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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 184, Lubrication

( 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.) MI MICHIGAN 10 13 5 1 3 2 7 7 8 4 5 4 9 2 3 7 2 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 5 7 5 3 6 2 6 1 5 5 5 6 3 2 178
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 7 2 5 1 8 10 13 11 10 9 6 4 2 3 3 3 0 3 4 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 3 2 5 3 0 6 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 0 3 152
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 6 5 0 1 3 6 4 4 4 4 12 5 4 6 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 4 2 8 5 0 7 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 130
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 3 5 2 1 3 4 8 1 5 4 3 1 3 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 3 0 1 4 5 3 2 1 3 3 4 3 5 1 6 5 2 0 1 2 112
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 15 5 1 5 3 1 3 5 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 92
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 5 4 3 2 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 5 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 0 2 91
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 6 4 1 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 2 4 1 5 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 79
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 56
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 45
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 42
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 2 4 1 1 2 5 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 39
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 36
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 4 2 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 26
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 23
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 12
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 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 7
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 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 6
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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 1 0 0 2 5
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 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 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 54 63 35 29 30 27 60 64 60 48 46 44 50 33 43 35 18 14 20 28 12 11 20 20 17 25 26 48 40 35 49 40 33 43 27 27 19 36 34 33 26 18 19 1459
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 7 4 1 2 2 7 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 5 9 9 8 11 7 6 3 1 5 6 9 9 9 9 15 15 10 6 204
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 2 3 2 3 2 7 5 6 6 11 11 6 5 6 6 1 0 0 5 4 2 3 2 6 7 0 11 7 4 6 6 6 2 2 3 2 4 13 5 8 3 4 198
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3 5 3 1 3 3 5 4 4 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 63
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 38
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 36
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 29
(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 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 2 0 5 2 0 1 3 29
(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 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 4 3 3 2 1 23
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 17
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 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 1 0 3 0 0 12
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 1 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 0 0 1 1 2 1 8
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 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 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 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 6
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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) LUX LUXEMBOURG 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 0 1
(Foreign) MXX 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 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) NOX NORWAY 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 8 11 12 10 9 10 22 20 21 22 26 24 11 22 15 16 8 6 4 9 7 5 10 9 13 19 15 27 29 19 21 14 20 16 15 24 25 23 35 33 35 23 20 743
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 62 74 47 39 39 37 82 84 81 70 72 68 61 55 58 51 26 20 24 37 19 16 30 29 30 44 41 75 69 54 70 54 53 59 42 51 44 59 69 66 61 41 39 2202


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