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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 2007 - 2011 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 19600 19182 20648 27337 28148 114915
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5733 5712 5934 7545 7584 32508
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5006 4885 5237 7082 6956 29166
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 3228 3517 4309 5258 4767 21079
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3510 3516 3696 4923 5191 20836
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3141 2996 2983 3823 3964 16907
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2693 2722 2839 3874 3852 15980
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2894 2741 2898 3611 3806 15950
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2554 2535 2625 3597 3860 15171
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2500 2414 2656 3351 3219 14140
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2255 2227 2341 3230 3177 13230
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2358 2046 2197 2978 3136 12715
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1745 1841 2012 2636 2607 10841
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1877 1781 1784 2040 1977 9459
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1745 1621 1714 2135 2102 9317
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1571 1584 1562 1976 2069 8762
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1384 1357 1416 1875 1939 7971
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1310 1344 1415 1905 1932 7906
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1412 1349 1467 1814 1784 7826
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1246 1232 1277 1578 1511 6844
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1004 1030 1073 1587 1600 6294
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1137 985 1095 1492 1437 6146
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1350 1162 941 1095 1032 5580
(U.S.) UT UTAH 638 642 766 1017 1066 4129
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 702 615 708 975 878 3878
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 618 586 647 925 969 3745
(U.S.) IA IOWA 601 561 670 763 811 3406
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 542 477 542 725 724 3010
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 424 425 435 615 707 2606
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 472 437 452 642 504 2507
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 411 395 461 517 656 2440
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 470 417 403 516 484 2290
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 429 413 368 536 488 2234
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 367 375 338 540 554 2174
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 330 325 311 367 418 1751
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 286 280 303 434 389 1692
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 300 279 304 444 352 1679
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 262 260 257 304 308 1391
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 263 218 231 276 306 1294
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 203 191 193 214 208 1009
(U.S.) ME MAINE 110 113 118 211 183 735
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 142 102 125 145 147 661
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 113 108 96 144 134 595
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 106 74 92 118 94 484
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 110 91 73 105 96 475
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 64 77 71 121 101 434
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 82 63 82 107 84 418
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 63 68 57 82 97 367
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 60 54 46 70 96 326
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 54 35 59 82 65 295
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 18 20 39 28 27 132
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 28 14 14 24 27 107
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 2 2 1 2 3 10
(U.S.) GU GUAM 1 3 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 2 2 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 79526 77502 82382 107792 108626 455828
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 33354 33682 35501 44813 46139 193489
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 9051 8914 9000 12363 11920 51248
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 6295 7548 8762 11671 12262 46538
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 6128 6339 6642 8239 8781 36129
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3318 3393 3655 4852 5012 20230
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3130 3163 3140 4450 4531 18414
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3292 3087 3174 4302 4307 18162
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 772 1225 1655 2657 3174 9483
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1302 1357 1346 1798 1885 7688
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1107 1166 1404 1819 1981 7477
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1265 1291 1221 1748 1919 7444
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1250 1330 1288 1614 1743 7225
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1035 1112 1208 1608 1663 6626
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1061 1060 1014 1434 1711 6280
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 850 824 864 1143 951 4632
(Foreign) INX INDIA 546 634 679 1098 1234 4191
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 520 510 594 820 802 3246
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 457 464 503 727 753 2904
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 388 391 390 605 728 2502
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 393 399 436 603 647 2478
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 338 311 305 429 419 1802
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 268 303 317 414 469 1771
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 247 273 265 399 366 1550
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 188 176 196 272 298 1130
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 146 164 177 252 304 1043
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 158 152 158 202 161 831
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 113 105 127 168 180 693
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 90 101 103 175 215 684
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 82 91 93 116 123 505
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 56 54 60 101 90 361
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 47 66 46 91 100 350
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 37 48 44 74 93 296
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 32 54 35 39 57 217
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 37 32 45 45 49 208
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 20 30 22 58 61 191
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 20 23 34 47 58 182
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 38 24 36 31 40 169
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 6 16 36 58 43 159
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 11 22 23 46 53 155
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 19 16 19 29 41 124
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 20 16 23 37 27 123
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 25 13 21 22 35 116
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 19 26 24 22 22 113
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 16 14 22 24 29 105
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 13 11 17 28 30 99
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 11 12 8 16 34 81
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 12 21 16 13 17 79
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 6 15 15 14 24 74
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 15 14 16 9 16 70
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 5 12 21 16 15 69
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 11 14 8 13 18 64
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 5 5 10 17 18 55
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 12 2 3 16 21 54
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 3 4 12 8 14 41
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 7 2 3 15 11 38
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 9 6 7 8 8 38
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 9 9 7 10 37
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 4 11 3 8 9 35
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 3 12 7 6 6 34
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 3 2 6 7 16 34
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 8 7 5 7 3 30
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 3 6 4 8 6 27
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 5 5 3 6 7 26
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 4 3 4 5 9 25
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 7 4 1 4 7 23
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 4 2 3 4 9 22
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 3 2 5 6 2 18
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 1 4 7 1 3 16
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 1 2 6 3 4 16
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 3 2 4 2 3 14
(Foreign) GEX GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF) 5 2 1 2 3 13
(Foreign) JMX JAMAICA 1 4 3 4 1 13
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 1 1 5 3 3 13
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 1 3 3 2 4 13
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 4 0 0 3 5 12
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 3 1 4 2 2 12
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 5 2 3 0 2 12
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 5 1 4 2 12
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 1 1 0 2 7 11
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 1 4 1 1 3 10
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 0 1 2 1 6 10
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 0 5 1 1 3 10
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 1 2 4 2 10
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 2 3 1 2 9
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 0 3 2 3 1 9
(Foreign) PEX PERU 2 0 1 1 5 9
(Foreign) GIX GIBRALTAR 2 1 1 0 4 8
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 2 0 1 0 5 8
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 0 1 3 3 8
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 0 2 0 2 3 7
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 1 4 0 1 7
(Foreign) AZX AZERBAIJAN 2 2 0 0 2 6
(Foreign) CMX CAMEROON 1 0 1 4 0 6
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 0 3 0 1 2 6
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 1 1 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 2 1 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 1 0 4 0 0 5
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 3 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 0 1 2 0 1 4
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 2 2 0 4
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 1 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 1 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) AIX ANGUILLA 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) BAX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) HNX HONDURAS 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) NGX NIGERIA 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) SCX SEYCHELLES 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) WSX SAMOA 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) ANX NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BDX BANGLADESH 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BFX BURKINA FASO 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BHX BAHRAIN 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BJX BENIN 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BZX BELIZE 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ETX ETHIOPIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GAX GABON 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IQX IRAQ 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KGX KYRGYZSTAN 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KNX SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KPX KOREA, NORTH 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) NAX NAMIBIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PYX PARAGUAY 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) TDX CHAD 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VUX VANUATU 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 77756 80270 84967 111822 115879 470694
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 157282 157772 167349 219614 224505 926522


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