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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 399, Electrophotography

( 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 16 18 17 8 22 27 24 49 69 116 66 78 80 109 103 85 36 40 44 53 60 48 87 73 72 88 73 116 154 166 170 171 147 213 137 212 191 112 148 122 117 97 3834
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 6 9 12 12 9 8 8 6 2 6 4 4 4 8 4 12 9 3 6 5 5 6 5 4 9 7 11 6 6 15 7 4 15 4 7 259
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 5 12 16 8 12 9 19 14 29 44 43 218
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 6 6 2 10 14 8 9 25 16 13 16 161
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3 3 5 7 6 8 8 15 13 23 11 6 4 2 3 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 134
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 7 6 9 8 10 12 11 11 3 2 3 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 5 117
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 2 10 9 3 2 5 4 9 4 4 4 5 3 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 4 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 4 1 114
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 7 4 2 6 4 3 4 1 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 97
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 5 3 5 5 8 8 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 87
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 5 3 1 7 4 4 1 5 4 2 4 9 7 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 4 1 0 4 3 11 6 8 0 1 2 2 71
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 6 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 45
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 40
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 36
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 35
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 4 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 29
(U.S.) VA 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 1 1 0 5 1 3 5 1 0 1 18
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 3 0 0 2 15
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 15
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 13
(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 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 8
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 1 0 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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
(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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) PR PUERTO RICO 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 27 41 35 22 45 48 52 80 123 189 113 109 130 152 139 114 70 73 91 95 103 81 125 96 95 100 95 142 186 197 201 207 197 259 177 282 252 178 206 194 198 183 5502
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 6 23 51 41 59 56 65 67 87 76 82 113 109 169 164 169 242 256 238 345 373 427 450 461 452 415 599 515 701 720 691 627 673 651 704 10888
(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 1 0 4 5 7 12 14 18 35 72 41 50 29 22 53 363
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 1 7 5 0 5 4 1 9 10 8 3 14 11 14 8 16 18 11 9 7 20 10 5 3 2 1 2 5 0 3 6 5 10 3 12 11 16 27 15 26 13 360
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 2 4 7 8 5 3 4 1 1 3 3 0 8 3 3 4 8 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 9 6 1 118
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5 3 0 12 2 2 1 3 2 3 6 3 10 1 0 4 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 8 2 4 3 2 2 6 102
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 6 5 13 10 10 3 4 6 4 82
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 3 2 6 7 1 2 0 2 7 3 5 6 4 5 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 76
(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 0 0 2 1 1 4 7 6 8 4 9 6 48
(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 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 3 0 5 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 38
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 27
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 24
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) MXX 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 7
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 6
(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 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
(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 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 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 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 5 2 8 9 2 13 11 8 37 66 57 80 91 95 91 117 101 107 133 129 186 194 205 268 277 248 356 389 449 463 485 481 441 646 553 785 827 779 729 744 728 790 12185
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 32 43 43 31 47 61 63 88 160 255 170 189 221 247 230 231 171 180 224 224 289 275 330 364 372 348 451 531 635 660 686 688 638 905 730 1067 1079 957 935 938 926 973 17687


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