PATENT COUNTS States and Countries of Origin Calendar Year 1999 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 2/22/2000. 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 5/2000) 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 1999 PATENT FILE MAIL CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AL ALABAMA 401 62 2 4 469 0 AK ALASKA 53 13 0 0 66 0 AZ ARIZONA 1498 118 1 5 1622 0 AR ARKANSAS 188 37 0 1 226 0 CA CALIFORNIA 16778 1950 81 46 18855 10 CO COLORADO 1810 168 0 6 1984 0 CT CONNECTICUT 1795 223 0 8 2026 0 DE DELAWARE 417 20 1 4 442 2 FL FLORIDA 2603 401 30 9 3043 0 GA GEORGIA 1321 215 1 8 1545 0 HI HAWAII 83 9 5 0 97 0 ID IDAHO 1222 32 0 7 1261 0 IL ILLINOIS 3736 549 5 14 4304 4 IN INDIANA 1438 260 1 6 1705 1 IA IOWA 747 69 0 3 819 0 KS KANSAS 433 60 0 1 494 1 KY KENTUCKY 452 54 1 1 508 0 LA LOUISIANA 483 33 0 3 519 0 ME MAINE 121 24 0 0 145 0 MD MARYLAND 1510 116 0 4 1630 12 MA MASSACHUSETTS 3523 285 2 12 3822 0 MI MICHIGAN 3690 332 2 15 4039 0 MN MINNESOTA 2651 243 1 8 2903 0 MS MISSISSIPPI 183 35 1 1 220 0 MO MISSOURI 930 147 8 1 1086 0 MT MONTANA 126 15 0 1 142 0 NE NEBRASKA 191 36 2 0 229 0 NV NEVADA 295 56 0 5 356 0 NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 649 40 0 1 690 0 NJ NEW JERSEY 3988 367 3 9 4367 5 NM NEW MEXICO 338 15 0 3 356 0 NY NEW YORK 6107 765 12 13 6897 3 NC NORTH CAROLINA 1732 212 1 8 1953 0 ND NORTH DAKOTA 68 8 1 0 77 0 OH OHIO 3362 628 3 10 4003 2 OK OKLAHOMA 496 48 0 1 545 0 OR OREGON 1097 275 11 3 1386 0 PA PENNSYLVANIA 3752 307 10 8 4077 0 RI RHODE ISLAND 261 80 0 0 341 0 SC SOUTH CAROLINA 562 92 0 1 655 1 SD SOUTH DAKOTA 66 12 0 0 78 0 TN TENNESSEE 855 155 1 3 1014 4 TX TEXAS 6049 344 5 19 6417 7 UT UTAH 678 62 6 2 748 0 VT VERMONT 340 22 0 1 363 0 VA VIRGINIA 1043 102 2 3 1150 2 WA WASHINGTON 1827 204 2 5 2038 1 WV WEST VIRGINIA 149 15 0 2 166 0 WI WISCONSIN 1675 316 0 7 1998 1 WY WYOMING 52 6 0 0 58 0 DC DISTRICT OF COLU 55 6 0 2 63 0 GU GUAM 4 0 0 0 4 0 PR PUERTO RICO 24 9 0 0 33 0 US UNITED STATES 2 2 0 0 4 0 VI VIRGIN (U.S.) IS 2 0 0 0 2 0 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 83911 9654 201 274 94040 56 COUNTRY CODE STATE/COUNTRY UTILITY DESIGN PLANT REISSUE TOTALS SIRS AL ALBANIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AD ANDORRA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AG ANTIGUA AND BARB 1 0 0 0 1 0 AE ARAB EMIRATES 3 0 0 0 3 0 AR ARGENTINA 44 2 0 0 46 0 AM ARMENIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 AU AUSTRALIA 707 113 11 1 832 0 AT AUSTRIA 479 25 0 1 505 0 AZ AZERBAIJAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 BS THE BAHAMAS 10 1 0 0 11 0 BH BAHRAIN 1 1 0 0 2 0 BB BARBADOS 1 0 0 0 1 0 BY BELARUS 5 0 0 0 5 0 BE BELGIUM 648 64 5 0 717 1 BM BERMUDA 1 0 0 0 1 0 BO BOLIVIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 BR BRAZIL 91 7 0 0 98 0 BG BULGARIA 2 1 0 0 3 0 CA CANADA 3226 438 6 8 3678 0 KY CAYMAN ISLANDS 1 1 0 0 2 0 CL CHILE 12 0 0 0 12 0 HK CHINA,HONG KONG 155 258 0 0 413 0 CN CHINA P.REP. 90 9 0 0 99 0 CO COLOMBIA 6 0 0 0 6 0 CR COSTA RICA 8 1 