 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 58 39 107 106 80 97 71 72 67 58 48 59 57 76 53 71 38 58 49 102 72 92 73 58 50 55 67 49 75 87 90 93 84 116 109 128 121 146 129 107 144 117 3428
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 1 4 2 4 6 9 11 12 16 22 21 33 34 37 59 41 58 42 63 73 109 147 98 153 172 269 191 287 412 453 407 487 533 526 677 573 524 571 608 613 622 8981
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 1 1 1 1 6 13 18 26 39 48 69 57 52 65 71 84 95 649
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 5 7 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 8 18 18 8 7 7 2 13 8 12 16 11 18 12 19 16 23 15 12 11 16 10 15 22 11 16 17 24 34 35 478
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 11 10 5 9 5 7 9 8 7 11 14 16 13 12 5 10 4 4 6 6 4 1 6 2 4 12 15 7 13 9 13 8 8 9 4 11 11 13 17 16 13 13 381
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 8 5 8 7 4 7 10 8 5 3 3 8 3 7 6 5 7 9 5 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 161
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 3 4 9 4 6 1 1 5 4 2 11 7 6 4 6 3 4 6 3 4 5 2 7 2 6 6 3 5 4 3 151
(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 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 3 7 4 10 11 23 27 29 123
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 50
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 3 46
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 43
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 2 5 4 1 2 3 4 1 0 2 27
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 5 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 22
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 19
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 13
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 9
(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 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 2 9
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 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 1 0 2 1 6
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 4
(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 1 1 2 4
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 3
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 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) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 31 29 36 26 20 28 41 36 30 36 43 64 68 83 81 94 72 85 60 98 95 129 190 122 189 212 326 226 337 452 507 459 557 605 611 800 676 642 701 758 788 816 11259
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 89 68 143 132 100 125 112 108 97 94 91 123 125 159 134 165 110 143 109 200 167 221 263 180 239 267 393 275 412 539 597 552 641 721 720 928 797 788 830 865 932 933 14687


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