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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 338, Electrical Resistors

( 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 35 36 25 30 35 30 20 14 28 20 15 10 6 9 11 16 10 10 9 14 6 10 7 7 10 6 11 8 13 13 8 9 3 3 6 15 7 5 7 9 8 2 1 557
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 12 13 17 11 27 16 14 9 5 6 20 7 8 7 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 1 0 4 4 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 5 3 2 2 0 254
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 10 13 9 11 20 16 16 16 13 11 8 7 3 2 9 6 8 11 4 7 2 1 4 1 6 1 0 1 4 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 3 3 249
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 12 10 17 11 6 7 4 7 8 2 4 8 4 3 5 1 9 3 3 2 4 1 3 1 2 4 2 6 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 168
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 5 11 8 10 8 9 7 4 3 10 6 7 6 5 7 1 1 3 4 0 7 5 2 2 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 157
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 3 2 2 3 4 11 2 7 8 7 7 3 5 9 6 5 2 5 2 0 3 4 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 5 6 2 6 1 1 3 144
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 6 7 7 5 3 6 1 2 2 2 5 3 6 5 6 6 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 3 5 5 2 2 1 3 4 5 1 2 1 0 7 6 1 1 2 2 3 141
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 3 4 5 9 3 5 3 5 4 4 2 7 5 7 2 8 2 3 0 6 3 2 1 3 1 0 4 4 1 5 2 1 3 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 130
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 5 7 9 8 1 3 2 4 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 4 0 2 0 7 5 1 1 2 5 3 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 111
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 4 4 5 3 1 0 1 2 1 3 3 1 5 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 8 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 2 85
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 3 7 3 6 1 4 5 7 3 1 4 2 0 4 4 2 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 83
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 2 1 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 3 3 3 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 65
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 4 8 0 1 6 4 2 4 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 54
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 3 2 7 2 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 34
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 5 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 30
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 29
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 27
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 27
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 25
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 23
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 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 10
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 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 2 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 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.) LA LOUISIANA 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 0 0 1
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 109 133 120 130 159 113 95 91 96 89 85 64 71 60 65 64 43 63 49 46 43 53 34 27 62 41 45 36 45 40 48 49 20 30 27 35 49 39 34 31 30 20 16 2599
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 2 1 3 6 4 3 9 20 39 34 21 31 21 19 12 11 16 27 29 26 35 35 19 42 36 40 53 34 30 29 41 18 25 25 33 43 43 39 41 21 15 17 1048
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 1 3 9 11 5 4 8 11 8 13 7 7 4 8 10 5 6 8 18 7 7 12 1 19 13 10 9 9 6 8 7 6 4 4 5 6 4 7 9 12 7 4 325
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 6 3 3 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 6 2 2 1 3 4 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 97
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 2 5 3 6 3 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 82
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 6 1 0 1 45
(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 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 4 2 4 8 5 4 1 41
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 33
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 32
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 29
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23
(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 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 6 2 1 0 1 1 20
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 18
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18
(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 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 13
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 10
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 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 9
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 3
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 2
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign) HTX HAITI 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) LTX LITHUANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 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) ROX ROMANIA 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 -- 9 14 9 20 38 21 19 29 43 65 66 36 46 37 42 34 27 25 41 57 43 52 57 29 77 68 65 76 57 43 44 56 29 37 36 51 68 63 65 74 50 32 34 1884
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 118 147 129 150 197 134 114 120 139 154 151 100 117 97 107 98 70 88 90 103 86 105 91 56 139 109 110 112 102 83 92 105 49 67 63 86 117 102 99 105 80 52 50 4483


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