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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 066, Textiles: Knitting

( 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.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 20 15 16 17 10 14 12 18 13 6 10 14 13 15 14 5 5 4 7 7 5 4 14 5 5 7 11 2 6 5 7 6 8 14 13 8 8 12 17 6 6 10 7 421
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 13 5 10 12 10 13 7 4 8 8 8 6 9 8 14 5 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 6 3 1 0 1 1 3 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 1 197
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 11 11 20 16 11 16 14 8 15 11 8 6 3 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 185
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 2 6 2 0 4 3 4 0 1 1 5 9 2 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 86
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 5 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 5 2 9 8 4 2 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 77
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 3 5 2 2 5 4 2 7 3 4 6 2 0 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 65
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 4 3 10 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 0 0 2 3 56
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 0 4 9 5 3 6 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 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 41
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 3 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 4 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 9 3 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 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 36
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 35
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 4 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 32
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 30
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 24
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 5 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 15
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 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 8
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 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 5
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 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
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 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
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 76 54 77 95 57 68 66 48 64 45 61 58 56 63 62 30 16 17 21 11 10 7 24 20 19 16 24 6 24 14 14 9 15 24 25 22 24 34 35 16 16 20 21 1484
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 12 8 19 26 23 9 34 26 53 38 47 50 36 23 28 17 16 19 21 25 16 28 33 25 37 40 27 10 16 24 13 21 16 16 14 6 19 31 31 16 13 11 14 1007
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 3 3 5 2 3 5 3 2 5 5 6 8 17 14 12 1 5 8 7 12 12 12 9 10 7 7 7 13 13 23 24 23 26 14 19 25 27 20 12 25 20 27 501
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 9 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 14 13 12 24 14 8 3 10 8 7 5 4 7 10 14 11 17 3 16 14 17 11 4 14 12 10 10 26 19 12 4 11 9 431
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 10 6 9 22 13 23 21 23 29 39 16 25 14 14 13 14 6 7 8 4 6 8 6 3 4 3 1 2 6 0 5 1 2 2 3 5 1 4 0 1 1 3 3 386
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 0 2 2 2 7 2 4 8 5 7 5 6 8 3 2 4 0 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 4 1 2 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 5 5 3 1 1 119
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 5 1 2 3 3 4 7 5 0 2 2 2 8 7 4 3 5 2 1 8 3 3 2 7 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 109
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 5 7 8 10 17 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 2 5 3 8 9 2 2 6 2 58
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 3 4 6 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 54
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 32
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 22
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 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 1 0 19
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 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 13
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 12
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 10
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 9
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 0 1 1 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 6
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 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 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 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 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 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) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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) NOX NORWAY 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) 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 1 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 0 0 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) ROX ROMANIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 45 26 46 68 52 56 91 77 111 114 101 124 112 107 95 67 36 51 53 58 47 59 68 63 76 70 66 29 62 57 66 64 53 70 48 51 65 107 93 55 53 62 60 2934
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 121 80 123 163 109 124 157 125 175 159 162 182 168 170 157 97 52 68 74 69 57 66 92 83 95 86 90 35 86 71 80 73 68 94 73 73 89 141 128 71 69 82 81 4418


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