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New Jersey Ranks 7th in the Nation for Number of Patents Per State
Source: US Patent and Trademark Office, Patents Counts by County/State and Year:
All Patents all Types January 1,1977 to December 31, 2005.

Rank State Patents   Rank State Patents
             
1 California
19662

26 Utah 
644
2 Texas
5526
  27 Iowa
629
3 New York
5306
  28 South Carolina
539
4 Michigan
3665
  29 New Hampshire
538
5 Massachusetts
3303
  30 Kansas
456
6 Illinois
3297
  31 Nevada 
443
7 NEW JERSEY
2868
  32 Oklahoma 
429
8 Ohio
2731
  33 Vermont
411
9 Florida
2707
  34 Kentucky
377
10 Minnesota
2582
  35 Alabama
359
11 Pennsylvania
2546
  36 Delaware 
341
12 Washington
2482
  37 Rhode Island 
312
13 Colorado
1972
  38 Louisiana
298
14 Oregon
1849
  39 New Mexico
273
15 North Carolina 
1839
  40 Nebraska
205
16 Wisconsin
1756
  41 Maine
159
17 Connecticut
1677
  42 Arkansas
153
18 Arizona
1598
  43 Mississippi
127
19 Idaho
1549
  44 Montana
119
20 Georgia
1358
  45 West Virginia
98
21 Maryland 
1284
  46 North Dakota
81
22 Indiana
1246
  47 South Dakota
68
23 Virginia 
1030
  48 Hawaii
58
24
Missouri
732
  49 Wyoming
55
25 Tennessee 
713
  50 Alaska
36
             
          50 State Average
1649.72
          N.J. % Above Average 73.85%

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