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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 705, DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (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 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 6 1 1 0 6 4 6 2 6 3 4 7 5 6 9 8 12 13 19 20 15 32 73 107 107 76 67 65 45 734
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 5 3 1 13 3 2 10 16 15 18 16 33 19 12 7 12 9 8 11 22 48 45 66 44 51 22 27 558
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 4 0 4 1 7 9 7 3 6 5 12 8 9 14 25 27 56 63 33 31 28 28 397
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 4 2 3 4 4 2 10 13 5 9 21 43 41 38 27 30 32 21 323
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 4 5 2 1 6 6 3 9 14 27 27 39 22 14 20 8 224
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 3 7 7 3 7 12 15 28 24 16 16 16 7 177
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 4 3 7 4 3 4 4 3 2 7 12 20 24 18 20 14 10 172
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 4 4 6 6 5 7 5 11 25 18 15 12 10 11 164
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 9 17 16 13 10 28 12 142
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 1 3 7 1 1 3 12 17 18 18 18 10 7 127
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 12 24 20 8 13 16 8 117
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 7 1 3 3 3 6 15 14 12 10 14 10 115
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 5 2 2 1 4 6 10 12 13 6 11 6 114
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 4 2 2 1 7 7 11 15 17 4 7 6 5 98
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 3 2 8 11 18 12 12 10 4 98
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 5 7 6 15 8 11 9 8 6 4 94
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 5 7 21 9 7 7 2 76
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 6 0 0 0 11 5 6 3 4 5 6 63
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 4 3 2 4 6 7 9 6 2 3 5 2 60
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 4 8 8 2 2 2 2 42
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 1 39
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 2 1 0 1 1 4 6 6 6 1 2 7 39
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 6 5 7 7 2 3 39
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 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 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 3 5 1 1 5 4 32
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 1 1 2 22
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 2 2 5 2 3 1 1 19
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 0 3 1 1 19
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 4 5 3 1 0 1 17
(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 1 0 0 1 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 17
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 2 0 1 0 0 17
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 1 14
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 14
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 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 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 12
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 10
(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 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 9
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 8
(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 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(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 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 6
(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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
(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 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(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 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ND NORTH 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1 3 2 6 12 6 3 5 13 12 7 12 8 15 13 16 10 17 26 22 25 25 28 35 52 51 88 70 72 61 124 126 86 115 194 397 556 607 394 368 354 252 4289
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 12 8 15 11 17 17 21 31 12 13 14 20 30 17 22 26 54 92 57 38 37 32 27 662
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 7 8 22 10 9 6 9 2 121
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 6 6 10 8 12 9 7 6 93
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 8 3 2 5 3 3 4 6 2 7 6 2 2 1 2 67
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 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 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 4 2 7 7 11 7 6 1 7 65
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 6 1 5 3 1 26
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 24
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 20
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 3 16
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 12
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 1 11
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 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 3 3 1 1 1 0 11
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 9
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 2 1 2 0 1 8
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2 1 1 0 7
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(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 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
(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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 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 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 1 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 7 3 7 10 8 7 6 11 6 17 9 20 14 22 22 32 39 29 22 28 40 45 30 40 51 92 160 119 81 80 69 55 1196
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1 4 3 7 13 7 5 6 15 17 14 15 15 25 21 23 16 28 32 39 34 45 42 57 74 83 127 99 94 89 164 171 116 155 245 489 716 726 475 448 423 307 5485


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