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Useful Stats: 1999 Patents by State

May 05, 2000
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In February, the US Patent and Trademark Office released a table of all patent activity in 1999 by state, and the percentage change by state over 1998 activity. Nationally, patents grew by 3.7 percent between 1998 and 1999. The ten states that showed the greatest growth in patent activity are (percentage change from 1998 is provided in parentheses): Puerto Rico (57.1%), Idaho (40.6%), South Dakota (36.8%), Kentucky (25.7%), Arkansas (22.8%), Kansas (22.5%), Wyoming (18.4 %), Iowa (13.8%), Tennessee (11.6%) , and Alabama (11.1%).

The complete table can be found on page three of the 1999 Patenting Trends paper, downloadable at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/pattr99.pdf