PATENT COUNTS States and Countries of Origin Calendar Year 2001 This report, prepared from the Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) database, displays calendar year U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent grants by state and country of origin. This report was prepared on 2/04/2002. Separate counts are provided for utility, design, plant, and reissue patents and for statutory invention registrations (SIRs). The 'totals' column, as listed in this report, excludes counts of SIRs. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor as displayed on the face of each patent. Patent counts are broken down by type of patent document issued by the USPTO. Questions regarding this report should be directed to: (address as of 4/2002) U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast Branch PK3-Suite 441 Washington, DC 20231 tel (703) 306-2600 FAX (703) 306-2737 STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 2001 PATENT FILE MAIL CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AL ALABAMA 382 65 5 0 452 1 AK ALASKA 50 8 0 0 58 0 AZ ARIZONA 1540 158 0 4 1702 0 AR ARKANSAS 180 36 3 3 222 0 CA CALIFORNIA 18598 2014 194 48 20854 9 CO COLORADO 1927 177 1 3 2108 2 CT CONNECTICUT 1853 213 0 5 2071 0 DE DELAWARE 382 38 1 3 424 2 FL FLORIDA 2649 440 44 14 3147 2 GA GEORGIA 1370 223 1 5 1599 2 HI HAWAII 95 9 1 2 107 0 ID IDAHO 1697 35 1 4 1737 0 IL ILLINOIS 3640 610 6 10 4266 7 IN INDIANA 1358 213 18 4 1593 2 IA IOWA 751 64 0 0 815 0 KS KANSAS 312 69 0 1 382 0 KY KENTUCKY 481 62 0 3 546 1 LA LOUISIANA 520 35 5 2 562 0 ME MAINE 145 11 0 0 156 0 MD MARYLAND 1483 146 2 5 1636 5 MA MASSACHUSETTS 3667 290 1 14 3972 0 MI MICHIGAN 3854 368 3 11 4236 1 MN MINNESOTA 2635 280 1 10 2926 0 MS MISSISSIPPI 166 56 3 1 226 2 MO MISSOURI 841 119 3 3 966 0 MT MONTANA 145 17 0 0 162 0 NE NEBRASKA 215 33 4 1 253 0 NV NEVADA 313 56 0 2 371 0 NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 598 70 0 2 670 1 NJ NEW JERSEY 3869 398 2 12 4281 5 NM NEW MEXICO 376 15 0 0 391 0 NY NEW YORK 6349 812 9 10 7180 1 NC NORTH CAROLINA 1946 313 3 3 2265 2 ND NORTH DAKOTA 97 9 1 0 107 0 OH OHIO 3274 701 2 14 3991 4 OK OKLAHOMA 576 55 0 2 633 0 OR OREGON 1259 231 11 3 1504 0 PA PENNSYLVANIA 3534 271 22 12 3839 3 RI RHODE ISLAND 287 46 0 1 334 0 SC SOUTH CAROLINA 565 75 2 0 642 2 SD SOUTH DAKOTA 76 9 0 0 85 0 TN TENNESSEE 813 136 2 7 958 4 TX TEXAS 6371 360 8 21 6760 4 UT UTAH 715 84 1 3 803 0 VT VERMONT 453 53 0 1 507 0 VA VIRGINIA 1115 157 1 2 1275 6 WA WASHINGTON 1969 274 9 5 2257 0 WV WEST VIRGINIA 148 12 0 1 161 0 WI WISCONSIN 1837 403 2 7 2249 4 WY WYOMING 51 7 0 1 59 0 DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 67 5 0 1 73 0 GU GUAM 1 4 0 0 5 0 PR PUERTO RICO 11 1 0 0 12 0 US UNITED STATES * 1 0 0 0 1 0 VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 3 0 0 0 3 0 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 87610 10346 372 266 98594 72 STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 2001 PATENT FILE PAGE 2 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS DZ ALGERIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AE ARAB EMIRATES 5 1 0 0 6 0 AR ARGENTINA 51 7 0 0 58 0 AM ARMENIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AW ARUBA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AU AUSTRALIA 875 126 25 4 1030 1 AT AUSTRIA 589 41 0 2 632 0 BS THE BAHAMAS 10 0 0 0 10 0 BB BARBADOS 0 4 0 0 4 0 BY BELARUS 7 0 0 0 7 0 BE BELGIUM 718 72 6 0 796 0 BM BERMUDA 4 0 0 0 4 0 BA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 0 0 0 1 0 BR BRAZIL 110 15 0 0 125 0 BN BRUNEI 