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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 160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel

( 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 7 7 12 11 9 9 8 8 4 4 5 6 4 6 14 8 4 5 1 14 5 8 7 4 10 7 22 11 12 19 11 11 12 15 14 18 17 33 18 12 13 13 12 450
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 22 18 11 13 17 16 14 11 9 7 10 9 4 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 5 2 5 4 7 10 6 9 7 8 6 7 6 6 9 6 8 1 7 7 9 4 337
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 9 8 14 11 13 4 11 5 2 10 3 4 7 7 6 5 2 2 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 1 11 6 9 3 3 3 2 5 5 10 9 13 8 6 6 3 7 260
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 5 4 2 4 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 4 8 9 5 9 14 6 5 12 9 11 11 10 9 12 12 14 14 15 246
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 3 5 6 9 8 4 7 4 6 4 3 7 3 3 5 2 5 3 1 1 2 5 3 1 0 1 3 1 1 6 7 5 7 8 8 11 8 13 9 7 2 6 7 210
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 8 8 8 7 9 7 8 7 2 4 8 3 2 6 2 3 2 4 2 4 6 5 4 4 0 2 2 1 11 6 1 7 4 2 5 5 7 6 4 2 6 6 2 202
(U.S.) OH OHIO 6 1 16 10 9 5 8 8 8 3 5 4 6 1 1 8 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 5 0 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 5 6 9 6 2 2 4 2 4 187
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 4 1 5 3 3 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 1 3 4 5 4 6 8 5 8 4 8 5 5 5 10 12 5 3 3 2 144
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 8 7 8 4 5 9 2 3 2 2 5 3 1 2 1 1 0 8 4 1 4 1 4 1 6 3 1 7 3 4 2 1 4 1 2 2 7 5 4 0 0 1 140
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 7 6 7 7 10 10 6 10 9 2 133
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 7 4 4 7 2 9 1 0 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 0 4 3 5 4 4 6 2 0 2 1 111
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 2 3 0 1 3 7 5 0 6 1 7 9 7 9 6 6 7 2 4 2 4 3 110
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 4 3 4 3 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 92
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 4 6 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 5 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 2 0 1 2 3 69
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 3 7 4 3 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 1 2 3 5 5 7 3 4 69
(U.S.) IA IOWA 4 1 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 1 4 7 3 62
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 4 2 3 54
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 4 2 6 5 6 8 9 1 53
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 52
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 5 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 48
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 3 4 1 0 48
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 5 4 2 2 0 1 37
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 0 36
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 3 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 33
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 29
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 29
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 24
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 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 1 16
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 13
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 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 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 2 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 0 4
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 0 1 1 4
(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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 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 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
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 102 86 111 116 98 84 92 59 58 51 67 56 49 47 47 54 32 35 50 61 48 56 52 41 65 60 105 81 91 104 71 84 85 105 107 126 118 167 132 104 110 109 95 3471
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 2 2 4 2 3 0 4 0 8 7 2 8 3 8 3 6 2 7 3 5 4 4 4 7 6 14 9 6 13 9 1 8 9 8 6 8 6 11 15 16 15 13 10 281
(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 2 0 3 2 4 7 8 8 4 5 16 19 14 11 16 30 14 26 37 34 260
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 5 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 9 4 8 8 16 11 13 5 4 8 9 4 9 9 9 12 10 13 5 221
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 5 2 2 3 0 3 3 9 6 3 6 4 9 7 6 11 6 2 7 7 2 4 4 7 6 5 3 6 2 160
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 4 4 8 4 7 4 8 5 3 2 5 3 4 6 1 2 1 5 0 112
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 6 3 5 0 2 2 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 4 2 3 5 4 1 8 0 2 1 2 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 88
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 2 0 6 2 2 2 4 1 1 3 5 2 6 2 6 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 6 2 3 3 1 2 87
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 3 4 3 1 4 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 3 2 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 4 0 2 3 2 2 1 79
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 7 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 4 7 1 3 66
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 4 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 0 3 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 61
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 43
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 29
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 18
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 16
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 16
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 13
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(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 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 8
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 1 0 0 0 1 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 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) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 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) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 16 22 22 15 20 16 19 13 19 22 12 24 18 23 21 21 15 32 15 28 22 33 31 22 43 42 56 41 66 65 50 38 39 54 58 46 52 77 79 68 77 85 73 1610
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 118 108 133 131 118 100 111 72 77 73 79 80 67 70 68 75 47 67 65 89 70 89 83 63 108 102 161 122 157 169 121 122 124 159 165 172 170 244 211 172 187 194 168 5081


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