Patents Issued, 1999
| Table 12 | ||||||
|
Rank |
State |
Amt. |
Rank |
State |
Amt. |
|
|
1 |
California |
16,514 |
|
27 |
Iowa |
667 |
|
2 |
NEW YORK | 6,781 |
|
28 | New Hampshire | 615 |
|
3 |
Texas |
5,592 |
|
29 |
South Carolina |
613 |
|
4 |
Illinois |
4,185 |
|
30 |
Oklahoma |
528 |
|
5 |
New Jersey |
4,048 |
|
31 |
Louisiana |
505 |
|
6 |
Ohio |
3,865 |
|
32 |
Kentucky |
415 |
|
7 |
Michigan |
3,702 |
|
33 |
Delaware |
410 |
|
8 |
Pennsylvania |
3,536 |
|
34 |
Alabama |
388 |
|
9 |
Massachusetts |
3,429 |
|
35 |
Kansas |
384 |
|
10 |
Florida |
3,000 |
|
36 |
Rhode Island |
360 |
|
11 |
Minnesota |
2,587 |
|
37 |
Vermont |
343 |
|
12 |
Connecticut |
1,981 |
|
38 |
New Mexico |
338 |
|
13 |
Washington |
1,944 |
|
39 |
Nevada |
285 |
|
14 |
Colorado |
1,796 |
|
40 |
Nebraska |
222 |
|
15 |
Wisconsin |
1,768 |
|
41 |
West Virginia |
211 |
|
16 |
North Carolina |
1,752 |
|
42 |
Mississippi |
200 |
|
17 |
Arizona |
1,532 |
|
43 |
Arkansas |
161 |
|
18 |
Oregon |
1,479 |
|
44 |
Montana |
144 |
|
19 |
Indiana |
1,475 |
|
45 |
Maine |
133 |
|
20 |
Maryland |
1,474 |
|
46 |
Hawaii |
97 |
|
21 |
Georgia |
1,412 |
|
47 |
Alaska |
70 |
|
22 |
Virginia |
1,077 |
|
48 |
Wyoming |
57 |
|
23 |
Missouri |
993 |
|
49 |
North Dakota |
55 |
|
24 |
Tennessee |
914 |
|
50 |
South Dakota |
53 |
|
25 |
Idaho |
844 |
|
U.S. total |
85,783 |
|
|
26 |
Utah |
739 |
|
N.Y.S. % of U.S. total |
7.9% |
|
|
Source: CQ's State Fact Finder 2000 |
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The number of patents issued in a state is one indication of its position in the growing competition to develop new technology. |
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