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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 203, Distillation: Processes, Separatory

( 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.) TX TEXAS 5 5 7 9 11 10 8 8 5 9 7 11 8 9 11 4 8 4 4 8 7 7 6 7 3 5 1 4 1 13 5 6 9 8 14 5 8 5 6 6 0 1 3 281
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 9 9 24 11 12 18 6 22 18 8 37 2 7 19 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 230
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 7 9 18 18 8 13 5 3 9 4 6 4 3 8 8 9 7 3 5 5 5 8 4 2 0 1 7 6 11 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 207
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 4 2 7 11 6 5 7 5 2 5 1 3 4 7 3 1 4 3 3 1 3 3 4 3 6 4 5 8 1 3 2 5 1 5 3 5 3 5 1 0 0 156
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 8 5 1 0 6 7 7 4 6 6 4 7 1 2 4 0 0 5 2 2 3 3 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 6 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 127
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 2 4 5 5 8 8 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 1 5 3 5 2 5 6 4 1 3 0 4 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 125
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 4 2 8 9 7 6 6 1 1 4 2 4 3 2 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 100
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 1 0 3 1 3 8 9 7 2 4 1 2 1 1 11 5 3 4 2 5 1 3 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 95
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 4 4 1 2 3 4 4 2 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 7 3 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 76
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 49
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 48
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 39
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 2 4 5 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 37
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 32
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 30
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 22
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 2 1 1 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 20
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 3 0 0 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 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 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 2 0 0 10
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 2 0 7
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(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 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 36 45 53 73 80 91 87 50 49 67 36 61 34 32 56 36 42 40 55 49 46 41 44 41 49 30 37 53 33 72 49 37 62 37 39 54 38 32 20 29 12 9 16 1952
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 4 7 6 13 11 10 7 4 16 4 8 14 11 12 8 10 8 13 14 14 6 6 11 15 8 8 12 15 4 12 8 6 6 13 10 16 11 11 13 6 8 12 414
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 0 1 0 2 3 12 6 2 16 7 7 5 4 5 2 2 5 11 11 7 5 7 7 4 6 4 5 3 6 8 4 5 7 6 9 7 2 6 12 14 7 3 246
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 1 2 3 3 2 11 1 0 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 6 0 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 101
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 0 1 3 4 3 4 4 0 2 2 4 3 1 2 1 3 3 5 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 73
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 32
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 26
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 15
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 3 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 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 1 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
(Foreign) ANX NETH. ANTILLES 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 0 1
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 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) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) IDX INDONESIA 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 0 1
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 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
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 16 7 11 18 35 26 43 20 12 42 20 33 33 25 27 15 19 24 38 41 30 16 16 24 21 20 16 26 23 14 33 25 17 25 29 30 36 16 20 42 31 24 20 1059
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 52 52 64 91 115 117 130 70 61 109 56 94 67 57 83 51 61 64 93 90 76 57 60 65 70 50 53 79 56 86 82 62 79 62 68 84 74 48 40 71 43 33 36 3011


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