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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 398, Optical Communications

( 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.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 5 2 0 4 4 6 11 11 5 3 5 1 7 2 1 8 2 2 5 5 6 9 13 9 12 9 25 13 7 25 20 26 21 33 38 44 43 42 63 49 598
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 0 1 0 7 1 3 4 5 4 5 2 2 1 6 8 3 4 10 4 2 7 0 7 5 8 3 15 11 20 9 13 23 15 18 12 26 32 24 31 55 36 53 495
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 11 1 8 7 5 6 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 5 12 10 6 147
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 5 2 5 3 3 8 9 17 15 8 15 18 21 146
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 0 2 6 3 6 5 2 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 3 3 3 5 4 2 3 2 4 2 9 9 2 12 9 7 10 6 3 142
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 4 9 9 10 11 19 14 15 7 141
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 7 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 5 8 4 6 2 3 7 8 0 112
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 4 1 5 2 2 3 5 7 6 3 1 2 3 62
(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 1 1 2 0 3 4 3 6 3 2 7 4 1 5 10 5 3 60
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 6 5 7 7 6 57
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 6 6 8 4 2 3 54
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 3 2 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 50
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 5 2 47
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 7 35
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 34
(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 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 31
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 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 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 28
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2 1 2 5 3 16
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 14
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 14
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 13
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
(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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
(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 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1 4 12 19 11 15 21 16 26 20 14 15 19 11 24 23 15 29 22 18 23 10 35 30 54 53 67 59 86 68 63 104 85 97 98 120 160 143 149 198 193 178 2408
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 3 3 5 4 3 4 5 10 15 16 18 25 29 38 31 55 69 80 63 96 99 73 97 104 100 93 1153
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 1 3 5 12 5 10 11 11 8 7 8 17 24 8 15 19 19 23 16 15 23 278
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 2 4 2 3 5 7 15 6 6 15 13 6 11 14 4 17 8 21 6 14 6 11 14 14 17 23 272
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 5 3 7 4 8 4 5 2 5 5 4 18 10 16 8 16 13 9 18 18 4 11 206
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 4 0 2 5 0 4 2 10 12 11 11 15 18 21 131
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 1 8 7 4 3 7 9 4 62
(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 5 1 5 2 6 8 13 12 9 61
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 8 6 5 7 3 6 1 1 1 2 5 61
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 6 2 3 4 3 1 38
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 1 6 1 2 5 0 37
(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 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 6 25
(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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 4 16
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 14
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 13
(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 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 7
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
(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 4 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
(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 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(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 1 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 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) ISX ICELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 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) SUX U.S.S.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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 3 5 4 6 7 11 15 14 11 16 18 40 29 47 49 53 48 65 68 57 119 126 164 102 177 175 147 187 204 196 214 2396
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 2 5 14 20 11 15 21 19 29 26 16 18 24 15 30 30 26 44 36 29 39 28 75 59 101 102 120 107 151 136 120 223 211 261 200 297 335 290 336 402 389 392 4804


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