PATENT COUNTS States and Countries of Origin Calendar Year 1993 This report, prepared from the Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) data base, displays calendar year Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) patent grants by state and country of origin. This report was prepared on 2/08/94. 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 PTO. Questions regarding this report should be directed to: (address updated 4/96) U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Office of Electronic Information Products Technology Assessment and Forecast Program PK3-Suite 441 Washington, DC 20231 tel (703) 306-2600 FAX (703) 306-2737 STATE-COUNTRY COUNTS FROM CALENDAR YEAR 1993 PATENT FILE MAIL CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE SIRS TOTALS AL ALABAMA 271 51 1 1 0 324 AK ALASKA 50 14 0 0 0 64 AZ ARIZONA 848 75 0 5 1 929 AR ARKANSAS 114 36 4 0 0 154 CA CALIFORNIA 8170 1211 159 28 11 9579 CO COLORADO 910 140 0 4 3 1057 CT CONNECTICUT 1544 194 0 8 3 1749 DE DELAWARE 507 13 1 0 4 525 FL FLORIDA 1777 316 12 9 3 2117 GA GEORGIA 705 154 0 2 1 862 HI HAWAII 80 22 4 0 0 106 ID IDAHO 332 23 0 1 2 358 IL ILLINOIS 2846 447 5 14 9 3321 IN INDIANA 972 129 4 2 0 1107 IA IOWA 366 67 0 1 1 435 KS KANSAS 242 71 2 1 0 316 KY KENTUCKY 277 43 0 3 0 323 LA LOUISIANA 431 47 0 2 2 482 ME MAINE 114 28 0 0 0 142 MD MARYLAND 999 71 0 1 17 1088 MA MASSACHUSETTS 2210 276 7 11 1 2505 MI MICHIGAN 2875 227 3 7 1 3113 MN MINNESOTA 1544 214 1 8 1 1768 MS MISSISSIPPI 102 38 0 0 0 140 MO MISSOURI 632 113 0 2 0 747 MT MONTANA 88 20 0 0 0 108 NE NEBRASKA 169 21 1 0 0 191 NV NEVADA 139 42 0 1 0 182 NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 363 38 2 1 0 404 NJ NEW JERSEY 2913 302 4 9 18 3246 NM NEW MEXICO 233 26 0 0 2 261 NY NEW YORK 4691 647 2 15 5 5360 NC NORTH CAROLINA 908 154 1 5 1 1069 ND NORTH DAKOTA 60 5 0 1 0 66 OH OHIO 2529 426 11 10 2 2978 OK OKLAHOMA 595 78 0 8 0 681 OR OREGON 588 225 5 1 1 820 PA PENNSYLVANIA 2677 304 5 7 9 3002 RI RHODE ISLAND 219 56 0 0 1 276 SC SOUTH CAROLINA 423 77 0 1 1 502 SD SOUTH DAKOTA 32 12 0 0 0 44 TN TENNESSEE 554 78 0 5 1 638 TX TEXAS 3390 323 0 12 20 3745 UT UTAH 419 49 0 3 1 472 VT VERMONT 131 23 0 0 0 154 VA VIRGINIA 875 105 0 3 3 986 WA WASHINGTON 900 170 1 4 2 1077 WV WEST VIRGINIA 172 8 0 0 0 180 WI WISCONSIN 1139 187 0 10 3 1339 WY WYOMING 35 8 0 0 0 43 DC DISTRICT OF COLU 53 6 0 1 1 61 GU GUAM 1 0 0 0 0 1 PR PUERTO RICO 17 6 1 0 0 24 US UNITED STATES 2 0 0 0 0 2 VI VIRGIN ISL (US) 3 0 0 0 0 3 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE SIRS TOTALS AD ANDORRA 1 0 0 0 0 1 AE ARAB