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

Extended Year Set - Patent Counts By Country, State, and Year
Plant Patents
(December 2015)

Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Description of the Report

This report displays the number of U.S. patents distributed by U.S. state/territory and foreign country of origin and by calendar year of grant. The origin of a patent is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor. This extended annual data report displays annual counts for each year of the period.

This report counts documents of the following type(s):
plant patents
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015.

The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Number of Plant Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant
Breakout by U.S. State/Territory and Foreign Country of Origin

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by U.S. State/Territory and Foreign Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
Origin   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 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   173 186 131 117 183 173 197 212 242 224 229 425 587 318 353 321 442 499 387 362 394 561 420 548 584 1133 994 1016 716 1149 1047 1240 1009 981 823 860 847 1072 1074 22229
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   144 133 99 79 154 135 140 161 142 150 131 260 345 153 237 196 236 283 201 183 230 245 200 232 372 518 395 428 236 430 364 433 389 297 308 315 354 401 400 10109
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   29 53 32 38 29 38 57 51 100 74 98 165 242 165 116 125 206 216 186 179 164 316 220 316 212 615 599 588 480 719 683 807 620 684 515 545 493 671 674 12120
ALABAMA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 2 0 5 3 5 4 4 1 2 6 14 4 4 0 0 7 2 79
ARIZONA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 2 3 3 30
ARKANSAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 6 44
CALIFORNIA   68 44 53 33 92 79 72 106 86 84 69 116 162 75 160 128 159 168 112 107 114 112 80 132 194 267 197 210 106 165 127 180 135 101 94 84 133 119 103 4626
COLORADO   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 27
CONNECTICUT   2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 5 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 51
DELAWARE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
FLORIDA   4 11 3 6 1 2 4 3 5 5 6 22 29 14 10 11 12 27 18 15 30 28 30 16 44 82 64 64 26 64 83 70 64 58 22 48 54 28 58 1141
GEORGIA   1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 9 5 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 7 1 12 5 6 3 26 19 14 15 21 15 21 21 20 37 281
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 5 2 1 7 1 0 1 2 0 1 8 2 2 1 1 3 4 55
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ILLINOIS   2 10 7 0 4 1 7 4 3 3 0 8 8 1 5 2 5 2 3 12 4 0 5 6 6 2 15 17 5 12 6 16 10 11 3 11 16 20 17 269
INDIANA   10 4 7 4 2 7 3 3 1 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 18 9 4 10 4 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 121
IOWA   3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
KANSAS   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
KENTUCKY   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 17
LOUISIANA   0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 4 5 2 5 6 1 6 1 3 3 1 6 33 3 10 8 123
MAINE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MARYLAND   2 7 3 2 3 1 2 4 2 3 0 2 7 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 1 2 8 3 2 3 1 0 4 5 3 1 1 1 0 6 93
MASSACHUSETTS   0 1 2 2 5 2 14 0 7 3 5 2 11 0 4 5 7 3 2 6 4 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 4 8 6 8 3 3 10 4 2 2 3 153
MICHIGAN   3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 3 3 3 0 4 9 2 2 3 5 7 8 11 9 8 10 17 8 36 12 27 27 27 257
MINNESOTA   0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 6 7 1 16 5 5 10 3 2 3 4 3 2 93
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 5 5 36
MISSOURI   1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 7 4 8 0 3 6 5 10 7 5 6 4 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 93
MONTANA   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
NEBRASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 13 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 39
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
NEW JERSEY   1 1 4 3 2 0 4 1 6 5 2 1 18 11 3 1 4 4 3 0 2 3 3 3 2 4 4 5 1 6 7 11 4 7 6 1 5 2 2 152
NEW MEXICO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
NEW YORK   3 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 5 2 2 4 2 6 2 6 7 2 12 3 9 2 3 1 2 8 21 4 4 1 22 4 5 7 0 165
NORTH CAROLINA   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 4 0 4 2 0 1 5 3 5 6 10 5 8 6 18 15 8 6 4 12 2 5 146
NORTH DAKOTA   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 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
OHIO   14 14 0 2 17 3 12 8 5 4 12 27 18 15 3 21 11 12 5 5 17 4 3 5 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 4 1 2 1 4 1 5 13 278
OKLAHOMA   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 30
OREGON   9 13 4 6 4 10 6 8 7 1 21 28 23 3 7 7 5 17 14 5 5 27 11 18 11 44 18 20 28 50 31 42 24 21 43 59 35 73 50 808
PENNSYLVANIA   0 3 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 12 7 6 9 0 5 1 3 3 6 5 10 6 22 10 4 10 4 4 3 6 13 2 7 4 4 10 7 199
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 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 2 7 2 0 1 10 1 50
