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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 1963 - 2010 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 445, Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing

( 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 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 2 4 4 4 5 2 3 5 8 1 1 7 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 2 0 3 3 9 10 17 18 11 5 15 11 8 8 3 5 3 5 211
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 2 3 2 5 3 1 2 7 7 8 7 6 8 3 4 9 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 4 4 1 2 6 2 2 4 2 2 4 5 6 4 5 4 8 4 6 8 7 4 6 8 6 205
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 13 19 15 9 3 3 8 7 7 7 7 5 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 2 4 2 0 5 3 6 3 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 187
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 5 6 4 4 3 3 5 6 9 4 10 4 9 7 5 2 6 1 4 9 5 4 4 4 2 2 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 158
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 1 1 2 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 3 3 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 8 8 11 12 13 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 126
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 4 4 3 6 4 5 3 2 7 4 6 5 6 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 6 1 2 1 5 2 1 3 0 1 4 4 123
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 8 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 4 6 4 5 0 3 2 9 5 7 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 0 2 1 121
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 3 2 11 11 21 14 22 9 10 5 6 0 2 0 0 120
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 11 6 5 3 2 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 64
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 6 4 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 44
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 30
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 19
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 16
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 8
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 3
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 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 2
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 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.) NE NEBRASKA 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 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 14 36 46 43 40 23 24 37 43 46 39 48 37 29 28 27 19 22 16 14 22 20 21 19 32 20 31 36 41 38 28 15 19 37 51 44 61 68 48 52 60 50 42 48 22 22 27 28 1633
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 5 7 5 8 6 2 2 5 7 3 5 5 4 11 3 5 7 12 13 10 8 20 28 11 13 17 28 34 40 57 41 46 72 93 88 96 74 39 53 63 1057
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 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 5 6 4 6 4 4 4 11 9 14 13 4 13 15 19 15 11 16 22 32 231
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 0 1 6 4 2 2 2 5 1 4 10 1 5 1 3 6 6 0 1 6 3 3 2 4 3 4 6 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 3 3 6 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 134
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 11 1 7 1 2 7 17 13 14 10 6 7 11 121
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 5 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 4 3 4 4 1 6 3 5 2 5 1 4 2 4 0 0 4 2 6 4 2 3 2 2 114
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 3 2 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 3 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 3 4 4 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 68
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3 3 1 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 50
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 41
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 13
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 5 3 2 8 16 5 13 13 21 12 20 32 12 13 9 13 18 16 8 13 12 19 12 10 22 18 33 37 18 41 42 29 25 37 44 71 70 97 58 54 103 136 135 137 101 72 92 115 1892
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 19 39 48 51 56 28 37 50 64 58 59 80 49 42 37 40 37 38 24 27 34 39 33 29 54 38 64 73 59 79 70 44 44 74 95 115 131 165 106 106 163 186 177 185 123 94 119 143 3525


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