Patents

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