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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 221, Article Dispensing

( 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 10 8 14 17 19 15 14 4 10 7 16 11 7 8 4 8 5 13 6 5 2 8 9 7 4 6 5 10 14 17 13 15 12 9 12 16 24 13 16 13 23 12 461
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 22 11 19 16 16 7 9 8 23 10 15 9 10 10 3 7 6 4 5 6 6 4 6 7 7 1 3 8 5 7 4 2 8 3 4 3 6 1 7 6 5 2 321
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 17 18 17 20 16 14 11 2 14 9 3 6 13 6 6 3 8 9 4 2 1 3 2 3 5 4 3 2 7 7 7 6 5 7 5 8 6 2 4 2 7 5 299
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 7 11 19 15 10 7 4 5 9 7 5 12 8 10 4 3 2 1 7 4 8 5 4 2 2 1 5 3 2 5 3 0 5 3 8 4 7 6 4 4 4 7 242
(U.S.) OH OHIO 9 3 3 6 4 2 5 3 9 7 7 1 9 5 1 6 4 6 3 1 3 6 3 7 2 3 3 1 4 7 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 4 4 3 3 6 189
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 5 9 9 5 3 7 9 8 3 4 9 3 7 5 1 2 6 3 3 3 2 0 6 2 2 5 3 4 4 2 4 2 1 0 5 2 2 3 3 4 3 165
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 10 9 6 7 4 4 3 8 6 5 8 1 4 2 1 4 0 4 3 4 1 3 3 7 1 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 7 5 7 3 2 4 5 165
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 4 6 11 10 2 5 4 2 5 4 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 6 4 2 1 3 1 1 6 3 3 1 5 1 3 6 2 6 3 3 5 3 5 2 12 10 159
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 4 6 5 4 5 1 2 1 6 3 1 4 6 3 3 4 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 6 3 3 6 2 6 6 3 3 7 7 2 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 144
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 2 0 3 2 2 1 2 5 5 3 4 5 2 6 5 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 0 3 3 2 4 2 5 8 6 5 6 0 8 3 3 3 2 5 8 140
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 10 12 8 13 6 6 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 0 3 1 2 2 7 3 3 2 2 4 4 135
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 10 10 10 9 4 5 2 8 1 10 3 0 1 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 4 1 5 1 129
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 4 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 5 9 5 10 7 4 3 2 3 7 6 2 1 118
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 4 5 8 4 7 6 1 5 5 0 6 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 4 1 3 3 3 1 1 4 2 2 4 0 109
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 4 3 2 3 1 4 0 4 3 5 6 2 13 7 15 6 107
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 62
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 2 4 3 5 2 0 4 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 1 59
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 4 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 58
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 53
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 2 3 4 0 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 49
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 4 2 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 48
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 2 1 43
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 39
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 39
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 33
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 1 3 2 2 0 31
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 29
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 20
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 19
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 18
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 18
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 16
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 16
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 15
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 1 2 1 0 8
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 2 8
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 120 126 166 162 147 102 97 64 139 90 110 101 98 79 62 66 54 71 65 48 45 56 59 61 64 48 70 59 83 86 83 81 85 93 70 99 103 83 114 77 119 90 3695
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 6 11 3 3 5 2 2 4 4 7 1 12 9 5 8 8 9 6 10 6 6 11 7 9 4 15 16 25 26 29 16 19 314
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 1 3 4 4 5 1 2 6 6 4 6 5 7 7 5 1 4 6 5 3 2 1 3 5 6 3 8 6 2 3 1 7 2 1 1 6 4 7 9 9 9 183
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 4 1 2 2 4 2 4 6 4 12 2 4 3 2 4 1 5 3 2 1 3 1 6 2 4 3 8 4 3 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 3 8 2 147
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 4 3 5 4 3 3 2 4 1 2 4 4 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 4 0 3 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 7 2 2 5 3 4 3 9 4 2 5 2 130
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 5 0 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 5 1 1 3 2 3 6 3 4 4 1 1 4 0 2 1 5 1 6 1 5 92
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 0 4 1 3 3 57
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 48
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 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 2 2 5 0 3 0 2 2 3 3 4 0 1 8 5 42
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 33
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 33
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 2 32
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4 4 3 7 3 30
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 21
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 3 0 1 0 1 10
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
(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 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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 2
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 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) CIX IVORY COAST 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 0 1
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 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) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 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 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 15 13 14 19 18 27 12 17 29 21 36 34 26 26 28 21 12 20 30 23 10 29 24 24 33 30 30 37 40 30 31 29 33 33 15 35 42 69 59 64 64 62 1264
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 135 139 180 181 165 129 109 81 168 111 146 135 124 105 90 87 66 91 95 71 55 85 83 85 97 78 100 96 123 116 114 110 118 126 85 134 145 152 173 141 183 152 4959


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