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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1963 - 2005 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of U.S. States and Countries
From Which 1 or More Utility Patents Originated During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

This table displays U.S. states and countries and their counts of utility patents; patents are distributed by year of patent grant
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 15 7 10 11 8 14 11 6 13 8 9 8 14 12 7 9 6 5 9 4 4 2 5 9 2 4 4 7 9 10 6 9 7 11 3 9 9 7 5 3 10 10 13 344
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 13 13 7 13 14 18 19 15 15 9 7 9 3 7 10 4 4 3 9 11 7 7 9 6 5 1 4 1 9 2 6 3 4 3 4 8 6 7 9 5 5 7 9 330
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 13 23 14 11 11 13 14 12 17 6 8 7 13 9 8 6 1 4 2 2 5 7 4 11 11 6 13 2 3 10 5 6 4 7 5 7 4 9 2 2 5 4 4 330
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 7 4 6 14 17 10 8 15 4 5 6 8 3 8 9 2 5 6 4 2 1 8 5 5 3 9 1 6 9 6 6 5 7 9 19 17 15 14 8 12 5 5 325
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 5 4 6 8 7 6 2 2 6 8 5 7 4 6 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 5 4 5 4 10 2 8 5 8 4 9 8 6 9 4 12 8 13 10 17 7 250
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 12 4 6 11 4 5 8 2 7 6 6 6 2 4 6 3 6 6 2 1 2 3 6 1 5 2 5 1 4 5 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 5 0 3 3 0 175
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 7 8 5 7 13 7 7 8 9 6 7 5 6 1 5 4 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 1 154
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 6 11 1 6 3 2 2 7 0 1 4 2 3 3 6 1 4 3 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 4 5 5 7 7 2 2 7 3 2 3 4 0 2 1 2 3 139
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 4 3 5 5 3 1 4 9 5 4 2 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 0 4 2 2 3 3 4 5 0 3 3 2 118
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 6 2 4 5 9 6 3 6 2 0 1 5 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 109
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 7 5 2 5 7 7 2 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 2 1 2 1 6 4 4 3 0 2 1 0 106
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 2 3 5 5 8 4 2 1 1 3 5 3 1 7 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 7 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 90
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 3 3 2 5 4 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 86
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 3 4 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 78
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 1 1 2 5 1 4 2 0 3 5 9 2 5 0 0 2 1 1 76
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 6 2 0 0 3 6 3 4 0 4 4 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 63
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 4 3 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 3 4 6 4 2 62
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 4 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 59
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 6 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 4 3 1 6 1 1 0 0 2 57
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 5 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 51
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 47
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 42
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 37
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 5 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 33
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 27
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 25
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 20
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 12
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 108 101 93 104 115 130 107 85 126 81 77 90 89 84 96 69 49 69 66 36 44 40 86 69 55 43 69 49 85 102 85 60 63 80 62 104 76 107 71 49 83 82 67 3406
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 7 8 8 14 11 10 16 21 22 14 10 29 20 17 16 12 7 10 22 13 15 10 23 22 22 5 14 15 21 18 15 13 10 11 7 17 27 26 21 17 21 21 17 675
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 4 4 9 7 4 8 4 4 1 13 4 4 7 10 12 13 11 13 9 11 18 11 7 8 8 5 6 15 11 11 7 17 17 11 313
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 10 11 7 9 11 4 8 4 8 6 9 10 9 14 6 4 0 5 4 4 3 5 3 7 4 2 1 2 3 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 1 4 1 2 0 2 199
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 3 1 1 3 6 4 2 3 2 2 4 1 3 2 5 1 2 5 0 0 4 2 4 5 3 4 7 10 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 1 8 3 3 4 6 2 148
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 3 0 7 1 0 1 2 3 4 2 8 4 1 3 4 4 2 7 5 0 3 5 3 4 2 2 2 0 7 6 1 1 2 4 3 5 5 2 5 2 1 4 4 134
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 2 1 6 4 3 4 5 2 3 2 4 8 4 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 3 3 5 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 7 4 4 108
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 5 4 5 2 7 2 1 10 5 5 1 1 1 2 8 5 3 1 6 2 3 108
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 1 3 0 2 3 5 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 4 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 5 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 1 2 4 104
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 38
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 3 3 4 2 29
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 16
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 12
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 12
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) TNX TUNISIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 29 29 33 33 35 32 44 44 45 38 42 69 57 57 42 35 18 36 60 29 31 40 55 62 67 31 50 45 61 76 50 37 31 32 27 49 71 64 66 39 68 65 53 1977
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 137 130 126 137 150 162 151 129 171 119 119 159 146 141 138 104 67 105 126 65 75 80 141 131 122 74 119 94 146 178 135 97 94 112 89 153 147 171 137 88 151 147 120 5383


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