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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 353, Optics: Image Projectors

( 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.) NY NEW YORK 11 12 25 25 20 10 23 21 21 17 24 14 17 10 4 12 5 11 5 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 5 2 4 5 7 8 8 8 5 5 9 22 23 415
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 8 7 11 11 14 7 9 10 9 10 19 19 11 8 5 11 5 7 4 7 6 7 1 5 5 6 3 9 4 4 8 8 10 13 13 11 12 7 10 16 10 25 385
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 11 8 6 12 3 12 6 14 12 8 8 5 9 9 11 5 5 1 2 2 5 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 173
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 5 11 5 4 1 6 7 11 4 6 7 9 6 3 8 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 121
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 7 6 7 5 3 5 3 4 5 9 19 17 116
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 1 6 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 2 7 4 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 3 0 1 1 5 10 87
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 7 3 3 4 7 8 11 63
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 5 0 2 2 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 3 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 61
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 3 7 3 3 0 1 4 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 51
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 2 6 3 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 5 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 0 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 46
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 4 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 5 2 6 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 43
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 2 4 1 1 4 4 3 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 5 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 37
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 32
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 2 31
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 27
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 24
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 18
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 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 0 2 0 2 17
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 11
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 0 3 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 6
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 4
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 2
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 0 2
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 1
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 40 45 96 85 78 40 71 71 89 70 81 83 84 51 38 62 37 39 23 17 24 29 17 13 15 21 13 25 12 22 31 36 39 36 38 42 39 23 43 58 88 107 1971
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 2 5 12 14 26 7 7 7 4 7 4 7 5 3 2 11 17 12 12 29 23 20 21 25 34 24 38 44 38 57 65 103 121 113 932
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 11 12 8 11 14 10 12 9 15 7 13 17 8 4 14 5 7 4 4 8 7 2 6 3 2 3 1 0 2 6 2 3 4 0 0 5 3 4 7 2 6 264
(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 1 3 2 0 0 6 0 3 8 20 13 35 91
(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 2 1 4 4 11 10 9 5 1 2 12 10 14 85
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 4 6 2 1 4 3 61
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 2 0 3 4 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 57
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 2 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 48
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 4 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 6 43
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 20
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 12
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 12
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 4
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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 0 2 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
(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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 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) 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 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) MXX MEXICO 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) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) PEX PERU 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) 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 0 0 1 1
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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) UYX URUGUAY 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) VGX VIRGIN (BRITISH) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 4 15 29 21 25 18 25 23 17 28 30 42 57 25 19 30 14 20 14 14 22 15 10 24 26 17 20 36 31 28 35 36 48 48 57 71 57 77 89 151 165 198 1731
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 44 60 125 106 103 58 96 94 106 98 111 125 141 76 57 92 51 59 37 31 46 44 27 37 41 38 33 61 43 50 66 72 87 84 95 113 96 100 132 209 253 305 3702


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