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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 349, Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems

( 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 9 7 14 9 8 0 14 4 2 6 10 7 10 15 18 24 19 32 33 19 18 17 34 16 27 22 22 19 19 14 23 502
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 8 11 8 21 8 5 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 7 16 6 5 6 7 4 10 4 4 6 18 17 23 23 22 43 35 350
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 8 3 8 3 2 7 5 3 6 1 2 6 2 4 5 5 4 7 4 8 7 2 2 5 7 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 134
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 7 3 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 7 0 6 1 1 1 2 4 4 5 6 4 8 6 3 4 4 4 111
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 6 1 2 1 4 2 0 3 5 7 8 13 8 5 2 3 1 87
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 4 2 1 4 6 2 3 11 5 2 10 13 5 2 4 5 81
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 5 3 4 4 12 3 10 10 8 2 2 79
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 5 2 1 4 2 2 2 5 4 3 4 2 3 3 10 6 76
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 4 3 6 2 8 4 3 1 58
(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 4 2 4 1 5 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 51
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 0 4 0 2 4 1 0 3 1 39
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 1 39
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 6 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 2 34
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 5 1 2 2 1 2 29
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 20
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) NC NORTH 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 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 12
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 10
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 10
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 3 9
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 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 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
(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 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(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 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 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.) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 18 32 28 43 26 49 30 23 11 31 11 7 24 24 34 32 58 56 64 51 63 77 49 57 55 96 79 98 108 107 96 75 101 96 1819
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18 23 20 11 8 10 20 9 29 39 41 42 86 82 106 89 110 169 154 153 161 238 247 370 297 416 383 376 486 538 4737
(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 1 1 2 2 8 5 13 21 18 62 62 73 84 110 170 227 859
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 7 2 6 2 1 6 6 6 6 6 5 11 10 10 8 3 5 5 8 8 16 9 19 17 14 18 18 237
(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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 4 8 5 14 14 23 36 78 191
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 5 16 2 6 3 9 4 8 4 9 2 6 2 4 4 0 5 6 8 3 6 4 3 16 11 172
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 6 6 5 7 5 2 5 4 17 8 5 6 8 5 14 118
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 4 1 3 4 2 3 4 6 10 6 4 2 4 4 7 10 1 4 6 1 2 2 2 4 2 113
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 8 8 0 3 4 2 3 5 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 5 4 4 4 2 6 7 100
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 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 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 22
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 3 19
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 18
(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 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 3 11
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 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 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 6
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(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 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 1 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 8 25 35 36 34 21 35 49 16 51 56 64 61 114 105 141 123 143 193 187 186 196 286 296 502 400 544 522 550 756 909 6656
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 18 33 38 51 51 84 66 57 32 66 60 23 75 80 98 93 172 161 205 174 206 270 236 243 251 382 375 600 508 651 618 625 857 1005 8475


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