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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 333, Wave Transmission Lines and Networks

( 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 32 21 50 41 50 25 41 60 44 33 40 35 25 33 30 32 27 24 29 13 21 26 28 28 29 33 32 34 37 36 26 37 36 33 37 43 42 51 38 58 78 65 1533
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 27 24 20 34 40 31 31 35 58 28 51 20 30 24 10 12 10 11 12 13 13 18 16 16 15 10 12 5 10 9 12 14 9 7 4 8 13 14 7 12 14 7 766
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 25 20 20 24 16 23 24 31 44 24 23 16 14 19 14 17 14 9 10 12 2 9 15 14 10 11 5 9 9 12 7 10 5 4 2 2 6 5 10 11 24 17 598
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 31 17 34 23 25 11 15 25 24 15 29 14 10 10 19 5 3 7 10 8 6 10 7 8 4 4 11 4 11 8 7 12 7 3 3 5 5 7 8 10 8 18 501
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 7 5 17 16 15 12 8 7 22 9 8 12 10 8 13 7 9 10 17 9 9 2 5 9 15 3 7 4 6 9 7 8 3 2 3 3 7 4 2 5 15 13 362
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 6 3 3 11 7 2 13 8 20 14 13 5 3 8 1 7 6 4 4 9 15 8 11 8 12 9 9 8 10 11 5 9 5 5 2 14 6 4 4 6 4 5 317
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 7 8 14 9 10 15 14 18 12 14 10 11 9 7 2 3 3 8 2 5 7 2 1 5 5 4 6 4 1 2 6 4 4 0 5 5 4 7 1 7 6 269
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 4 4 3 4 3 2 5 2 6 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 8 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 8 6 6 8 9 4 8 7 6 5 9 3 9 3 5 14 26 226
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 0 2 3 1 2 7 4 5 6 3 4 8 9 8 3 2 3 5 6 2 3 3 4 4 6 5 3 5 10 5 4 4 5 3 8 5 6 4 11 8 7 197
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 1 3 1 5 2 4 3 3 4 11 2 4 6 10 9 4 12 8 6 4 13 10 2 7 8 9 13 193
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 4 6 6 2 3 4 3 2 2 4 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 1 4 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 3 1 92
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 3 4 4 2 2 3 2 3 0 3 1 2 4 3 2 0 6 0 5 5 0 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 87
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 3 5 5 3 5 4 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 10 3 6 87
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 5 1 5 3 3 3 0 4 0 4 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 2 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 83
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 5 1 7 6 2 12 10 0 1 2 1 1 68
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 5 3 2 5 2 2 2 2 4 1 6 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 67
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 8 6 4 3 4 7 64
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 1 5 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 4 3 1 60
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 8 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 51
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 8 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 1 5 0 51
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 3 2 0 0 7 50
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 43
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 3 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 4 43
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 34
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 1 0 6 4 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 29
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 0 2 0 4 2 4 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 20
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
(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 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 13
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 13
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 12
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 7
(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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 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 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 160 130 195 206 199 147 190 228 269 164 210 142 127 152 120 105 89 96 122 100 97 115 111 127 137 116 123 106 134 141 108 144 114 97 77 141 140 136 119 165 227 222 6048
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 3 1 11 8 16 7 7 21 27 21 22 32 20 24 30 22 19 33 50 35 28 34 29 31 58 56 45 35 60 65 57 75 77 82 83 122 145 152 123 198 241 216 2421
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 6 7 13 25 14 17 9 14 15 11 22 25 14 9 17 9 13 18 31 18 7 8 11 15 16 26 10 8 8 9 5 10 7 7 9 6 8 16 13 23 19 30 578
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 1 6 10 7 10 7 9 4 15 19 11 22 14 15 16 14 19 24 22 14 18 16 15 13 13 14 17 21 11 13 10 6 6 3 10 6 3 5 6 16 6 491
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 7 7 8 12 6 4 5 8 21 16 14 17 15 17 14 10 6 5 9 8 9 6 11 9 11 7 4 5 7 6 4 3 2 4 5 7 3 3 4 5 6 10 340
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 2 0 1 3 3 0 1 7 6 7 3 5 4 5 6 5 7 6 4 3 5 4 9 11 7 9 3 5 2 5 4 5 3 7 10 10 12 9 10 12 2 224
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 2 3 3 3 11 9 9 13 16 8 7 9 13 15 11 134
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 4 2 3 2 2 8 6 6 16 11 6 97
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 4 2 5 5 4 3 7 1 2 5 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 3 2 94
(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 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 6 6 10 7 14 24 12 88
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 3 6 1 0 0 5 2 3 0 2 2 4 5 4 1 2 4 1 3 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 77
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 0 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 52
(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 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 6 4 6 6 8 41
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 21
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 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 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 20
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
(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 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 13
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 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 12
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 7
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 0 0 0 0 3 5
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
(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 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 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
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 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
(Foreign) MWX MALAWI 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) 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 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 29 21 43 60 54 46 35 66 94 79 100 104 85 79 91 65 63 98 126 96 64 80 78 92 124 122 89 79 120 106 95 121 118 121 137 196 206 222 187 304 362 315 4772
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 189 151 238 266 253 193 225 294 363 243 310 246 212 231 211 170 152 194 248 196 161 195 189 219 261 238 212 185 254 247 203 265 232 218 214 337 346 358 306 469 589 537 10820


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