PATENT COUNTS States and Countries of Origin Calendar Year 1994 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 1/26/95. 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 1994 PATENT FILE MAIL CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AL ALABAMA 259 76 3 0 338 0 AK ALASKA 48 7 0 0 55 1 AZ ARIZONA 929 121 2 1 1053 0 AR ARKANSAS 120 39 0 0 159 0 CA CALIFORNIA 8956 1238 168 31 10393 14 CO COLORADO 1045 130 0 5 1180 1 CT CONNECTICUT 1608 219 0 6 1833 1 DE DELAWARE 440 11 0 0 451 2 FL FLORIDA 1887 375 27 5 2294 4 GA GEORGIA 801 159 0 2 962 0 HI HAWAII 73 24 2 0 99 0 ID IDAHO 330 33 0 3 366 3 IL ILLINOIS 2834 477 2 5 3318 4 IN INDIANA 1038 123 1 3 1165 1 IA IOWA 394 65 0 1 460 0 KS KANSAS 272 53 0 2 327 0 KY KENTUCKY 285 53 0 1 339 0 LA LOUISIANA 403 33 0 6 442 0 ME MAINE 118 22 0 0 140 0 MD MARYLAND 1058 106 3 5 1172 6 MA MASSACHUSETTS 2339 299 3 8 2649 1 MI MICHIGAN 2928 261 3 23 3215 1 MN MINNESOTA 1721 235 2 6 1964 2 MS MISSISSIPPI 117 44 0 1 162 1 MO MISSOURI 633 126 0 0 759 0 MT MONTANA 84 14 0 0 98 0 NE NEBRASKA 166 18 0 1 185 0 NV NEVADA 171 39 0 1 211 1 NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 403 47 0 1 451 0 NJ NEW JERSEY 2925 314 4 4 3247 9 NM NEW MEXICO 232 27 1 0 260 1 NY NEW YORK 4906 512 6 19 5443 5 NC NORTH CAROLINA 1015 169 4 1 1189 2 ND NORTH DAKOTA 51 9 0 0 60 1 OH OHIO 2594 476 12 10 3092 10 OK OKLAHOMA 545 70 0 6 621 0 OR OREGON 556 206 17 1 780 2 PA PENNSYLVANIA 2816 262 1 4 3083 4 RI RHODE ISLAND 217 56 0 1 274 4 SC SOUTH CAROLINA 436 71 2 1 510 0 SD SOUTH DAKOTA 44 3 0 0 47 0 TN TENNESSEE 591 93 1 0 685 0 TX TEXAS 3878 360 3 12 4253 16 UT UTAH 422 57 0 2 481 2 VT VERMONT 140 31 0 0 171 0 VA VIRGINIA 858 105 1 5 969 4 WA WASHINGTON 962 173 11 5 1151 1 WV WEST VIRGINIA 142 21 0 0 163 1 WI WISCONSIN 1165 216 3 7 1391 0 WY WYOMING 41 11 0 0 52 0 DC DISTRICT OF COLU 44 4 0 0 48 0 PR PUERTO RICO 24 4 1 0 29 0 US UNITED STATES 2 1 0 0 3 0 VI VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) 2 0 0 0 2 0 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 56068 7698 283 195 64244 105 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AG ANTIGUA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AE ARAB EMIRATES 1 0 0 0 1 0 AR ARGENTINA 32 2 1 2 37 0 AU AUSTRALIA 467 91 2 4 564 0 AT AUSTRIA 289 25 1 1 316 0 BS THE BAHAMAS 2 0 0 0 2 0 BY BELARUS 2 0 0 0 2 0 BE BELGIUM 351 30 10 0 391 0 BM BERMUDA 1 0 0 0 1 0 BR BRAZIL 60 1 0 0 61 0 BG BULGARIA 4 0 0 0 4 0 CA CANADA 2008 360 2 9 2379 1 KY CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 1 0 0 1 0 CL CHILE 8 0 0 0 8 0 CN CHINA P.REP. 48 0 0 0 48 0 CO COLOMBIA 4 0 1 0 5 0 CR COSTA RICA 2 1 4 0 7 0 HR CROATIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 CU CUBA 4 0 0 0 4 0 CY CYPRUS 3 0 0 0 3 0 CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0 1 0 CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 19 1 0 0 20 0 DK DENMARK 207 93 11 2 313 0 EC ECUADOR 2 0 0 0 2 0 EG EGYPT 4 0 0 0 4 0 EE ESTONIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 FI FINLAND 312 29 0 0 341 0 FR FRANCE 2779 182 16 7 2984 1 DE GERMANY 6731 208 32 18 6989 0 GH GHANA 1 0 0 0 1 0 GR GREECE 16 0 0 0 16 0 GP GUADELOUPE 0 1 0 0 1 0 GT GUATEMALA 2 0 0 0 2 0 HN HONDURAS 0 0 1 0 1 0 HK HONG KONG 57 163 0 0 220 0 HU HUNGARY 46 2 0 0 48 0 IS ICELAND 4 0 0 0 4 0 IN INDIA 27 1 0 0 28 0 ID INDONESIA 9 0 0 0 9 0 IR IRAN 2 0 0 0 2 0 IE IRELAND 50 1 1 0 52 0 IL ISRAEL 350 24 14 0 388 0 IT ITALY 1215 142 1 2 1360 0 JP JAPAN 22384 1056 9 59 23508 9 KZ KAZAKHSTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 KE KENYA 1 0 0 0 1 0 KW KUWAIT 1 0 0 0 1 0 LB LEBANON 1 0 0 0 1 0 LI LIECHTENSTEIN 16 0 0 0 16 0 LU LUXEMBOURG 22 22 0 0 44 0 MY MALAYSIA 10 6 0 0 16 0 MT MALTA 1 0 0 0 1 0 MX MEXICO 44 8 0 0 52 0 MC MONACO 6 1 0 0 7 0 NL NETHERLANDS 853 83 63 0 999 0 NZ NEW ZEALAND 37 11 6 0 54 0 NG NIGERIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 KP NORTH KOREA 1 0 0 0 1 0 NO NORWAY 126 4 0 0 130 0 PK PAKISTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 PE PERU 1 0 0 1 2 0 PH PHILIPPINES 1 0 0 0 1 0 PL POLAND 8 1 0 0 9 0 PT PORTUGAL 6 1 0 0 7 0 RO ROMANIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 RU RUSSIAN FEDERATI 38 0 0 0 38 0 ZA S. AFRICA 101 8 0 0 109 0 SM SAN MARINO 1 0 0 0 1 0 SA SAUDI ARABIA 11 0 0 0 11 0 SG SINGAPORE 51 8 0 0 59 0 SI SLOVENIA 6 5 0 0 11 0 KR SOUTH KOREA 943 65 0 0 1008 0 ES SPAIN 141 26 3 2 172 0 VC ST. VINCENT/GREN 1 0 0 0 1 0 SE SWEDEN 706 93 0 1 800 0 CH SWITZERLAND 1169 73 0 2 1244 0 TW TAIWAN, PROVINCE 1443 368 1 2 1814 0 TH THAILAND 5 3 0 0 8 0 TT TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 4 0 0 0 4 0 TR TURKEY 2 0 0 0 2 0 SU U.S.S.R. 53 4 0 0 57 0 UG UGANDA 1 0 0 0 1 0 UA UKRAINE 9 0 0 0 9 0 GB UNITED KINGDOM 2234 186 37 11 2468 1 UZ UZBEKISTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 VE VENEZUELA 23 5 0 0 28 0 VG VIRGIN ISLANDS (BR.) 1 1 0 0 2 0 YE YEMEN 1 0 0 0 1 0 YU YUGOSLAVIA 15 0 0 0 15 0 ZW ZIMBABWE 3 1 0 0 4 0 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN 45609 3397 216 123 49345 12 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 56068 7698 283 195 64244 105 TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES 101677 11095 499 318 113589 117 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN (%) 44.9 30.6 43.3 38.7% 43.4% 10.3 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES (%) 55.1 69.4 56.7 61.3% 56.6% 89.7 TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0% 100.0% 100.0 _______________________________________________________________________