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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants,
As Distributed 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 365, Static Information Storage and Retrieval

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a 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 either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 407 441 412 420 417 2097
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 153 142 151 140 123 709
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 74 56 68 76 77 351
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 33 20 47 38 53 191
(U.S.) OR OREGON 38 39 41 44 26 188
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 44 21 23 37 54 179
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 16 22 23 24 24 109
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 8 20 22 29 21 100
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 18 21 24 18 18 99
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 16 16 13 8 10 63
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 9 6 4 14 14 47
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 2 9 9 4 30
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 3 8 5 8 5 29
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 2 3 9 7 24
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 2 1 8 7 4 22
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 2 4 4 5 17
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 3 4 2 4 15
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 5 1 2 2 12
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 3 3 3 1 1 11
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 4 4 1 1 10
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 3 3 1 0 9
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 3 1 1 2 9
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 1 0 1 4 8
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 0 3 0 2 6
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 1 1 2 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 0 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 2 1 0 3
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 2 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 2 2
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 852 845 881 902 884 4364
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 666 655 657 640 595 3213
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 199 232 338 368 412 1549
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 78 85 94 137 153 547
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 91 70 60 94 103 418
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 40 52 39 45 49 225
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 21 16 40 30 33 140
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 11 19 13 11 23 77
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 14 4 12 12 8 50
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 3 10 11 17 41
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 10 9 5 8 8 40
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 11 5 12 7 36
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 2 5 7 9 24
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 7 5 2 2 3 19
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 4 3 1 3 2 13
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 1 0 2 4 6 13
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 2 0 0 1 5 8
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 3 2 0 1 1 7
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 2 1 2 6
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 2 1 1 0 1 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 2 1 1 4
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1153 1171 1290 1392 1441 6447
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 2005 2016 2171 2294 2325 10811


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