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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 068, Textiles: Fluid Treating 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.) MI MICHIGAN 11 5 4 9 14 6 4 9 7 8 6 6 4 4 3 5 7 2 4 3 6 6 2 2 5 7 6 7 6 4 6 4 5 4 2 6 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 208
(U.S.) OH OHIO 14 9 13 17 13 6 7 10 11 10 12 7 3 2 5 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 181
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 13 3 10 7 8 1 6 5 8 3 5 4 1 10 3 2 3 4 2 6 2 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 133
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 10 9 11 14 11 7 7 3 5 3 14 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 128
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5 4 2 6 5 3 2 9 11 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 14 5 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 109
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 4 1 0 3 5 1 4 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 1 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 0 6 4 2 2 6 5 4 4 2 0 0 105
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 6 4 7 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 8 3 3 3 2 2 2 84
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 7 2 3 10 6 4 7 6 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 69
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 3 1 1 5 4 1 3 3 2 5 1 4 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 68
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 2 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 4 0 3 5 5 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 61
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 1 6 2 7 2 1 6 3 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 60
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 51
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 2 1 5 1 1 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 3 2 2 0 0 47
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 5 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 44
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 40
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 35
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 20
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 2 4 6 0 0 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 18
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 16
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 2 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 5
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 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 0 1
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 87 52 73 102 112 49 56 69 80 61 75 41 36 38 24 35 25 24 24 23 19 34 29 12 20 23 22 25 29 20 33 25 30 34 29 34 34 26 22 26 27 10 10 1659
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 9 2 6 8 10 8 14 20 14 23 21 10 19 14 13 14 5 10 11 6 13 10 8 5 6 4 12 11 8 1 3 6 1 2 5 5 9 5 4 10 6 7 6 384
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 2 3 4 2 6 4 2 5 13 4 9 4 12 8 9 9 4 19 3 7 6 18 14 6 16 15 10 7 12 16 17 14 2 8 3 12 7 6 6 7 13 3 3 350
(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 1 1 0 0 1 6 6 13 14 28 40 43 14 8 12 6 5 6 204
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 4 6 8 2 2 2 5 3 2 4 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 4 4 5 4 3 3 5 8 5 3 8 5 2 5 2 5 1 0 0 139
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 5 7 5 9 6 9 8 4 6 4 5 9 6 2 5 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 5 0 3 124
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 1 2 4 5 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 4 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 88
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 5 1 2 1 5 8 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 72
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 0 1 55
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 6 4 3 0 5 3 1 0 32
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 28
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 25
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 15
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 1 1 12
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 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 6
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 2 0 0 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(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 1 1 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 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 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) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 1
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 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) UYX URUGUAY 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 0 1
(Foreign) VUX VANUATU (NEW HEBRIDES) 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 26 18 25 30 44 26 32 44 54 55 50 36 52 53 30 45 23 43 28 20 26 38 32 21 30 37 41 35 33 30 37 37 32 36 51 78 77 43 27 53 45 19 23 1615
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 113 70 98 132 156 75 88 113 134 116 125 77 88 91 54 80 48 67 52 43 45 72 61 33 50 60 63 60 62 50 70 62 62 70 80 112 111 69 49 79 72 29 33 3274


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