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

EXTENDED YEAR SET - Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1963 - 2015 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 399, Electrophotography

( 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 by year of patent grant.
(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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 16 18 17 8 22 27 24 49 69 116 66 78 80 109 103 85 36 40 41 53 60 47 87 73 71 88 72 115 153 165 168 170 147 212 135 210 191 112 146 122 117 97 70 95 122 84 74 112 142 153 127 98 62 4954
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 6 5 2 10 14 8 9 25 16 13 16 12 27 40 34 29 28 38 32 19 37 46 502
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 6 9 12 12 9 8 8 6 2 6 4 4 4 8 4 12 9 3 6 5 5 6 5 4 8 7 11 6 6 15 7 4 15 4 7 6 6 10 6 10 29 20 11 18 19 10 403
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 2 4 5 12 16 8 12 9 19 14 29 44 43 26 16 5 9 2 6 2 1 6 10 8 309
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 3 3 5 7 6 8 8 15 13 23 11 6 4 2 3 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 140
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 7 6 9 8 10 12 11 11 3 2 3 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 134
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 2 10 9 3 2 5 4 9 4 4 4 5 3 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 7 4 2 6 4 3 4 1 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 98
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 4 1 0 4 3 11 6 8 0 1 2 2 4 8 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 93
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 5 3 5 5 8 8 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 92
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 6 7 8 6 5 2 4 13 7 82
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 5 3 1 7 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 9 7 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 74
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 4 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 54
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 6 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 43
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 43
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 36
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 4 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 3 0 5 2 0 3 34
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 4 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 1 3 5 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 31
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 26
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 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 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 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 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 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 4
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 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 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 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 1
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 27 41 35 22 45 48 52 80 122 189 113 109 130 152 139 114 70 73 88 95 103 80 125 96 94 100 94 141 185 196 199 204 195 257 175 280 252 178 204 194 198 183 139 184 206 157 137 200 214 214 182 184 146 7440
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 6 23 51 41 59 56 65 67 87 76 81 113 109 169 164 169 240 256 235 345 371 426 449 458 447 412 596 511 700 719 686 624 671 648 703 667 858 924 981 1035 1383 1479 1585 1678 2013 2359 25806
(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 1 0 4 5 7 12 14 18 35 72 41 50 29 22 53 57 86 87 121 76 127 137 131 102 101 90 1478
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 1 7 5 0 5 4 1 9 10 8 3 14 11 14 8 16 18 11 9 7 20 10 6 3 2 1 2 5 0 3 6 5 10 3 12 11 16 27 15 26 13 16 25 13 19 20 9 6 20 14 16 9 528
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 2 4 7 8 5 3 4 1 1 3 3 0 8 3 3 4 8 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 8 6 1 3 4 2 7 5 6 6 4 9 7 6 175
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 3 2 6 7 1 2 0 2 7 3 5 6 4 5 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 0 7 4 8 19 12 135
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5 3 0 12 2 2 1 3 2 3 6 3 10 1 0 4 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 8 2 4 3 2 2 6 1 2 4 0 3 3 4 4 1 0 4 128
(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 2 1 1 4 7 6 8 4 9 6 4 6 6 3 13 6 6 5 3 7 9 116
(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 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 3 0 5 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 7 4 11 7 13 95
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 6 5 13 9 10 3 4 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 88
(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 3 0 2 3 1 1 2 4 14 14 45
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 32
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 27
(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 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 8
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) BOX BOLIVIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 5 2 8 9 2 13 11 8 37 66 57 80 91 95 91 117 101 106 133 129 186 194 205 267 277 245 356 387 448 462 482 476 438 643 549 782 825 774 726 742 724 789 754 988 1040 1140 1161 1548 1659 1764 1833 2188 2527 28740
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 32 43 43 31 47 61 63 88 159 255 170 189 221 247 230 231 171 179 221 224 289 274 330 363 371 345 450 528 633 658 681 680 633 900 724 1062 1077 952 930 936 922 972 893 1172 1246 1297 1298 1748 1873 1978 2015 2372 2673 36180


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