Source: Data from the US Patent and Trademark Office

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Patents Per 100k Residents by State, 2005-2010

Origin	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total, U.S.	27.92	34.25	31.07	30.23	30.96	39.25
AK	5.38	6.64	3.52	4.07	7.87	4.65
AL	7.90	9.35	7.72	7.57	8.01	11.26
AR	5.51	6.57	5.95	5.30	5.33	7.41
AZ	26.75	30.57	28.70	29.13	26.67	33.93
CA	54.93	69.61	62.39	60.70	63.19	80.74
CO	42.29	49.40	40.95	37.81	39.13	48.44
CT	48.25	53.28	46.18	45.56	47.21	59.06
DC	10.14	11.82	12.11	12.03	10.34	14.46
DE	40.60	46.42	41.51	40.29	38.75	43.54
FL	15.22	18.04	16.92	15.24	15.64	19.81
GA	14.93	18.42	16.57	16.35	16.95	22.65
HI	4.58	7.92	6.42	7.84	7.41	10.59
IA	21.33	24.69	22.29	21.54	24.27	26.56
ID	108.64	117.25	92.58	79.02	63.72	74.13
IL	26.01	31.87	29.05	27.88	28.00	34.09
IN	19.93	23.79	21.82	18.72	19.40	26.17
KS	16.63	21.08	18.84	19.45	18.06	25.52
KY	9.01	11.16	11.86	10.94	10.59	13.85
LA	6.63	8.61	6.72	7.23	7.01	7.83
MA	51.19	67.56	59.04	59.55	61.24	80.35
MD	23.00	27.76	25.01	25.25	25.35	30.00
ME	12.12	11.86	9.56	10.31	9.86	16.56
MI	36.32	41.45	36.76	35.83	35.27	43.27
MN	50.56	63.48	56.25	54.85	56.44	75.51
MO	12.61	14.72	14.57	13.21	14.65	19.04
MS	4.38	5.28	6.30	4.83	4.88	5.80
MT	12.73	14.37	13.69	11.88	9.33	11.93
NC	21.21	25.18	22.14	23.33	24.50	30.64
ND	12.75	12.09	14.42	11.23	14.22	16.65
NE	11.70	13.58	14.35	12.01	12.58	13.85
NH	41.34	50.08	46.91	39.79	45.90	60.92
NJ	33.26	42.07	36.52	37.48	37.43	49.42
NM	14.24	18.22	15.44	14.85	16.37	22.10
NV	18.39	18.93	18.23	17.74	16.12	23.66
NY	27.45	33.11	31.02	30.33	31.35	41.77
OH	23.80	28.67	26.58	27.38	26.19	34.53
OK	12.14	16.31	14.56	13.06	12.10	15.51
OR	51.11	68.96	61.13	57.44	52.64	61.08
PA	20.50	25.59	23.85	22.68	24.32	30.62
PR	0.84	0.66	0.74	0.46	0.50	0.75
RI	29.30	33.39	36.02	28.76	28.96	33.63
SC	12.66	15.92	12.25	11.64	12.69	14.10
SD	8.72	10.02	8.28	7.46	6.89	10.07
TN	11.89	13.42	12.85	12.79	12.47	16.34
TX	24.23	28.74	26.13	25.44	25.97	31.92
UT	25.76	30.96	28.76	26.66	30.74	41.43
VA	13.62	16.11	15.09	15.18	15.34	21.57
VT	66.42	78.39	88.00	82.76	80.42	106.75
WA	39.64	56.81	60.23	63.33	72.85	86.40
WI	31.69	38.61	34.42	34.14	33.37	39.25
WV	5.43	6.14	6.40	5.01	5.61	7.23
WY	10.86	10.92	11.85	7.69	11.76	15.79