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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1963 - 2004 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 292, Closure Fasteners

( 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 )

The following table displays U.S. states and countries and counts of utility patents originating from them; 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 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 22 26 19 34 32 20 18 23 24 23 28 25 31 25 25 36 19 25 18 9 11 16 16 15 30 19 31 25 31 31 16 19 16 27 20 21 13 11 8 13 19 11 901
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 14 26 24 17 17 24 16 13 22 16 5 19 6 12 7 10 7 11 2 3 8 9 7 8 11 8 14 20 24 7 17 14 12 15 17 17 13 29 14 17 22 8 582
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 8 13 16 17 17 13 12 13 21 13 14 11 17 11 13 15 5 9 5 5 6 7 4 9 5 7 11 5 10 8 4 4 2 9 4 5 3 8 5 6 7 2 379
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5 19 6 9 9 9 9 6 16 3 8 7 8 7 4 7 2 10 8 4 1 2 7 4 5 5 4 6 7 5 8 3 4 9 9 10 6 11 4 5 7 3 281
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 5 7 3 9 5 4 7 2 3 3 2 7 3 3 4 2 0 5 2 5 6 3 7 7 10 4 7 6 4 4 5 3 5 1 9 6 7 11 4 10 2 9 211
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 7 6 7 5 4 6 4 9 5 4 6 5 9 9 6 1 8 2 3 2 5 4 3 6 4 6 7 6 5 3 3 6 5 1 3 5 4 2 7 3 4 203
(U.S.) OH OHIO 5 2 4 3 8 5 8 7 9 9 6 7 5 2 2 5 5 7 1 2 7 3 2 4 10 2 5 7 5 6 1 1 5 2 5 7 4 6 0 4 2 5 195
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 3 1 0 5 4 1 0 4 5 5 8 2 6 6 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 3 5 6 6 3 7 9 5 4 5 7 12 7 4 5 5 3 3 5 7 188
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 2 3 5 7 3 5 2 9 4 5 4 8 3 9 6 2 2 5 1 3 3 2 3 0 7 8 4 8 9 2 3 0 6 7 5 2 8 2 10 5 2 186
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 1 5 9 9 1 5 2 4 3 4 8 3 6 3 4 3 1 1 3 7 2 1 4 3 1 4 2 4 4 6 3 4 3 4 5 6 4 3 3 3 1 154
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 3 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 2 3 1 3 4 2 4 5 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 4 5 5 9 7 10 4 8 4 6 5 5 4 6 2 4 5 1 151
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 3 1 3 4 5 3 3 3 4 2 5 3 6 3 7 8 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 4 2 1 3 8 4 8 2 1 1 3 4 7 5 3 1 4 5 0 141
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 2 1 7 1 3 2 4 1 9 4 1 2 7 7 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 95
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 3 1 1 3 3 0 3 1 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 1 4 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 72
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 3 0 2 0 4 5 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 6 1 2 0 1 68
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 3 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 5 2 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 64
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 3 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 55
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 2 4 55
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 4 5 0 3 2 1 3 2 1 52
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 52
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 3 3 2 49
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 6 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 1 46
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 5 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 45
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 44
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 37
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 37
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 34
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 26
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 26
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 17
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 14
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 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 6
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 1 0 1 1 0 5
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 89 126 105 130 144 119 114 94 142 110 110 141 120 124 110 133 67 115 85 64 78 97 74 99 123 89 127 135 158 144 90 75 85 141 135 114 105 143 60 119 125 79 4637
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 3 5 12 10 6 8 11 2 8 8 11 7 8 20 12 21 16 18 31 33 14 19 9 16 21 12 26 22 22 12 19 14 15 480
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 2 0 3 5 5 5 2 14 2 5 11 5 5 5 6 3 5 8 7 0 5 4 5 12 11 11 21 23 19 12 5 15 12 18 17 21 16 10 35 34 18 423
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 9 6 4 9 4 5 4 4 3 3 5 4 3 6 6 2 2 1 3 1 4 4 2 6 6 12 6 7 1 6 2 2 2 2 7 8 9 18 10 16 13 232
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 4 3 4 2 9 1 2 2 7 1 4 4 9 3 3 7 5 3 3 5 2 5 2 8 8 2 7 13 8 11 3 5 7 9 5 4 7 9 2 11 8 10 227
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 13 6 13 12 9 9 5 3 11 7 5 7 9 8 27 16 14 181
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 4 3 3 2 1 3 1 6 2 3 2 2 8 2 3 4 3 2 2 5 2 6 8 7 3 11 8 3 6 2 2 1 4 2 2 6 9 3 6 6 3 162
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 3 2 3 4 66
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 4 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 6 0 58
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 52
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 1 4 1 1 3 2 2 31
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 20
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 14
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 10
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 9
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 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 0 2
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 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) CLX CHILE 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
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) HUX HUNGARY 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) PEX PERU 0 0 0 0 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
(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 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 12 19 15 17 33 14 21 22 38 17 24 42 38 26 33 40 24 35 33 34 20 32 46 42 70 55 78 106 96 76 57 38 49 69 60 70 83 89 65 122 113 83 2056
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 101 145 120 147 177 133 135 116 180 127 134 183 158 150 143 173 91 150 118 98 98 129 120 141 193 144 205 241 254 220 147 113 134 210 195 184 188 232 125 241 238 162 6693


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