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TENNESSEE   0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 6 4 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 4 51
TEXAS   7 2 5 4 5 6 4 7 3 6 6 3 9 2 8 1 0 3 4 1 6 7 5 6 8 5 7 7 1 2 8 2 4 5 1 0 4 4 6 174
UTAH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
VERMONT   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 5 0 0 6
VIRGINIA   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 24
WASHINGTON   3 0 3 1 3 5 2 1 2 5 1 6 8 7 2 3 1 11 2 3 5 2 2 3 9 9 6 3 2 3 5 5 9 5 5 5 4 16 12 179
WEST VIRGINIA   2 12 4 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 48
WISCONSIN   0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 4 2 3 3 4 5 5 3 5 4 6 12 6 91
PUERTO RICO   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
NETHERLANDS   4 7 2 5 3 7 6 2 27 17 21 54 58 38 23 46 63 63 34 41 29 71 65 102 57 218 162 211 141 212 221 265 166 188 153 160 138 228 200 3508
GERMANY   5 19 10 23 9 16 23 31 25 17 25 27 102 51 39 17 52 32 44 48 34 62 53 70 22 145 166 100 80 98 131 176 137 160 112 122 121 82 141 2627
JAPAN   3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 12 7 2 11 8 9 13 9 6 20 12 16 23 30 68 49 54 84 65 87 60 50 67 44 38 86 52 993
UNITED KINGDOM   4 13 6 4 3 2 14 4 3 3 16 13 13 11 7 4 13 38 15 8 21 23 16 35 9 35 42 41 37 68 49 43 45 47 23 36 27 42 32 865
DENMARK   0 0 2 0 0 4 2 4 2 1 2 13 3 1 3 4 3 11 16 27 9 40 11 24 21 79 25 74 74 71 57 48 21 25 14 18 30 59 39 837
FRANCE   4 3 5 1 5 5 7 1 22 16 6 32 24 34 21 13 22 16 16 18 27 27 10 9 4 26 13 8 11 23 26 38 29 48 14 28 43 12 34 701
AUSTRALIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10 3 9 2 3 2 3 7 14 13 11 15 25 27 25 26 32 45 34 63 27 45 26 32 17 47 41 613
ISRAEL   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 21 14 21 7 0 12 6 3 14 8 18 15 3 38 23 19 26 15 22 32 12 18 26 386
NEW ZEALAND   2 3 1 1 3 0 3 1 6 1 2 3 8 2 4 7 7 6 4 2 2 4 9 11 4 7 12 20 10 4 13 18 26 28 26 15 17 16 26 334
BELGIUM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 2 2 2 10 3 2 4 20 5 12 6 10 38 16 3 25 13 7 17 12 27 22 13 11 13 306
CANADA   1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 6 1 8 5 2 7 0 15 8 6 10 7 5 5 1 3 5 8 10 14 3 6 5 4 8 7 176
COSTA RICA   0 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 11 6 2 1 0 0 3 0 4 4 6 5 0 4 2 1 9 5 4 10 10 19 7 5 6 3 2 0 0 11 10 162
ITALY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 4 2 9 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 2 9 2 4 6 10 15 96
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 2 3 0 2 3 17 2 1 4 5 5 63
INDIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 12 7 4 3 5 8 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 51
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 4 1 4 1 5 5 3 1 6 2 2 1 0 2 4 49
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 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 26 7 45
INDONESIA   0 0 0 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 2 6 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
IRELAND   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 2 0 0 3 5 1 3 1 1 5 23
SWITZERLAND   3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 23
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 6 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 21
AUSTRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
TAIWAN   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 0 1 1 0 0 10 2 2 1 0 0 1 20
COLOMBIA   0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 18
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 16
BRAZIL   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 1 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15
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 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 12
KOREA, SOUTH   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12
SWEDEN   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
CHILE   0 0 0 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 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 11
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
GUERNSEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
ECUADOR   0 0 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 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 9
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 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 3 1 0 7
MEXICO   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
NORWAY   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 3 0 0 1 5
HONDURAS   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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 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
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
LEBANON   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 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   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
PHILIPPINES   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
PORTUGAL   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
SLOVAKIA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Extended Year Set - Patent Counts By Country, State, and Year, Plant Patents (December 2015)
PARTS A1
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

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