Plant Patents 2006 Through 2010

Rank	States	Fips Code	Patents
1	California	06000	708
2	Florida	12000	339
3	Oregon	41000	168
4	Georgia	13000	95
5	Illinois	17000	55
5	North Carolina	37000	55
7	Michigan	26000	52
8	Minnesota	27000	39
9	New York	36000	38
10	New Jersey	34000	35
11	Massachusetts	25000	28
11	Pennsylvania	42000	28
13	Alabama	01000	27
13	Washington	53000	27
15	Missouri	29000	23
16	Texas	48000	21
17	Wisconsin	55000	20
18	Connecticut	09000	14
18	Louisiana	22000	14
18	South Carolina	45000	14
21	Hawaii	15000	13
21	Maryland	24000	13
23	Indiana	18000	11
24	Nebraska	31000	10
24	Ohio	39000	10
26	Arkansas	05000	9
27	Tennessee	47000	8
28	Oklahoma	40000	6
29	Arizona	04000	5
29	Mississippi	28000	5
31	Colorado	08000	4
31	West Virginia	54000	4
33	New Hampshire	33000	3
33	North Dakota	38000	3
33	Virginia	51000	3
36	Rhode Island	44000	2
37	Iowa	19000	1
37	Kansas	20000	1
37	Maine	23000	1
37	South Dakota	46000	1
41	Alaska	02000	0
41	Delaware	10000	0
41	District of Columbia	11000	0
41	Idaho	16000	0
41	Kentucky	21000	0
41	Montana	30000	0
41	Nevada	32000	0
41	New Mexico	35000	0
41	Utah	49000	0
41	Vermont	50000	0
41	Wyoming	56000	0
Data Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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States IN Profile provides current federal statistics on a variety of demographic and economic indicators. Read "About the Profile" for the best understanding of the data, ranks and computations. This profile is produced by STATS Indiana, a web service of the Indiana Business Research Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Major support for this effort is provided by the State of Indiana through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Updated: May 20, 2011 at 14:01