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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 162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation

( 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.) WI WISCONSIN 15 20 31 18 18 11 18 20 34 15 12 12 9 3 4 6 11 8 8 7 3 8 10 5 6 16 11 11 20 18 14 7 13 26 25 32 33 46 66 68 50 45 44 857
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 9 10 15 7 16 7 12 6 27 10 14 16 11 10 8 12 8 8 7 6 7 8 11 6 4 6 7 12 7 10 10 13 15 12 12 9 16 23 19 23 10 5 3 467
(U.S.) OH OHIO 6 8 3 9 7 5 5 11 14 10 5 11 8 8 6 8 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 1 4 4 5 7 12 9 15 11 19 18 19 34 20 23 14 13 11 9 5 408
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 7 3 13 7 6 7 11 15 2 7 23 10 2 3 6 8 7 10 6 8 8 6 2 4 4 9 6 7 7 12 3 9 8 4 6 11 11 7 9 6 5 1 311
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 7 8 12 7 8 6 8 6 5 8 10 13 13 9 6 2 7 8 8 2 6 4 5 0 3 5 5 8 6 11 6 11 9 15 6 12 8 10 6 4 5 6 1 305
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 11 10 8 12 12 15 17 11 15 6 7 10 4 7 6 7 5 6 8 3 6 4 4 2 1 8 3 7 1 5 4 3 10 3 11 9 11 5 5 4 7 4 1 298
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 4 2 2 4 5 8 6 1 4 1 3 3 1 2 4 5 7 5 15 10 3 6 5 6 3 4 7 3 1 3 3 7 3 9 4 4 3 1 7 12 11 12 3 212
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 12 4 13 10 5 11 3 8 4 6 7 3 5 4 4 1 6 2 3 1 4 8 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 178
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 9 4 9 15 9 6 6 7 16 10 6 5 3 2 0 5 2 0 2 8 1 1 5 1 4 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 166
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 5 2 6 6 2 5 2 4 8 12 10 15 12 15 8 9 3 151
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 7 5 6 4 4 11 2 4 4 4 5 6 7 9 6 2 2 145
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 4 4 7 9 9 8 6 5 10 6 7 4 4 5 4 5 1 0 127
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 7 1 3 2 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 1 6 5 3 8 10 6 6 0 3 6 4 7 4 0 117
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 5 3 4 6 1 2 6 2 3 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 5 3 2 3 6 3 4 4 0 105
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 4 5 1 6 3 1 2 1 5 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 1 3 2 0 2 3 8 3 1 0 2 1 2 5 5 4 0 4 1 3 102
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 5 3 5 1 2 5 4 3 3 5 0 3 2 3 3 3 6 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 88
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 7 7 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 3 1 79
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 2 5 3 5 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 62
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 4 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 57
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 5 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 56
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 51
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 2 0 51
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 49
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 47
(U.S.) ME MAINE 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 33
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 22
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 16
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 12
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 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 3
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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.) MT MONTANA 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 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 106 122 127 137 132 99 130 104 181 94 103 129 96 71 61 76 68 84 86 59 50 61 81 47 48 75 99 93 103 117 112 100 124 142 138 172 147 174 189 194 150 123 76 4680
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 3 14 9 5 9 5 6 8 8 11 8 12 17 11 14 14 10 7 10 14 16 18 14 12 19 20 29 17 21 28 25 19 33 38 40 34 38 66 55 38 25 21 825
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 9 2 8 5 13 10 12 11 19 5 1 8 12 22 19 11 15 16 33 24 28 21 14 20 32 40 31 29 23 48 69 45 55 33 749
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 4 0 3 5 8 7 6 11 10 15 8 14 11 15 18 18 12 18 15 12 9 11 15 15 12 16 14 25 7 11 13 7 15 18 21 23 31 40 34 39 16 20 16 638
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 8 5 11 9 14 5 11 8 27 16 22 13 13 10 15 9 7 8 9 7 11 12 11 4 8 7 11 11 5 18 11 16 6 17 17 17 6 14 16 11 7 5 3 471
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 4 11 10 5 12 11 12 4 9 6 13 10 5 6 7 9 4 11 9 13 15 11 10 11 17 16 14 15 20 14 13 35 19 22 17 22 453
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 1 0 3 5 1 3 1 4 1 3 3 7 6 4 6 5 11 10 5 3 6 5 3 3 3 4 8 6 4 6 3 6 2 6 5 10 3 7 11 7 4 4 203
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 2 4 1 1 6 4 2 6 4 6 3 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 0 4 7 5 2 3 7 5 9 4 10 5 9 7 4 3 1 4 4 3 6 5 5 6 180
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 9 11 6 6 4 76
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 2 3 0 1 0 4 2 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 68
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 36
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 29
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 28
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 26
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 18
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 14
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 13
(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 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 12
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 11
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 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 10
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 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 9
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 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 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) PEX PERU 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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 0 1
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 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 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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) IEX IRELAND 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) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 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)   -- Subtotal -- 25 18 35 39 41 34 43 40 78 72 63 74 69 85 77 81 76 96 70 48 63 79 96 66 66 78 91 137 86 108 102 106 100 127 154 158 138 151 234 233 158 148 116 3959
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 131 140 162 176 173 133 173 144 259 166 166 203 165 156 138 157 144 180 156 107 113 140 177 113 114 153 190 230 189 225 214 206 224 269 292 330 285 325 423 427 308 271 192 8639


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