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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 346, Recorders

( 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.) CA CALIFORNIA 14 12 20 11 25 23 19 6 11 20 12 11 4 12 10 7 9 5 3 8 13 2 13 6 4 6 13 10 4 3 5 9 7 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 348
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 10 24 18 8 12 5 6 7 9 9 4 8 4 6 9 11 3 3 4 6 8 7 9 3 2 5 3 1 2 3 12 10 5 0 0 1 12 15 1 2 2 0 0 269
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 5 5 3 5 9 6 7 6 13 5 3 3 5 5 6 7 3 4 2 8 0 0 1 0 3 5 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 135
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 14 10 14 10 7 10 6 2 12 9 2 0 1 5 3 2 4 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 4 11 8 12 8 11 3 5 7 10 1 3 5 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 110
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 4 4 4 8 4 2 1 7 5 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 8 4 6 5 0 2 1 4 5 1 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 5 5 5 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 4 6 4 7 6 7 6 1 4 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 5 5 8 4 4 5 3 7 0 4 4 5 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 80
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 3 9 5 1 1 1 0 3 5 3 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 9 12 5 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 31
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 2 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 3 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 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 6
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 3 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 0 4
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 4
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 1 1 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 3
(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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 68 108 126 90 120 87 78 46 79 84 68 65 33 45 49 45 29 36 24 41 43 31 38 22 16 32 36 26 15 15 21 33 20 6 1 9 16 19 3 7 2 0 1 1733
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 7 5 6 8 9 9 3 7 6 6 11 15 18 27 36 38 35 42 23 39 24 32 22 20 10 8 7 7 5 2 7 4 2 2 3 526
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 9 5 6 5 1 8 6 6 8 3 6 3 9 11 6 6 8 7 6 7 9 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 166
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 1 3 4 3 5 5 3 0 5 4 1 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 3 1 4 4 4 0 4 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(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 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 4
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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
(Foreign) DZX ALGERIA 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 1
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PEX PERU 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) TNX TUNISIA 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 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)   -- Subtotal -- 18 19 20 15 15 23 13 12 29 16 14 26 22 30 17 18 21 22 25 30 37 37 48 45 43 50 33 49 30 38 28 28 12 14 8 8 6 3 9 5 3 2 3 944
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 86 127 146 105 135 110 91 58 108 100 82 91 55 75 66 63 50 58 49 71 80 68 86 67 59 82 69 75 45 53 49 61 32 20 9 17 22 22 12 12 5 2 4 2677


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