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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 014, Bridges

( 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.) WI WISCONSIN 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 5 4 4 0 0 4 3 2 4 0 0 2 3 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 9 3 1 3 2 7 6 5 4 2 4 121
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 7 1 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 3 0 79
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 3 1 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 54
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 5 1 0 2 47
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 2 5 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 42
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 2 4 0 3 2 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 39
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 38
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 4 38
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 27
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 16
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 13
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 11
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 11
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 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 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 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 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NM NEW 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 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 2
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 1
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 0 1
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 14 10 21 20 24 19 18 21 16 23 13 21 15 13 21 23 5 4 10 13 8 8 12 13 17 12 16 16 17 9 15 19 28 17 18 23 24 24 20 32 21 26 22 741
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 5 6 6 3 8 6 4 4 3 1 2 4 6 2 3 5 1 10 1 5 3 5 2 1 5 9 8 2 4 4 1 3 4 3 1 1 155
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 1 2 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 8 4 4 0 4 3 6 1 7 3 3 1 5 4 15 6 109
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 2 0 57
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 46
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 36
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 22
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 4
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 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 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 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 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 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 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 3 3 2 5 9 5 16 13 16 17 6 14 15 12 8 9 7 6 10 13 10 8 12 9 23 7 11 15 15 13 10 16 15 24 12 16 16 8 8 21 16 23 11 508
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 17 13 23 25 33 24 34 34 32 40 19 35 30 25 29 32 12 10 20 26 18 16 24 22 40 19 27 31 32 22 25 35 43 41 30 39 40 32 28 53 37 49 33 1249


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