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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 269, Work Holders

( 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.) CA CALIFORNIA 12 5 20 10 10 7 8 2 20 14 10 11 10 14 8 14 7 11 8 5 10 15 10 11 9 7 15 11 5 9 7 7 7 11 7 12 10 14 8 11 6 4 7 419
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 8 9 9 4 8 6 7 7 10 9 5 18 9 4 5 2 3 6 4 3 8 2 10 3 4 6 7 8 5 11 6 5 6 9 6 6 10 11 5 14 13 8 10 309
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5 9 11 6 6 4 3 7 12 2 9 2 2 7 7 5 2 4 2 1 3 4 2 4 4 1 7 2 3 6 2 5 2 4 1 1 6 7 4 2 6 3 2 187
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 1 4 11 4 9 3 1 2 11 2 8 13 6 2 8 2 8 1 6 5 3 4 7 2 2 3 2 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 4 2 4 2 2 164
(U.S.) OH OHIO 11 2 10 7 4 1 3 2 5 2 10 3 3 2 1 6 4 3 1 4 3 4 4 1 2 6 7 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 5 3 2 5 4 1 1 2 5 150
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 4 2 2 6 2 0 1 3 4 5 8 2 2 0 1 3 1 3 5 2 2 7 5 6 3 2 3 8 3 1 1 2 5 0 5 4 6 8 2 0 2 0 133
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 8 1 1 4 2 3 0 1 3 0 3 1 6 2 2 2 6 3 2 3 4 1 4 1 0 2 5 1 3 7 3 0 4 0 2 104
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 5 6 0 3 1 6 0 1 0 3 4 2 6 1 4 3 0 0 3 3 6 5 5 1 1 0 101
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 3 1 2 3 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 4 1 3 3 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 5 3 5 3 2 5 4 4 92
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 5 1 4 1 2 2 3 4 6 4 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 85
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 4 1 1 4 2 3 0 2 2 4 2 3 2 3 0 2 1 4 2 2 2 76
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 6 0 9 5 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 72
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 5 3 0 5 0 3 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 66
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 3 5 3 4 1 63
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 4 1 2 57
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 3 2 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 55
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 6 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 4 55
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 49
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 49
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 3 5 0 1 0 45
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 45
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 3 37
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 35
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 33
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 2 1 3 1 27
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 27
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 27
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 27
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 18
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 14
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 12
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 11
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) SD SOUTH 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 3
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 75 63 111 57 78 36 53 45 113 62 76 99 66 73 54 60 56 66 62 40 54 57 65 48 75 52 90 64 53 67 55 46 39 62 50 68 82 91 73 76 70 58 59 2799
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 2 1 3 1 2 3 3 4 7 5 10 9 5 6 9 4 4 6 2 5 2 6 7 10 13 4 10 8 5 4 5 5 6 7 4 11 9 11 16 5 12 11 6 268
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 6 6 2 2 2 1 5 1 5 4 5 9 9 6 11 8 16 8 16 9 8 6 5 4 10 11 7 10 17 18 8 6 249
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 2 1 2 1 4 6 4 4 7 2 2 5 6 4 4 5 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 4 4 3 1 0 117
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 5 8 8 9 3 4 3 3 1 0 0 3 9 7 3 6 6 2 4 94
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 2 1 3 2 1 7 1 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 7 2 5 2 1 0 5 1 4 2 3 3 1 4 87
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 5 0 1 3 1 1 69
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 66
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 4 0 5 2 47
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 33
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 21
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
(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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 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 6
(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 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 5
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 2
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) KWX KUWAIT 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
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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) 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 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 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) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 8 4 10 4 14 14 9 11 23 16 19 31 26 24 23 24 21 26 23 16 11 22 35 37 34 32 44 51 27 39 30 28 18 20 14 36 45 46 50 46 52 37 27 1127
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 83 67 121 61 92 50 62 56 136 78 95 130 92 97 77 84 77 92 85 56 65 79 100 85 109 84 134 115 80 106 85 74 57 82 64 104 127 137 123 122 122 95 86 3926


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