| 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 |
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