EMIRATES 1 0 0 0 0 1 AR ARGENTINA 24 1 0 0 0 25 AU AUSTRALIA 378 88 3 1 0 470 AT AUSTRIA 313 26 0 2 0 341 BS BAHAMAS 2 1 0 0 0 3 BE BELGIUM 350 25 2 0 0 377 BM BERMUDA 0 1 0 0 0 1 BR BRAZIL 57 2 0 0 0 59 VG BRIT. VIRGIN IS. 1 0 0 0 0 1 BG BULGARIA 5 0 0 0 0 5 CA CANADA 1943 275 5 6 1 2230 KY CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 1 CL CHILE 9 1 0 0 0 10 CN CHINA P.REP. 53 0 0 0 0 53 TW CHINA(TAIWAN) 1189 320 0 1 0 1510 CO COLOMBIA 6 0 0 0 0 6 CR COSTA RICA 1 0 4 0 0 5 HR CROATIA 2 0 0 0 0 2 CU CUBA 2 0 0 0 0 2 CY CYPRUS 1 0 0 0 0 1 CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 13 2 0 0 0 15 DK DENMARK 197 60 3 1 0 261 DO DOMINICAN REPL. 1 0 0 0 0 1 EC ECUADOR 1 0 0 0 0 1 EG EGYPT 1 0 0 0 0 1 FO FAROE ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 0 1 FI FINLAND 293 17 0 1 0 311 FR FRANCE 2908 215 22 9 0 3154 DE GERMANY 6890 228 52 13 0 7183 GR GREECE 7 1 0 0 0 8 GT GUATEMALA 1 0 0 0 0 1 HK HONG KONG 60 121 0 1 0 182 HU HUNGARY 61 1 0 0 0 62 IS ICELAND 5 0 0 0 0 5 IN INDIA 30 0 0 0 0 30 ID INDONESIA 4 1 0 0 0 5 IR IRAN 1 0 0 0 0 1 IE IRELAND 53 6 0 0 0 59 IL ISRAEL 314 22 21 1 0 358 IT ITALY 1286 165 2 1 0 1454 JM JAMAICA 1 0 0 0 0 1 JP JAPAN 22293 1037 8 61 12 23411 KE KENYA 2 0 0 0 0 2 KW KUWAIT 2 0 0 0 0 2 LB LEBANON 1 0 0 0 0 1 LI LIECHTENSTEIN 11 0 0 0 0 11 LU LUXEMBOURG 28 13 0 0 0 41 MY MALAYSIA 13 6 0 0 0 19 MT MALTA 1 0 0 0 0 1 MU MAURITIUS 1 0 0 0 0 1 MX MEXICO 45 5 0 0 0 50 MC MONACO 5 0 0 0 0 5 MA MOROCCO 1 0 0 0 0 1 NL NETHERLANDS 801 78 63 3 0 945 NZ NEW ZEALAND 39 5 7 0 0 51 NI NICARAGUA 1 0 0 0 0 1 NO NORWAY 117 9 0 1 0 127 OM OMAN 1 0 0 0 0 1 PK PAKISTAN 1 0 0 0 0 1 PA PANAMA 1 0 0 0 0 1 PE PERU 2 0 0 0 0 2 PH PHILIPPINES 4 1 0 0 0 5 PL POLAND 8 0 0 0 0 8 PT PORTUGAL 2 1 0 0 0 3 RO ROMANIA 2 0 0 0 0 2 RU RUSSIAN FEDERATI 3 0 0 0 0 3 ZA S. AFRICA 93 7 0 1 0 101 SA SAUDI ARABIA 3 1 0 0 0 4 SG SINGAPORE 38 6 0 0 0 44 SI SLOVENIA 3 0 0 0 0 3 KR SOUTH KOREA 779 50 0 1 0 830 ES SPAIN 159 26 0 0 0 185 LK SRI LANKA 1 0 0 0 0 1 SE SWEDEN 635 102 1 3 0 741 CH SWITZERLAND 1126 69 0 2 0 1197 TH THAILAND 5 12 0 0 0 17 TN TUNISIA 1 0 0 0 0 1 SU U.S.S.R. 65 2 0 0 0 67 UG UGANDA 2 0 0 0 0 2 GB UNITED KINGDOM 2294 197 13 16 0 2520 VE VENEZUELA 31 3 0 0 0 34 YU YUGOSLAVIA 20 5 0 0 0 25 RH ZIMBABWE 1 0 0 0 0 1 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN 45108 3214 206 125 13 48666 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 53236 7416 236 207 131 61226 TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES 98344 10630 442 332 144 109892 _______________________________________________________________________