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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1999 - 2003 Utility Patent Grants,
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 382, Image Analysis

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the 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 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 164 160 188 170 213 895
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 91 91 139 84 130 535
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 57 53 56 45 56 267
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 46 51 76 43 40 256
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 38 34 37 39 61 209
(U.S.) OR OREGON 10 8 18 33 59 128
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 18 18 31 26 31 124
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 19 26 14 17 20 96
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 12 10 22 20 19 83
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 13 15 20 17 14 79
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 18 17 10 5 11 61
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 16 11 11 13 10 61
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 13 7 7 7 17 51
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 3 5 14 12 8 42
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 4 10 6 8 13 41
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 8 7 11 6 8 40
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 12 7 9 5 5 38
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 10 6 11 5 6 38
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 5 6 8 11 7 37
(U.S.) OH OHIO 5 11 4 9 5 34
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 12 6 4 4 3 29
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 9 9 2 2 29
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 4 4 7 5 24
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 8 4 4 1 7 24
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 3 1 2 1 7 14
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 1 3 4 3 13
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 4 4 1 2 12
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 1 3 1 4 11
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 3 0 6 10
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 3 1 2 3 10
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 2 1 2 3 9
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 0 3 2 7
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 3 4 0 7
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 0 2 1 2 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 0 1 3 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 0 0 1 2 4
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 3 0 1 4
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 2 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 2 1 3
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 2 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1 2 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 610 591 740 616 795 3352
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 525 462 453 402 530 2372
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 61 39 32 22 43 197
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 28 22 29 21 36 136
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 16 21 30 28 29 124
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 28 16 18 26 29 117
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 17 17 16 23 22 95
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 20 15 17 17 24 93
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 15 13 14 22 28 92
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 11 10 9 22 56
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 6 10 10 7 15 48
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 2 3 14 8 10 37
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 1 3 10 6 21
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 2 1 7 5 17
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 2 3 6 3 2 16
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 4 2 1 2 3 12
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 1 0 2 0 7 10
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 4 1 3 1 1 10
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 2 2 3 1 8
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 2 3 2 7
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 3 0 1 2 6
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 2 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 1 1 0 2 4
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 2 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 2 0 1 3
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 1 1 1 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) SYX SYRIA 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 741 650 670 620 829 3510
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1351 1241 1410 1236 1624 6862

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