Patents

Number of Patents Issued
States	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
ALABAMA	395	453	441	459	412	359	430
ALASKA	57	58	50	43	49	36	45
ARIZONA	1,757	1,701	1,700	1,714	1,730	1,598	1,893
ARKANSAS	246	223	213	176	160	153	185
CALIFORNIA	19,845	20,861	21,236	22,079	21,602	19,662	25,043
COLORADO	2,074	2,110	2,130	2,304	2,290	1,972	2,349
CONNECTICUT	2,085	2,071	1,991	1,844	1,723	1,677	1,857
DELAWARE	426	425	385	372	406	341	396
FLORIDA	3,128	3,149	2,854	3,119	2,991	2,707	3,263
GEORGIA	1,541	1,601	1,532	1,537	1,492	1,358	1,719
HAWAII	93	107	91	96	86	58	101
IDAHO	1,617	1,737	1,877	1,850	1,822	1,549	1,717
ILLINOIS	4,515	4,273	3,937	3,964	3,754	3,297	4,053
INDIANA	1,702	1,595	1,745	1,679	1,485	1,246	1,499
IOWA	675	815	681	711	736	629	732
KANSAS	475	382	503	491	540	456	581
KENTUCKY	517	547	496	495	463	377	471
LOUISIANA	579	562	484	439	387	298	365
MAINE	152	156	168	165	138	159	156
MARYLAND	1,483	1,640	1,612	1,579	1,440	1,284	1,558
MASSACHUSETTS	3,836	3,972	3,837	4,192	3,906	3,303	4,369
MICHIGAN	4,113	4,236	4,235	4,220	4,122	3,665	4,179
MINNESOTA	2,992	2,926	2,976	3,262	2,996	2,582	3,268
MISSISSIPPI	211	228	180	184	160	127	153
MISSOURI	970	966	962	946	895	732	863
MONTANA	143	162	152	125	131	119	136
NEBRASKA	298	253	248	240	229	205	239
NEVADA	405	371	368	455	476	443	472
NEW HAMPSHIRE	679	671	657	731	681	538	657
NEW JERSEY	4,399	4,285	4,097	3,923	3,354	2,868	3,629
NEW MEXICO	348	391	388	405	383	273	354
NEW YORK	7,035	7,181	7,075	6,921	6,618	5,307	6,407
NORTH CAROLINA	2,196	2,267	2,141	2,174	2,075	1,839	2,233
NORTH DAKOTA	98	107	86	62	66	81	77
OHIO	4,027	3,995	3,973	3,894	3,418	2,731	3,295
OKLAHOMA	616	633	518	563	490	429	584
OREGON	1,463	1,504	1,716	1,867	1,967	1,849	2,536
PENNSYLVANIA	4,007	3,842	3,642	3,555	3,224	2,546	3,191
RHODE ISLAND	389	334	311	325	368	312	354
SOUTH CAROLINA	629	644	711	650	581	539	691
SOUTH DAKOTA	98	85	90	89	88	68	79
TENNESSEE	962	962	1,003	975	874	713	817
TEXAS	6,789	6,764	6,341	6,378	6,241	5,526	6,717
UTAH	793	803	747	724	784	644	800
VERMONT	415	507	509	465	428	411	486
VIRGINIA	1,286	1,281	1,302	1,250	1,182	1,030	1,232
WASHINGTON	2,047	2,257	2,300	2,516	2,442	2,482	3,620
WEST VIRGINIA	158	161	166	141	111	98	111
WISCONSIN	2,079	2,253	2,119	2,082	1,975	1,756	2,151
WYOMING	67	59	61	84	55	55	56

Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office