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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 7th in Number of Patents, 2006
Source: United States Trademark and Patent Office

Rank State Amount   Rank State Amount
             

1

California

25,043


26

Utah

800

2

Texas

6,717

 

27

Iowa

732

3

New York

6,407

 

28

South Carolina

691

4

Massachusetts

4,369

 

29

New Hampshire

657

5

Michigan

4,179

 

30

Oklahoma

584

6

Illinois

4,053

 

31

Kansas

581

7

NEW JERSEY

3,629

 

32

Vermont

486

8

Washington

3,620

 

33

Nevada

472

9

Ohio

3,295

 

34

Kentucky

471

10

Minnesota

3,268

 

35

Alabama

430

11

Florida

3,263

 

36

Delaware

396

12

Pennsylvania

3,191

 

37

Louisiana

365

13

Oregon

2,536

 

38

New Mexico

354

14

Colorado

2,349

 

38

Rhode Island

354

15

North Carolina

2,233

 

40

Nebraska

239

16

Wisconsin

2,151

 

41

Arkansas

185

17

Arizona

1,893

 

42

Maine

156

18

Connecticut

1,857

 

43

Mississippi

153

19

Georgia

1,719

 

44

Montana

136

20

Idaho

1,717

 

45

West Virginia

111

21

Maryland

1,558

 

46

Hawaii

101

22

Indiana

1,499

 

47

South Dakota

79

23

Virginia

1,232

 

48

North Dakota

77

24

Missouri

863

 

49

Wyoming

56

25

Tennessee

817

 

50

Alaska

45

             
          50 State Average
2,043.38
          N.J. % Above Average 77.60%

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