Source: US Patent and Trademark Office at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm

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Note: Includes Utility, Design, Plant and Reissue Patents, less Statutory Invention Registration

U.S. Patents (All Types) by State, 2007-2012

Origin	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Total, U.S.	93,665	91,980	95,032	121,164	121,247	134,187
AK	24	28	55	33	32	46
AL	358	354	377	538	416	478
AR	169	152	154	216	188	238
AZ	1,826	1,892	1,759	2,169	2,248	2,370
CA	22,594	22,200	23,354	30,076	30,748	34,659
CO	1,983	1,868	1,966	2,435	2,397	2,744
CT	1,611	1,595	1,661	2,111	2,121	2,297
DC	71	71	62	87	102	148
DE	359	353	342	391	457	485
FL	3,092	2,808	2,899	3,723	3,841	4,453
GA	1,580	1,585	1,666	2,194	2,206	2,501
HI	82	101	96	144	128	131
IA	664	644	730	809	856	914
ID	1,388	1,207	985	1,162	1,089	979
IL	3,711	3,580	3,615	4,374	4,594	5,078
IN	1,381	1,196	1,246	1,697	1,633	1,963
KS	523	543	509	728	805	1,100
KY	505	469	457	601	551	620
LA	294	322	315	355	368	445
MA	3,835	3,896	4,038	5,260	5,526	6,119
MD	1,408	1,429	1,444	1,731	1,638	1,715
ME	126	136	130	220	202	222
MI	3,695	3,583	3,516	4,277	4,397	4,997
MN	2,920	2,869	2,972	4,005	4,227	4,278
MO	861	786	877	1,140	1,003	1,165
MS	184	142	144	172	172	161
MT	131	115	91	118	114	133
NC	2,007	2,157	2,298	2,922	2,884	3,252
ND	92	72	92	112	95	98
NE	254	214	226	253	247	336
NH	618	526	608	802	805	791
NJ	3,152	3,247	3,259	4,345	4,277	4,656
NM	304	295	329	455	412	444
NV	468	464	426	639	674	882
NY	6,025	5,905	6,127	8,095	7,842	8,557
OH	3,058	3,153	3,023	3,983	3,903	4,110
OK	526	474	445	582	529	521
OR	2,282	2,173	2,014	2,340	2,371	2,462
PA	2,986	2,850	3,064	3,887	3,652	3,894
PR	29	18	20	28	28	39
RI	380	303	305	354	351	415
SC	542	524	579	652	793	978
SD	66	60	56	82	106	129
TN	793	798	785	1,037	1,080	1,065
TX	6,228	6,184	6,436	8,026	8,044	8,929
UT	766	727	856	1,145	1,215	1,327
VA	1,165	1,180	1,209	1,724	1,737	1,813
VT	546	514	500	668	536	506
WA	3,894	4,158	4,855	5,809	5,266	5,985
WI	1,927	1,921	1,887	2,232	2,154	2,289
WV	116	91	102	134	109	142
WY	62	41	64	89	74	125
U.S., Other	7	10	6	4	4	3