Source: Data from the US Patent and Trademark Office

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Patents (All Types) by State, 2005-2010

Origin	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total, U.S.	28	34	31	30	31	39
AK	5	7	4	4	8	5
AL	8	9	8	8	8	11
AR	6	7	6	5	5	7
AZ	27	31	29	29	27	34
CA	55	70	62	61	63	81
CO	42	49	41	38	39	48
CT	48	53	46	46	47	59
DC	10	12	12	12	10	14
DE	41	46	42	40	39	44
FL	15	18	17	15	16	20
GA	15	18	17	16	17	23
HI	5	8	6	8	7	11
IA	21	25	22	22	24	27
ID	109	117	93	79	64	74
IL	26	32	29	28	28	34
IN	20	24	22	19	19	26
KS	17	21	19	19	18	26
KY	9	11	12	11	11	14
LA	7	9	7	7	7	8
MA	51	68	59	60	61	80
MD	23	28	25	25	25	30
ME	12	12	10	10	10	17
MI	36	41	37	36	35	43
MN	51	63	56	55	56	76
MO	13	15	15	13	15	19
MS	4	5	6	5	5	6
MT	13	14	14	12	9	12
NC	21	25	22	23	24	31
ND	13	12	14	11	14	17
NE	12	14	14	12	13	14
NH	41	50	47	40	46	61
NJ	33	42	37	37	37	49
NM	14	18	15	15	16	22
NV	18	19	18	18	16	24
NY	27	33	31	30	31	42
OH	24	29	27	27	26	35
OK	12	16	15	13	12	16
OR	51	69	61	57	53	61
PA	21	26	24	23	24	31
PR	1	1	1	0	1	1
RI	29	33	36	29	29	34
SC	13	16	12	12	13	14
SD	9	10	8	7	7	10
TN	12	13	13	13	12	16
TX	24	29	26	25	26	32
UT	26	31	29	27	31	41
VA	14	16	15	15	15	22
VT	66	78	88	83	80	107
WA	40	57	60	63	73	86
WI	32	39	34	34	33	39
WV	5	6	6	5	6	7
WY	11	11	12	8	12	16