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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 ALL, ALL CLASSES

( 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 19488 17989 22275 19600 19181 98533
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5930 5260 6308 5733 5712 28943
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5846 4703 5628 5006 4885 26068
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3672 3114 4011 3510 3516 17823
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3755 3367 3758 3141 2996 17017
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3162 2752 3294 2894 2741 14843
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2221 2291 3286 3228 3517 14543
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2957 2557 3171 2693 2722 14100
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2754 2431 2957 2554 2535 13231
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2883 2298 2842 2500 2414 12937
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2889 2319 2630 2255 2227 12320
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2456 2291 2601 2358 2046 11752
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2099 1854 2118 1745 1622 9438
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1725 1618 2060 1877 1781 9061
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1794 1610 1974 1745 1841 8964
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1621 1457 1705 1571 1584 7938
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1658 1489 1688 1412 1349 7596
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1577 1520 1652 1384 1356 7489
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1785 1529 1663 1350 1162 7489
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1326 1214 1487 1310 1344 6681
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1313 1191 1410 1246 1232 6392
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1280 1108 1165 1137 985 5675
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1077 946 1094 1004 1030 5151
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 768 628 721 702 615 3434
(U.S.) UT UTAH 683 554 684 638 642 3201
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 681 584 669 618 586 3138
(U.S.) IA IOWA 658 560 666 601 561 3046
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 626 498 602 542 477 2745
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 524 460 577 411 395 2367
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 447 403 543 470 417 2280
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 448 380 492 424 425 2169
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 400 367 437 472 437 2113
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 407 346 413 429 413 2008
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 410 383 386 367 375 1921
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 342 318 357 330 325 1672
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 375 318 357 300 279 1629
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 370 265 344 286 280 1545
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 343 271 321 262 260 1457
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 309 263 269 263 218 1322
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 191 182 186 203 191 953
(U.S.) ME MAINE 134 151 142 110 113 650
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 132 126 138 113 108 617
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 136 114 119 142 102 613
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 119 101 121 110 91 542
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 100 91 103 106 74 474
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 76 50 84 64 77 351
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 53 74 66 82 63 338
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 82 66 74 60 54 336
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 75 55 63 63 68 324
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 52 53 48 54 35 242
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 39 35 36 18 20 148
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 19 26 25 28 14 112
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 2 4 1 2 2 11
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 1 2 2 2 2 9
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 0 1 3 4
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 1 2
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 84270 74637 89823 79526 77501 405757
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 35348 30341 36807 33354 33682 169532
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 10779 9011 10005 9051 8915 47761
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 5938 5118 6361 6128 6339 29884
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 4428 4352 5908 6295 7549 28532
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3450 3148 3585 3292 3094 16569
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3374 2894 3572 3318 3393 16551
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3380 2866 3431 3130 3163 15970
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1584 1296 1480 1302 1357 7019
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1273 993 1323 1250 1329 6168
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1290 1123 1243 1061 1060 5777
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 953 910 1325 1265 1292 5745
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1277 995 1201 1035 1112 5620
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1028 924 1218 1107 1166 5443
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 918 720 950 850 824 4262
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 404 402 661 772 1225 3464
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 612 519 625 520 510 2786
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 540 463 577 457 463 2500
(Foreign) INX INDIA 363 384 481 546 634 2408
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 449 346 412 393 399 1999
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 414 358 439 388 391 1990
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 311 283 308 338 311 1551
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 264 273 295 268 303 1403
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 243 220 244 247 273 1227
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 169 148 172 188 176 853
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 186 156 174 146 164 826
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 142 122 136 113 105 618
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 80 88 113 158 152 591
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 106 77 121 90 101 495
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 100 87 109 82 91 469
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 86 80 66 56 54 342
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 48 46 49 47 66 256
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 44 41 33 38 24 180
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 46 24 38 37 32 177
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 31 25 34 37 48 175
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 16 23 29 32 54 154
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 21 18 35 20 16 110
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 20 20 22 19 26 107
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 15 18 19 20 30 102
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 18 16 31 11 22 98
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 21 18 24 12 21 96
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 15 15 20 20 23 93
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 21 12 21 16 14 84
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 15 9 14 25 13 76
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 13 7 16 19 16 71
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 21 10 20 5 12 68
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 17 10 16 13 11 67
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 9 12 14 15 14 64
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 18 8 13 11 14 64
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 9 7 9 11 12 48
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 10 6 13 9 6 44
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 10 7 5 3 12 37
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 4 3 7 6 15 35
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 3 3 3 6 16 31
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 4 7 4 12 2 29
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 1 3 9 4 11 28
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 4 10 3 5 5 27
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 3 8 2 9 24
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 6 6 5 4 3 24
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 2 2 5 8 7 24
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 6 9 3 1 4 23
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 5 0 4 5 5 19
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 2 5 2 7 2 18
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 4 3 3 5 2 17
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 2 3 2 3 6 16
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 5 5 4 1 1 16
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 0 3 5 3 4 15
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 1 6 4 3 1 15
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 3 2 3 5 2 15
(Foreign) PEX PERU 6 3 3 2 0 14
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 2 3 2 1 3 11
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 0 7 4 11
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 1 1 2 4 2 10
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 1 3 3 2 10
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 1 1 3 1 4 10
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 7 1 2 0 10
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 0 2 2 3 2 9
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 1 2 3 2 8
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 2 2 1 2 1 8
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 2 2 2 1 1 8
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 2 1 4 0 7
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 1 0 1 4 7
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 1 1 2 1 2 7
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 1 4 2 0 0 7
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 1 1 2 1 1 6
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 1 0 1 2 2 6
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 2 1 1 2 6
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 0 1 0 0 5 6
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 1 1 2 0 2 6
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 1 2 0 1 1 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 1 1 0 3 5
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 2 0 0 0 3 5
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 1 0 3 1 0 5
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 3 1 1 5
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 3 1 0 4
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 0 0 1 2 1 4
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 1 0 1 2 0 4
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 2 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA 3 1 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 0 1 2 0 1 4
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 1 1 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 0 0 2 0 1 3
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 0 0 2 0 1 3
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 1 1 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) FJX FIJI 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) UZX UZBEKISTAN 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BJX BENIN 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) CIX COTE D'IVOIRE 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ETX ETHIOPIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) GAX GABON 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) IQX IRAQ 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) NAX NAMIBIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) PWX PALAU 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) TDX CHAD 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 80020 69169 83949 77756 80271 391165
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 164290 143806 173772 157282 157772 796922


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