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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 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 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 3 1 5 5 5 6 4 6 2 4 2 2 5 3 6 4 1 7 7 2 8 4 2 5 8 7 13 10 15 17 22 17 22 21 52 81 72 62 111 96 76 96 897
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 6 7 4 3 9 7 12 8 11 3 4 4 4 6 8 6 4 3 3 7 7 9 4 4 4 5 12 10 4 3 6 9 0 18 34 48 31 33 45 26 28 33 492
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 3 2 6 4 2 5 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 6 11 6 7 8 10 11 6 14 7 22 31 34 41 25 25 28 341
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 4 0 2 6 5 14 6 7 8 14 13 11 12 27 25 30 39 23 23 19 9 324
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 3 3 9 3 5 3 7 12 9 10 7 8 7 6 10 5 7 15 27 28 27 30 34 14 16 317
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 8 12 8 6 6 3 4 9 15 26 15 20 23 25 8 13 213
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 5 1 1 5 10 26 18 23 21 17 17 146
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 5 6 15 17 23 20 17 19 140
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 9 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 3 1 5 5 7 9 5 9 2 5 8 3 2 113
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 4 1 2 8 8 6 7 6 3 3 65
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 14 12 3 4 4 3 5 62
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 1 3 2 3 8 4 4 2 3 1 3 58
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 3 5 4 4 4 1 4 2 57
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 4 4 4 8 49
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 8 6 7 45
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 1 5 2 9 7 40
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 36
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 2 1 27
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 7 2 25
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 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 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 4 3 5 24
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 20
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 1 1 1 19
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 13
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 13
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 12
(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 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 9
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 4
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 3
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 13 12 17 15 22 21 25 36 23 23 17 24 25 19 24 23 13 20 22 32 30 34 18 30 43 53 95 64 64 65 84 89 79 99 188 312 312 285 381 325 261 292 3629
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 8 6 5 7 13 10 30 30 38 49 47 36 63 65 67 71 67 77 50 63 110 180 173 118 99 107 66 93 1766
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 8 3 1 5 3 2 5 11 19 26 18 18 24 15 27 206
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 7 8 3 9 3 4 5 5 7 21 29 11 14 23 12 17 196
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 6 6 2 8 2 2 7 6 9 11 14 6 11 6 11 135
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 5 2 5 1 6 4 5 7 16 15 15 19 7 12 131
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 0 0 0 0 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 4 2 10 18 10 16 7 11 7 8 95
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 5 3 4 3 5 2 3 1 3 5 4 7 11 9 7 3 5 94
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 7 7 6 11 15 10 11 8 88
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 5 11 5 8 3 6 15 62
(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 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 10 4 7 10 5 6 4 58
(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 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 6 3 6 5 7 7 9 54
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 6 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 36
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 2 27
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 23
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 3 5 1 1 18
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 7 17
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 5 16
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 13
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 11
(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 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 9
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
(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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) DZX ALGERIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) EGX EGYPT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 6 8 3 8 6 9 14 12 8 9 19 16 36 40 43 59 62 45 83 102 94 95 102 98 75 111 177 298 314 245 229 248 166 237 3097
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 15 14 19 17 25 23 28 40 29 31 20 32 31 28 38 35 21 29 41 48 66 74 61 89 105 98 178 166 158 160 186 187 154 210 365 610 626 530 610 573 427 529 6726


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