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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 464, Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts

( 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 16 10 5 17 19 13 11 8 11 6 3 7 4 2 4 6 6 6 8 5 4 8 9 4 6 7 9 4 5 10 13 8 3 6 7 15 9 13 22 15 19 28 17 408
(U.S.) OH OHIO 10 9 9 6 11 9 7 1 0 0 2 8 3 5 4 2 1 5 3 2 1 3 9 5 4 2 5 1 3 4 3 8 4 2 15 7 7 8 6 8 2 3 3 210
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 7 4 10 9 4 6 14 9 4 8 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 2 6 3 1 3 0 3 4 6 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 151
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 6 17 9 9 6 6 3 3 5 3 5 1 1 2 0 2 5 0 2 5 2 0 4 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 2 4 0 0 0 3 136
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 9 5 7 9 5 6 8 7 3 0 2 7 1 3 5 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 3 3 2 1 3 0 1 123
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 7 3 4 3 5 6 6 2 4 5 3 2 6 1 2 4 3 5 4 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 3 2 5 4 2 0 0 0 114
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 3 3 4 7 6 6 2 4 2 3 2 3 0 3 1 3 0 3 3 2 4 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 93
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 3 2 6 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 5 0 3 2 3 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 84
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 70
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 7 2 3 2 2 5 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 66
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 7 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 3 4 1 1 0 2 63
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 5 5 3 3 1 2 6 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 57
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 2 3 3 1 3 3 1 4 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 52
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 30
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 28
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 26
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 23
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 18
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 16
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 14
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 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 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 0 1 2 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 7
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 0 1 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 5
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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.) AR ARKANSAS 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 1 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 75 56 79 84 81 78 81 50 56 48 36 52 42 30 44 40 32 43 38 35 36 39 37 23 32 32 43 25 25 26 28 41 28 31 41 47 37 46 69 40 39 48 40 1933
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 13 7 5 11 8 11 10 7 13 14 10 23 15 13 14 21 10 18 19 21 21 26 27 18 22 22 26 21 19 18 24 31 24 32 30 28 27 30 63 35 21 28 29 885
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 8 7 5 5 6 4 10 7 9 12 6 7 6 7 14 19 16 21 12 21 17 18 19 16 7 18 26 36 29 20 60 38 25 33 13 582
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 3 5 4 7 6 8 3 4 1 11 12 4 7 5 4 3 7 8 6 3 11 16 12 12 5 8 14 7 16 10 7 6 9 9 26 5 6 12 7 3 1 2 315
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 14 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 13 9 4 7 4 0 4 0 6 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 6 6 9 0 2 0 184
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 8 2 3 0 0 61
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 6 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 43
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 35
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 25
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 23
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 11
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 8
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 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 7
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 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 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(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 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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) PLX POLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) HUX HUNGARY 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) 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 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
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 30 18 21 34 31 28 31 23 36 42 42 49 41 41 35 39 24 49 44 43 34 54 68 56 58 62 53 62 48 63 64 66 46 64 73 100 68 71 164 95 63 76 50 2259
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 105 74 100 118 112 106 112 73 92 90 78 101 83 71 79 79 56 92 82 78 70 93 105 79 90 94 96 87 73 89 92 107 74 95 114 147 105 117 233 135 102 124 90 4192


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