2 0 11 0 HR CROATIA 16 0 0 0 16 0 CU CUBA 3 0 0 0 3 0 CZ CZECH REPUBLIC 24 1 0 0 25 0 CS CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5 0 0 0 5 0 DK DENMARK 487 86 11 4 588 0 DO DOMINICAN REPL. 2 1 0 0 3 0 EC ECUADOR 4 0 0 0 4 0 EG EGYPT 3 0 0 0 3 0 EE ESTONIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 FI FINLAND 649 45 0 1 695 0 FR FRANCE 3820 253 10 14 4097 0 DE GERMANY 9338 485 53 20 9896 0 GH GHANA 1 0 0 0 1 0 GR GREECE 23 1 0 0 24 0 GT GUATEMALA 1 0 0 0 1 0 HT HAITI 1 0 0 0 1 0 HN HONDURAS 2 0 0 0 2 0 HU HUNGARY 39 0 0 0 39 0 IS ICELAND 11 1 0 0 12 0 IN INDIA 112 1 1 0 114 0 ID INDONESIA 5 0 0 0 5 0 IR IRAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 IE IRELAND 94 10 0 0 104 0 IL ISRAEL 743 42 6 1 792 0 IT ITALY 1492 179 1 14 1686 0 JM JAMAICA 1 0 0 0 1 0 JP JAPAN 31105 1310 12 86 32513 2 JO JORDAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 KZ KAZAKHSTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 KE KENYA 2 0 0 0 2 0 KW KUWAIT 10 3 0 0 13 0 LV LATVIA 3 0 0 0 3 0 LB LEBANON 2 0 0 0 2 0 LI LIECHTENSTEIN 15 0 0 0 15 0 LT LITHUANIA 1 1 0 0 2 0 LU LUXEMBOURG 22 13 0 0 35 0 MG MADAGASCAR 1 0 0 0 1 0 MY MALAYSIA 30 4 0 0 34 0 MH MARSHALL ISLANDS 1 0 0 0 1 0 MU MAURITIUS 1 0 0 0 1 0 MX MEXICO 76 17 1 0 94 0 MD MOLDOVA, REPUBLI 0 3 0 0 3 0 MC MONACO 13 2 0 0 15 0 MA MOROCCO 2 0 0 0 2 0 NL NETHERLANDS 1247 80 65 4 1396 0 NZ NEW ZEALAND 114 11 9 0 134 0 NI NICARAGUA 1 0 0 0 1 0 NF NORFOLK ISLAND 1 0 0 0 1 0 NO NORWAY 224 21 0 1 246 0 PA PANAMA 1 0 0 0 1 0 PY PARAGUAY 1 0 0 0 1 0 PE PERU 3 0 0 0 3 0 PH PHILIPPINES 11 9 1 0 21 0 PL POLAND 19 1 0 0 20 0 PT PORTUGAL 5 1 0 0 6 0 RO ROMANIA 4 0 0 0 4 0 RU RUSSIAN FEDERATI 181 4 0 0 185 0 SM SAN MARINO 1 0 0 0 1 0 SA SAUDI ARABIA 12 1 0 0 13 0 SG SINGAPORE 144 8 0 0 152 0 SK SLOVAKIA 5 0 1 0 6 0 SI SLOVENIA 10 3 0 0 13 0 ZA SOUTH AFRICA 110 15 1 0 126 1 KR SOUTH KOREA 3562 109 2 6 3679 0 ES SPAIN 222 42 1 0 265 0 SR SURINAME 2 0 0 0 2 0 SE SWEDEN 1401 136 1 4 1542 0 CH SWITZERLAND 1280 110 0 1 1391 0 SY SYRIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 TW TAIWAN 3693 833 0 0 4526 0 TH THAILAND 20 9 0 0 29 0 TT TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 1 0 0 0 1 0 TR TURKEY 4 0 0 0 4 0 SU U.S.S.R. 3 0 0 0 3 0 UA UKRAINE 20 0 0 0 20 0 GB UNITED KINGDOM 3572 300 20 8 3900 0 UY URUGUAY 2 2 0 0 4 0 UZ UZBEKISTAN 1 0 0 0 1 0 VE VENEZUELA 39 0 0 0 39 0 VN VIET NAM 2 0 0 0 2 0 VG VIRGIN (BRITISH) 1 2 0 0 3 0 YU YUGOSLAVIA 2 1 0 0 3 0 ZW ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 0 1 0 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN 69582 5078 220 174 75054 4 TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES 83911 9654 201 274 94040 56 TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES 153493 14732 421 448 169094 60 TOTAL, ALL FOREIGN (%) 45.3% 34.5% 52.3% 38.8% 44.4% 6.7% TOTAL, ALL U.S. STATES (%) 54.7% 65.5% 47.7% 61.2% 55.6% 93.3% TOTAL, ALL COUNTRIES (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% _______________________________________________________________________