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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 360, Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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 26 44 55 51 81 73 52 80 99 125 90 67 64 48 64 61 56 54 55 58 84 61 90 72 105 70 127 103 100 91 102 125 124 141 160 245 221 248 280 314 282 352 4800
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 5 3 10 3 8 8 10 7 7 6 10 5 15 14 13 8 7 7 9 15 9 13 14 21 13 10 32 18 20 31 51 50 46 41 48 101 108 92 97 124 126 163 1398
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 4 15 16 18 23 13 26 15 8 6 9 6 8 11 5 15 13 15 11 24 20 25 20 28 40 40 50 48 74 89 88 102 102 100 110 1207
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 20 27 30 28 14 21 28 19 20 24 27 13 15 15 18 9 5 3 6 2 5 3 2 16 13 20 11 12 10 10 4 9 12 8 13 13 13 16 12 11 12 10 579
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 8 8 10 13 13 10 9 12 9 16 9 16 6 8 7 3 13 14 10 11 2 8 8 7 6 1 14 15 9 12 10 15 11 9 7 13 13 20 13 12 13 10 433
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 7 4 6 3 5 3 0 2 2 3 5 2 2 1 4 6 1 9 4 4 11 10 4 4 3 9 12 16 42 33 40 33 25 327
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 6 5 11 7 10 11 14 22 18 29 27 23 17 13 8 8 4 7 5 1 1 6 0 5 3 1 4 1 4 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 287
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 12 10 17 10 8 13 7 6 11 8 5 8 7 5 3 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 1 0 3 0 6 3 1 2 0 1 5 1 1 1 2 3 1 7 14 34 242
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 6 5 13 20 14 11 13 15 7 17 5 15 12 9 7 4 1 5 4 7 7 2 3 6 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 1 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 235
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 1 6 3 8 8 2 4 4 3 2 2 5 2 2 11 11 13 15 4 6 7 12 11 3 11 29 204
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 1 0 3 2 0 5 3 4 7 6 5 5 4 4 6 4 3 8 2 1 2 4 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 4 5 1 3 9 5 16 7 13 21 20 194
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 10 4 2 2 3 5 2 3 0 0 3 1 1 6 10 8 27 27 24 10 9 11 175
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 4 15 7 4 5 8 7 7 3 4 8 7 6 4 9 5 1 1 0 3 4 4 4 3 2 5 2 9 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 162
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 10 5 7 3 5 6 3 5 3 3 2 5 1 1 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 7 3 13 3 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 110
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 7 4 2 4 5 1 6 8 5 7 1 2 7 9 11 4 7 5 102
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 5 3 3 10 4 5 1 4 5 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 72
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 3 3 2 2 1 4 3 5 7 3 6 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 69
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 52
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 4 1 3 5 1 2 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 43
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 43
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 41
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 8 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 37
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 1 36
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 28
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 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 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 25
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 14
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 1 2 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 0 1 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(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 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 1 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 0 0 4
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 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 1 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
(U.S.) WV WEST 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 101 130 196 161 179 175 187 210 251 294 227 228 189 169 176 133 122 126 128 139 160 138 159 179 215 142 277 211 196 192 250 283 289 299 324 501 531 598 602 658 643 784 11152
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 6 4 17 14 18 16 28 31 59 112 84 87 93 90 75 96 77 90 108 160 179 157 221 282 404 384 497 323 425 372 359 379 380 302 336 462 479 496 419 470 521 566 9678
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 8 6 9 8 13 13 9 6 17 16 10 7 13 11 12 15 19 13 18 21 14 17 14 21 46 30 20 19 28 7 21 16 18 7 8 14 17 13 5 9 6 3 597
(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 6 6 8 6 15 13 31 34 43 48 55 92 68 55 46 23 14 17 580
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 2 5 7 3 6 5 4 6 3 6 6 3 7 9 10 10 6 8 12 8 15 10 12 12 4 11 8 6 14 13 14 14 10 8 16 17 20 10 4 5 3 356
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 2 5 10 6 8 6 9 7 7 11 6 8 7 5 4 16 8 2 5 7 6 1 10 10 6 7 6 2 4 3 9 9 5 6 4 6 3 6 15 4 0 7 268
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 5 1 4 1 2 3 2 9 8 9 5 8 4 5 6 8 6 11 12 5 2 7 6 11 4 10 6 8 7 7 8 6 6 11 11 4 4 4 1 1 239
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 3 2 2 3 3 5 1 2 2 4 2 1 4 3 3 1 3 5 1 4 4 5 5 5 2 4 2 6 1 4 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 3 3 0 117
(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 1 1 0 7 9 35 56 109
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 1 5 4 2 4 6 4 2 0 3 1 4 6 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 5 5 5 92
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 5 3 4 0 1 2 2 7 12 1 1 3 7 3 3 1 2 3 71
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 51
(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 2 0 2 3 3 4 4 9 0 10 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 49
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 45
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 31
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 20
(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 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 20
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 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 16
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 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 0 0 1 3 6
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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) GTX GUATEMALA 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) IRX IRAN 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) MXX MEXICO 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 24 20 53 43 51 48 58 63 103 160 130 130 138 134 121 152 132 134 155 228 224 214 270 351 509 466 565 381 495 432 451 481 486 395 427 616 611 610 516 535 602 686 12400
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 125 150 249 204 230 223 245 273 354 454 357 358 327 303 297 285 254 260 283 367 384 352 429 530 724 608 842 592 691 624 701 764 775 694 751 1117 1142 1208 1118 1193 1245 1470 23552


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