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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 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 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 13 39 51 60 51 40 55 50 40 56 31 33 29 46 41 51 45 42 35 28 54 50 38 35 38 47 64 52 57 49 107 129 124 189 187 276 314 352 374 348 375 406 4501
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 6 6 8 7 12 14 15 26 16 19 19 32 25 16 31 42 41 32 60 36 53 44 53 81 85 96 87 82 109 106 79 65 69 74 1562
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 5 17 32 24 34 72 117 173 140 144 140 147 153 1211
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 35 55 68 60 25 37 75 46 51 56 48 38 24 27 19 25 16 15 16 9 10 11 12 12 11 3 7 6 12 5 22 18 9 20 13 16 27 26 30 40 50 33 1138
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 27 31 41 31 34 29 78 65 41 55 45 30 5 20 25 12 12 15 13 20 9 3 6 2 6 6 4 3 1 1 4 3 4 4 7 6 4 5 6 4 3 2 722
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 15 14 14 12 5 10 23 21 16 19 25 16 7 5 9 7 4 5 4 2 1 3 0 3 9 6 10 6 4 8 10 6 6 9 4 7 7 3 2 5 13 6 361
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 5 7 5 3 5 2 2 4 6 6 7 3 5 6 1 7 5 1 7 1 3 3 7 13 15 23 23 26 23 35 34 44 344
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 3 2 4 2 5 3 5 5 4 4 8 11 10 8 14 19 36 34 43 29 44 18 331
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 3 4 2 1 0 3 4 4 5 2 1 7 10 15 8 2 2 3 0 1 4 2 9 10 9 5 3 3 2 5 8 6 9 14 29 29 20 21 23 25 16 329
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 5 8 5 10 16 5 33 13 13 6 8 6 8 2 14 13 14 3 7 2 3 2 3 6 5 8 5 9 3 3 1 6 4 1 5 0 7 7 12 13 14 16 324
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 16 16 10 20 16 39 28 15 9 2 4 3 3 0 2 6 5 3 4 4 1 5 7 8 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 9 13 8 4 4 3 283
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 1 3 6 4 6 5 7 1 5 7 4 7 5 10 9 17 21 24 32 38 222
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 8 6 7 8 8 2 2 3 9 2 3 4 0 2 11 9 6 3 1 1 2 2 5 1 2 6 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 1 1 3 138
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 3 4 0 3 4 9 8 7 3 9 6 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 4 6 5 2 105
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 3 7 1 6 3 9 4 7 13 6 5 3 3 1 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 100
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 2 3 1 6 1 0 5 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 3 3 2 4 2 8 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 82
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 5 7 7 7 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 4 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 79
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 4 1 2 2 14 7 3 3 79
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 4 5 0 1 4 5 1 7 2 5 8 61
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 4 2 0 5 9 55
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 2 3 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 42
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 5 2 5 3 1 2 34
(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 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 10 3 2 1 0 0 32
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 29
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 22
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 13
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 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 12
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 11
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 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 10
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 9
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 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 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 5
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 104 188 232 204 185 167 357 272 232 255 211 166 126 150 155 174 136 132 119 115 133 108 116 141 160 149 199 148 179 136 257 332 309 414 446 613 784 781 816 758 841 851 12351
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 2 2 4 5 2 15 15 21 17 31 29 21 30 23 16 37 29 26 36 45 91 115 95 138 160 189 254 272 252 195 296 571 493 437 450 550 561 659 700 741 672 665 8962
(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 1 5 5 16 12 26 55 45 63 121 185 207 240 216 194 159 199 1749
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 5 10 7 7 6 6 12 11 10 19 19 12 12 16 18 16 15 7 10 11 13 13 11 10 12 18 14 8 9 3 6 11 9 8 8 16 25 37 49 87 74 91 761
(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 1 1 6 8 12 15 25 36 56 73 55 72 67 78 505
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 4 5 2 2 6 10 8 27 36 61 43 50 48 47 40 40 453
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3 2 5 3 2 6 13 12 7 6 6 8 8 12 6 6 4 1 6 5 8 3 7 6 8 10 22 11 10 5 12 13 15 21 20 11 34 28 18 15 22 21 441
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 9 10 16 17 13 11 15 19 6 7 10 10 2 7 4 2 0 9 3 3 4 2 3 7 8 7 5 3 8 3 6 2 13 6 10 11 6 6 12 13 19 10 337
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 4 3 6 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 5 6 14 15 13 10 9 21 14 157
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 4 6 4 1 1 2 6 4 7 3 6 4 5 8 7 5 5 1 5 3 4 1 5 1 1 8 5 8 2 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 7 3 1 1 151
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 6 3 4 10 12 13 13 11 88
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 0 2 4 2 2 7 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 2 2 60
(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 1 0 0 0 5 2 6 4 9 7 34
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 27
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 3 1 1 4 22
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 14
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 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 1 2 0 1 2 8
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 8
(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 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
(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 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 2 0 2 0 5
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) BYX BELARUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 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
(Foreign) MMX MYANMAR 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 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 28 31 41 41 28 49 70 74 56 75 73 67 68 67 56 73 62 54 62 72 126 140 118 168 192 233 317 315 315 228 370 679 611 593 689 890 964 1132 1152 1204 1109 1153 13845
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 132 219 273 245 213 216 427 346 288 330 284 233 194 217 211 247 198 186 181 187 259 248 234 309 352 382 516 463 494 364 627 1011 920 1007 1135 1503 1748 1913 1968 1962 1950 2004 26196


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