0 1 0 0 1 0 BG BULGARIA 3 2 0 0 5 0 CA CANADA 3606 439 7 11 4063 0 KY CAYMAN ISLANDS 3 1 0 0 4 0 CL CHILE 12 3 0 0 15 0 HK CHINA,HONG KONG SAR 237 382 0 1 620 0 CN CHINA P.REP. 195 71 0 0 266 0 CO COLOMBIA 12 2 0 0 14 0 CR COSTA RICA 3 0 9 0 12 0 HR CROATIA 8 0 0 0 8 0 CU CUBA 4 0 0 0 4 0 CY CYPRUS 1 0 0 0 1 0 CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 16 7 0 0 23 0 CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 7 0 0 0 7 0 DK DENMARK 479 54 21 2 556 0 DM DOMINICA 2 0 0 0 2 0 EC ECUADOR 4 0 0 0 4 0 EG EGYPT 6 0 0 0 6 0 SV EL SALVADOR 3 0 0 0 3 0 EE ESTONIA 1 1 0 0 2 0 FI FINLAND 732 37 0 0 769 0 PF FR. POLYNESIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 FR FRANCE 4041 396 4 15 4456 0 GE GEORGIA (REPL. OF) 2 0 0 0 2 0 DE GERMANY 11261 588 22 23 11894 1 GR GREECE 26 0 0 0 26 0 HU HUNGARY 60 1 0 0 61 0 IS ICELAND 19 2 0 0 21 0 IN INDIA 177 1 1 0 179 0 ID INDONESIA 4 6 0 0 10 0 IR IRAN 2 0 0 0 2 0 IE IRELAND 143 23 0 0 166 0 IL ISRAEL 970 45 14 2 1031 0 IT ITALY 1709 254 0 15 1978 0 JM JAMAICA 1 0 0 0 1 0 JP JAPAN 33224 1546 23 98 34891 0 JO JORDAN 3 0 0 0 3 0 KZ KAZAKHSTAN 3 0 0 0 3 0 KE KENYA 4 0 0 0 4 0 KW KUWAIT 6 0 0 0 6 0 KG KYRGYZSTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 LV LATVIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 LB LEBANON 2 0 0 0 2 0 LI LIECHTENSTEIN 23 1 0 0 24 0 LT LITHUANIA 4 0 0 0 4 0 LU LUXEMBOURG 33 15 0 0 48 0 MG MADAGASCAR 2 0 0 0 2 0 MY MALAYSIA 39 17 0 0 56 0 MT MALTA 2 0 0 0 2 0 MX MEXICO 81 6 0 0 87 0 MC MONACO 12 6 0 0 18 0 MA MOROCCO 1 0 0 0 1 0 NL NETHERLANDS 1332 101 57 4 1494 0 NZ NEW ZEALAND 124 29 4 3 160 0 NG NIGERIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 NO NORWAY 266 16 0 1 283 0 PK PAKISTAN 2 0 0 0 2 0 PA PANAMA 1 0 0 0 1 0 PE PERU 4 2 0 0 6 0 PH PHILIPPINES 12 3 0 0 15 0 PL POLAND 16 0 0 0 16 0 PT PORTUGAL 12 3 1 0 16 0 RO ROMANIA 10 0 0 0 10 0 RU RUSSIAN FEDERATION 234 5 0 0 239 0 KN SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 2 0 0 0 2 0 SA SAUDI ARABIA 12 0 0 0 12 0 SG SINGAPORE 296 7 0 1 304 0 SK SLOVAKIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 SI SLOVENIA 21 0 0 0 21 0 ZA SOUTH AFRICA 120 13 4 0 137 0 KR SOUTH KOREA 3538 216 3 6 3763 0 ES SPAIN 269 70 1 0 340 0 LK SRI LANKA 1 2 0 0 3 0 SR SURINAME 1 0 0 0 1 0 SE SWEDEN 1743 185 1 6 1935 0 CH SWITZERLAND 1420 133 0 4 1557 0 SY SYRIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 TW TAIWAN 5371 1168 0 5 6544 1 TZ TANZANIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 TH THAILAND 24 23 0 0 47 0 TT TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 4 0 0 0 4 0 TR TURKEY 11 3 0 0 14 0 TC TURKS & CAICOS ISL. 1 0 0 0 1 0 UG UGANDA 1 0 0 0 1 0 UA UKRAINE 21 0 0 0 21 0 GB UNITED KINGDOM 3965 370 9 11 4355 1 UZ UZBEKISTAN 2 0 0 0 2 0 VE VENEZUELA 26 2 0 0 28 0 VN VIET NAM 0 1 0 0 1 0 VG VIRGIN (BRIT.) ISL. 0 1 0 0 1 0 YU YUGOSLAVIA 4 0 0 0 4 0 ZW ZIMBABWE 1 0 0 0 1 0 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN 78435 6526 212 214 85387 4 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 87610 10346 372 266 98594 72 TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES 166045 16872 584 480 183981 76 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN (%) 47.2% 38.7% 36.3% 44.6% 46.4% 5.3% TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES (%) 52.8% 61.3% 63.7% 55.4% 53.6% 94.7% TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% * No state indicated in database. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office/ TAF Data Base 02-04-02 _______________________________________________________________________