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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 202, Distillation: Apparatus

( 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.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 2 8 5 5 9 15 6 6 2 7 16 11 8 10 13 5 12 11 5 9 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 186
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 0 3 5 7 4 12 3 8 3 7 4 10 5 3 3 4 1 3 1 7 5 1 5 3 2 1 2 6 2 1 4 4 6 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 153
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 3 2 16 4 4 5 4 6 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 5 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 106
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 3 1 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 5 0 3 5 1 5 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 73
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 5 1 5 5 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 0 3 3 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 61
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 1 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 56
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 2 4 0 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 51
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 5 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 35
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 32
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 3 7 2 2 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 22
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 16
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(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 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 2 1 0 2 2 9
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 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 8
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 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 5
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 21 19 59 43 48 60 59 32 26 26 26 45 43 36 33 38 20 46 51 42 37 28 26 27 16 19 16 27 13 16 32 14 22 21 19 16 13 15 18 10 16 12 8 1214
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 1 4 3 3 2 11 7 5 11 10 18 10 17 15 15 11 24 24 19 26 12 17 6 13 11 4 7 6 2 2 4 5 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 3 3 4 349
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 3 6 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 5 2 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 5 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 4 4 2 93
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 2 1 2 5 5 3 5 5 1 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 57
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 49
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 38
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 20
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 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 0 13
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 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
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 4
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 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 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) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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) MAX MOROCCO 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) MXX MEXICO 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) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) PLX POLAND 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) 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 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 7 5 11 13 14 11 21 21 20 20 20 29 23 30 31 20 24 36 38 33 39 18 28 15 21 16 15 11 15 11 10 18 14 7 12 15 22 9 7 11 10 9 10 770
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 28 24 70 56 62 71 80 53 46 46 46 74 66 66 64 58 44 82 89 75 76 46 54 42 37 35 31 38 28 27 42 32 36 28 31 31 35 24 25 21 26 21 18 1984


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