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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 347, Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

( 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.) NY NEW YORK 134 81 52 59 50 376
(U.S.) OR OREGON 94 85 87 40 52 358
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 81 72 47 69 43 312
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 43 35 43 52 46 219
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 48 42 33 16 18 157
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 15 14 11 10 10 60
(U.S.) OH OHIO 12 7 8 16 10 53
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 7 8 7 16 44
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 19 9 5 5 6 44
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 5 7 3 4 13 32
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 9 4 6 2 7 28
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 8 5 2 5 7 27
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 4 4 6 3 9 26
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 4 5 3 6 2 20
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 4 2 1 3 8 18
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 3 2 4 4 3 16
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 9 2 2 2 0 15
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 1 5 4 1 0 11
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 2 2 1 2 10
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 0 3 0 2 6
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 1 1 1 1 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 2 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 1 0 2 0 5
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 3 0 0 5
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 0 0 3 0 5
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 4 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 1 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 2 0 1 4
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 1 2 3
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 1 0 2
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 517 402 340 316 309 1884
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 791 654 713 797 965 3920
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 72 132 267 270 374 1115
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 31 36 47 51 75 240
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 44 20 20 28 19 131
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 31 14 13 14 14 86
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 16 24 13 8 10 71
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 16 12 14 11 11 64
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 8 7 11 5 13 44
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 7 9 11 5 2 34
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 9 5 4 8 3 29
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 7 3 5 10 2 27
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 3 2 7 11 27
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 4 1 5 5 7 22
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 7 4 3 4 2 20
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 3 6 5 2 19
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 2 2 2 2 13
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 3 0 0 5 1 9
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 2 2 2 2 8
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 1 0 2 4
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 2 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1061 934 1143 1238 1517 5893
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1578 1336 1483 1554 1826 7777


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