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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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 2 1 9 14 9 11 7 2 11 12 16 19 13 13 18 15 1 7 8 10 26 20 11 19 26 33 46 46 47 67 92 68 49 60 54 134 82 127 165 198 155 134 1857
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 2 11 7 9 10 10 13 9 13 8 11 10 5 12 15 9 5 7 10 13 14 13 20 15 16 44 19 40 26 29 34 34 55 52 79 72 82 79 130 128 130 83 1383
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 7 3 7 4 9 12 14 7 11 18 29 34 55 53 80 97 111 111 94 773
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 3 5 5 4 10 11 16 23 18 35 63 58 61 48 370
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 0 0 4 5 5 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 6 15 27 51 61 54 56 43 360
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 4 0 1 3 0 2 3 12 5 4 10 3 3 6 14 5 20 17 8 6 2 6 20 15 10 19 15 12 5 1 6 21 6 3 7 6 3 7 7 4 12 313
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 11 10 11 8 13 22 8 14 7 3 0 5 5 2 7 9 15 15 9 17 12 12 8 239
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 0 3 0 1 3 2 1 6 3 2 6 0 6 9 7 2 7 7 8 15 12 18 4 2 2 2 1 5 6 4 8 15 9 11 18 2 5 4 7 4 4 232
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 7 4 5 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 4 1 3 3 5 8 7 0 8 4 5 7 1 1 1 4 6 9 11 11 7 6 8 6 178
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 3 5 4 4 3 4 7 6 3 2 5 8 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 3 8 2 4 3 2 2 6 3 4 6 10 8 6 3 4 4 165
(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 1 1 4 3 5 0 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 15 6 7 9 19 24 15 127
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 6 6 15 8 5 8 12 11 19 127
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 8 8 5 7 10 9 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 6 5 6 4 113
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 7 3 4 2 4 6 4 4 7 7 5 4 3 7 5 94
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 3 6 1 3 3 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 7 2 3 84
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 3 5 5 4 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 10 83
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 46
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 7 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 33
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 31
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 29
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 4 1 2 26
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 4 0 1 1 2 2 3 9 25
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 24
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 20
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 18
(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 2 2 0 0 0 7 3 0 15
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 14
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 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 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 11
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 2 0 1 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 8
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 8
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 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 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 7
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 2 5
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 7 23 38 33 46 40 50 28 72 49 56 67 42 59 69 70 51 74 82 78 102 80 99 103 115 124 156 162 135 160 166 162 198 217 249 413 341 452 605 656 616 520 6865
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 6 10 4 19 16 26 35 29 25 42 63 88 118 118 186 166 220 206 213 241 185 261 266 222 251 311 298 508 577 791 902 889 826 791 8918
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 2 2 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 5 8 13 12 7 14 8 9 13 10 15 4 15 18 8 7 9 6 3 6 9 4 10 12 10 27 16 14 19 26 12 31 396
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 11 4 70 89 73 72 347
(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 0 2 8 3 7 11 9 16 21 36 30 46 25 31 247
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 0 6 2 1 3 3 6 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 12 7 4 9 12 13 18 26 24 16 217
(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 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 17 36 41 44 152
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 1 3 5 5 7 2 4 3 5 2 0 6 5 3 6 6 9 13 16 9 4 139
(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 0 0 1 2 5 21 25 18 37 16 125
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 2 3 2 5 3 7 3 9 11 15 8 7 120
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 6 4 0 2 0 1 2 2 3 5 0 3 5 3 2 1 2 1 4 6 3 5 7 13 7 5 1 5 108
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 3 1 0 4 0 7 2 10 12 18 5 8 96
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 6 8 7 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 5 5 2 2 3 2 7 6 3 88
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 6 12 7 13 6 3 7 7 81
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 8 6 2 4 7 66
(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 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 4 1 5 2 3 6 6 4 10 7 4 58
(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 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 9 6 9 39
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 12
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 1 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 6
(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 0 0 0 1 1 3 5
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 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 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 1
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 1 5 5 2 7 8 6 2 11 15 13 36 38 52 54 55 42 64 82 115 146 139 226 213 253 247 250 273 211 290 303 247 300 379 347 635 686 960 1150 1221 1095 1061 11245
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 8 28 43 35 53 48 56 30 83 64 69 103 80 111 123 125 93 138 164 193 248 219 325 316 368 371 406 435 346 450 469 409 498 596 596 1048 1027 1412 1755 1877 1711 1581 18110


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