This tab-delimited file, stc2015_5yr.txt, prepared from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) database, displays a listing of geographic regions from which utility patents (i.e., patents for invention) originated during the indicated 5 year time period and a corresponding count of patents for each of the years of the period. Each displayed annual count corresponds to the count of patents received in a calendar year (January 1 to December 31). It will import into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This file generally contains the contents of the PTMT report, Patenting In Technology Classes Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country), CLASS ALL, ALL CLASSES, available on the USPTO Web Site at: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tecstc/allclstc_gd.htm
Patenting Activity Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)