Patents

Number of Patents Issued
States	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
ALABAMA	337	381	398	397	375	318	357	300	279	304	444	352
ALASKA	43	50	43	37	39	35	36	18	20	36	28	27
ARIZONA	1,595	1,540	1,588	1,584	1,621	1,457	1,705	1,571	1,584	1,562	1,976	2,069
ARKANSAS	214	180	184	152	132	126	138	113	108	96	144	134
CALIFORNIA	17,491	18,595	18,829	19,688	19,488	17,989	22,275	19,600	19,181	20,646	27,337	28,148
COLORADO	1,848	1,929	1,939	2,069	2,099	1,854	2,118	1,745	1,622	1,716	2,135	2,102
CONNECTICUT	1,825	1,851	1,805	1,667	1,577	1,520	1,652	1,384	1,356	1,416	1,875	1,939
DELAWARE	395	380	354	346	342	318	357	330	325	311	367	418
FLORIDA	2,605	2,649	2,397	2,563	2,456	2,291	2,601	2,358	2,046	2,197	2,978	3,136
GEORGIA	1,312	1,369	1,295	1,333	1,326	1,214	1,487	1,310	1,344	1,415	1,905	1,932
HAWAII	77	95	73	75	76	50	84	64	77	71	121	101
IDAHO	1,572	1,697	1,828	1,803	1,785	1,529	1,663	1,350	1,162	941	1,095	1,032
ILLINOIS	3,832	3,639	3,470	3,296	3,162	2,752	3,294	2,894	2,741	2,898	3,611	3,806
INDIANA	1,429	1,357	1,397	1,385	1,280	1,108	1,165	1,137	985	1,095	1,492	1,437
IOWA	589	751	630	665	658	560	666	601	561	670	763	811
KANSAS	391	313	421	428	448	380	492	424	425	425	615	707
KENTUCKY	458	481	450	439	407	346	413	429	413	368	536	488
LOUISIANA	518	519	445	390	343	271	321	262	260	257	304	308
MAINE	127	145	153	150	134	151	142	110	113	118	211	183
MARYLAND	1,358	1,483	1,460	1,453	1,313	1,191	1,410	1,246	1,232	1,277	1,578	1,511
MASSACHUSETTS	3,458	3,668	3,608	3,908	3,672	3,114	4,011	3,510	3,516	3,696	4,923	5,191
MICHIGAN	3,724	3,850	3,861	3,857	3,755	3,367	3,758	3,141	2,996	2,983	3,823	3,964
MINNESOTA	2,713	2,635	2,751	2,953	2,754	2,431	2,957	2,554	2,535	2,625	3,597	3,860
MISSISSIPPI	184	168	156	162	136	114	119	142	102	125	145	147
MISSOURI	822	843	837	823	768	628	721	702	615	708	975	878
MONTANA	113	145	138	121	119	101	121	110	91	73	105	96
NEBRASKA	231	215	212	185	191	182	186	203	191	193	214	208
NEVADA	316	313	308	389	410	383	386	367	375	338	540	554
NEW HAMPSHIRE	627	598	609	677	626	498	602	542	477	542	725	724
NEW JERSEY	3,886	3,872	3,761	3,522	2,957	2,557	3,171	2,693	2,722	2,839	3,874	3,852
NEW MEXICO	323	377	371	390	370	265	344	286	280	303	434	389
NEW YORK	6,086	6,346	6,360	6,234	5,846	4,703	5,628	5,006	4,885	5,237	7,082	6,956
NORTH CAROLINA	1,845	1,946	1,822	1,871	1,794	1,610	1,974	1,745	1,841	2,012	2,636	2,607
NORTH DAKOTA	85	97	73	55	53	74	66	82	63	82	107	84
OHIO	3,197	3,275	3,329	3,183	2,889	2,319	2,630	2,255	2,227	2,341	3,230	3,177
OKLAHOMA	542	576	466	516	447	403	543	470	417	403	516	484
OREGON	1,194	1,258	1,450	1,665	1,725	1,618	2,060	1,877	1,781	1,784	2,040	1,977
PENNSYLVANIA	3,640	3,533	3,343	3,182	2,883	2,298	2,842	2,500	2,414	2,656	3,351	3,219
RHODE ISLAND	320	287	260	266	309	263	269	263	218	231	276	306
SOUTH CAROLINA	531	565	599	571	524	460	577	411	395	461	517	656
SOUTH DAKOTA	86	76	76	80	82	66	74	60	54	46	70	96
TENNESSEE	782	813	831	797	681	584	669	618	586	647	925	969
TEXAS	6,322	6,371	6,029	6,029	5,930	5,260	6,308	5,733	5,712	5,934	7,545	7,584
UTAH	709	715	675	638	683	554	684	638	642	765	1,017	1,066
VERMONT	377	453	487	429	400	367	437	472	437	452	642	504
VIRGINIA	1,141	1,114	1,160	1,110	1,077	946	1,094	1,004	1,030	1,073	1,587	1,600
WASHINGTON	1,820	1,968	2,098	2,285	2,221	2,291	3,286	3,228	3,517	4,310	5,258	4,767
WEST VIRGINIA	145	148	151	139	100	91	103	106	74	92	118	94
WISCONSIN	1,686	1,837	1,864	1,787	1,658	1,489	1,688	1,412	1,349	1,467	1,814	1,784
WYOMING	55	51	48	71	52	53	48	54	35	59	82	65
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	62	67	61	49	75	55	63	63	68	57	82	97
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office