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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 707, DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing)

( 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 400 351 516 439 460 2166
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 100 117 151 212 299 879
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 90 82 80 84 78 414
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 75 54 112 87 81 409
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 78 55 67 68 91 359
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 40 37 76 47 62 262
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 20 32 37 27 36 152
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 22 23 32 26 43 146
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 38 21 35 26 21 141
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 25 18 26 25 26 120
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 21 18 32 16 25 112
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 20 9 31 16 27 103
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 11 10 23 26 13 83
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 10 12 24 11 24 81
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 12 9 20 20 18 79
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 15 16 16 13 16 76
(U.S.) OR OREGON 12 13 14 14 23 76
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 16 8 16 9 14 63
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 15 10 13 11 11 60
(U.S.) UT UTAH 23 4 7 11 8 53
(U.S.) OH OHIO 8 9 12 13 6 48
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 12 9 16 8 3 48
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 5 14 6 7 37
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 4 6 7 6 27
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 5 4 3 5 8 25
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 4 3 5 9 22
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 5 2 3 6 3 19
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 1 8 3 6 18
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 4 2 7 1 0 14
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 0 5 1 4 12
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 2 0 2 4 3 11
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 2 4 3 0 11
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3 2 0 2 3 10
(U.S.) IA IOWA 3 4 3 0 0 10
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 3 3 0 2 1 9
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 2 5 0 0 9
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 1 4 3 8
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 3 2 2 7
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 0 2 2 1 6
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 0 4 0 0 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 2 1 0 0 1 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 2 1 1 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 2 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 2 0 0 2 0 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 2 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 2 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 2 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 2 0 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1113 957 1435 1270 1444 6219
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 167 114 209 197 173 860
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 25 27 42 51 79 224
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 35 19 44 46 57 201
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 32 24 36 35 28 155
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 15 14 19 18 24 90
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 15 19 17 15 14 80
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 16 10 16 11 21 74
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 3 6 10 19 34 72
(Foreign) INX INDIA 13 6 9 15 20 63
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 11 10 6 14 11 52
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 6 7 7 10 12 42
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 4 4 6 13 11 38
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 2 5 3 3 18
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 4 3 4 1 16
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 5 1 3 4 2 15
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 6 2 2 2 2 14
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 3 1 3 6 1 14
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 1 2 5 2 11
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 0 4 0 5 11
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 2 0 1 5 1 9
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 1 2 3 3 9
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 3 2 2 1 0 8
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 3 0 1 1 1 6
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 2 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 2 2 4
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 1 2 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 380 277 455 487 517 2116
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1493 1234 1890 1757 1961 8335


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